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The Children's Center:
2022 - 2017
The Children's Center:
2022 - 2017
The Children's Center is located on the Santa Rosa Junior College campus in Santa Rosa, California, and is a learning facility for children as well as for student teachers. It is a state licensed Title V childcare provider with the capacity for up to 112 children. Its play-oriented approach, in a safe and nurturing environment, serves learners ages six months old to five years old (pre-pandemic) and two years old to five years old (post-pandemic). Student Teachers are a part of every childcare/preschool classroom while they learn and study under the supervision of master teachers.
As a part of The Children's Center team, and as an Early Childhood Educator, I was expected to modeled best practices while adult students observed, studied, and participated in classrooms. The Center has a parent resource room, several curriculum work spaces, a commercial kitchen, three student classrooms, a student library, multiple offices, and seven children's classrooms each with their own spacious outdoor play space. The Children's Center is the foundation for the education and training of adult students majoring in Early Childhood Studies.
Positions Held:
Educator
Educator
Intern
Office Assistant
Student Assistant
Intern
Office Assistant
Student Assistant
Substitute Educator
Substitute Educator
Contributions:
-Create/provide a positive "yes" environment where children and families know they are supported, welcomed, and cared for.
-Help parent/students navigate the center while establishing meaningful relationships.
-Assess children's development using Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) measures and Preschool Curriculum Frameworks as per the California Department of Education.
-Identify, implement, and comply with all procedures, guidleines, pedagogy, safety, and policies.
-Maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism.
-Encourage children to identify their personal responsibility in daily tasks such as cleaning up toys, lunch dishes, washing hands, and sharing materials/toys with other children.
-Arrange/move furniture, toys, and materials for learning, transitions, aesthetics, and safety.
-Evaluate and report issues of safety and/or health concerns.
-Prepare, clean, and/or maintain the facility (inside and outside), as well as classroom materials, and educational toys.
-Create and implement developmentally appropriate activities and learning.
-Interact with/direct children during indoor/outdoor activities while fostering development.
-Create/provide a positive "yes" environment where children and families know they are supported, welcomed, and cared for.
-Help parent/students navigate the center while establishing meaningful relationships.
-Assess children's development using Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) measures and Preschool Curriculum Frameworks as per the California Department of Education.
-Identify, implement, and comply with all procedures, guidleines, pedagogy, safety, and policies.
-Maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism.
-Encourage children to identify their personal responsibility in daily tasks such as cleaning up toys, lunch dishes, washing hands, and sharing materials/toys with other children.
-Arrange/move furniture, toys, and materials for learning, transitions, aesthetics, and safety.
-Evaluate and report issues of safety and/or health concerns.
-Prepare, clean, and/or maintain the facility (inside and outside), as well as classroom materials, and educational toys.
-Create and implement developmentally appropriate activities and learning.
-Interact with/direct children during indoor/outdoor activities while fostering development.
-Serve seven classrooms by leading children in developmentally appropriate activities, fieldtrips, and beyond.
-Know/implement state health requirements including but not limited to food portion size, safety, cleanliness, and medical/allergy needs.
-Establish and maintain classroom routines including but not limited to breakfast, lunch, snack, circle, clean up, story, nap, physical fitness, activities, children's conduct, and interpersonal relationships.
-Pay close attention to detail.
-Evaluate/adjust classroom environment as interests change.
-Foster and develop skills pertaining to social emotional learning, fine/gross motor, humanities, environmental, science, literacy, visual and creative arts, etc.
-Front office filing, mailing, and making appointments as well as phone and/or caretakers.
-Attend/participate in multiple weekly staff meetings.
-Train/transfer knowledge to student assistants regarding job duties, protocols, pedagogy, and overall safety.
-Plan and implement online/remote learning and create content for children at home.
-Present/record book readings for remote learning.
-Serve seven classrooms by leading children in developmentally appropriate activities, fieldtrips, and beyond.
-Know/implement state health requirements including but not limited to food portion size, safety, cleanliness, and medical/allergy needs.
-Establish and maintain classroom routines including but not limited to breakfast, lunch, snack, circle, clean up, story, nap, physical fitness, activities, children's conduct, and interpersonal relationships.
-Pay close attention to detail.
-Evaluate/adjust classroom environment as interests change.
-Foster and develop skills pertaining to social emotional learning, fine/gross motor, humanities, environmental, science, literacy, visual and creative arts, etc.
-Front office filing, mailing, and making appointments as well as phone and/or caretakers.
-Attend/participate in multiple weekly staff meetings.
-Train/transfer knowledge to student assistants regarding job duties, protocols, pedagogy, and overall safety.
-Plan and implement online/remote learning and create content for children at home.
-Present/record book readings for remote learning.
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