Child Care & Education Experience:

May 2011 - current
Casual Childcare worker Childcare Crew / Pulse
Covering Northern Beaches and North Shore staff relief (over 10 different centres)
• Children from 6mths to 5 years old
• Rooms with up to 30 kids
• Nappy changing, feeding, cleaning, putting to sleep
• Storytelling, educational plays (dancing, painting, drawing, colouring)
• Conflict solving, effective dialogue

Main Qualities Developed
• Skills on communicating with different ages and different personalities
• Valuing and developing their talents
• Care for their emotional health and development

Dec 2009 - current Casual Nanny
Northern Beaches, Sydney
Michael – boy aged 2 & Lisa – girl aged 4
• Playing and educating
• Applying Expressive Therapy skills (drawing / writing / painting / role-play)
• Feeding them and giving them a bath
• Putting them in bed at the time their mother required

Amanda – girl aged 6
• Dropping off and picking up from school
• Taking them to extra and educational activities such as to museums, to the beach, to the cinema, to the zoo, swimming pool, ballet
• Housekeeping
• Cooking Breakfast/Lunch/snacks and diner preparation
• Helping with the Home work


Main Qualities Developed
• Positive approach towards children education
• Communicate using children’s symbols and language

Sep 2006 – Aug 2008 Aquarela (Childcare)
Duties
• Assisting education (behavior focused) – ages 2 to 7
• Teaching arts, body movement, music, drawings – ages 2 to 7
• Assisting with the preparation of activities for the week, month
• Assisting on feedback to the parents
• Working strategically to get the child to understand their own behavior
• Organizing rooms, toys and all materials

Main Qualities Developed
• Respect for the individuality of every child, and the same time ability to educate with dialogue, giving examples, making them understand their boundaries and other kids’ boundaries.