The Goddard School - Education Director Resume Example

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Lily Sanders

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Professional Summary

Seasoned educator with more than 16 years of experience in high quality early education environments. Excellent multi-tasking, organizational and interpersonal skills. Track record of achieving exceptional results both in the classroom and with parents / families.

Skills

Effective multi-tasker
Strong organizational skills

Attention to detail
Strong editorial skills

Positive attitude
Flexible and open-minded

Level-headed
Work well with others

Experience

The Goddard School Mason, OH Education Director Jun 2006－Present

Evaluate and oversee 20+ teachers daily lesson plan creation and implementation, using the Goddard School's F.L.EX. curriculum, as well as Ohio's Early Learning Development Standards and K-12 Standards.
Develop, plan, coordinate, and implement school-wide summer camp activities, field trips and materials for children ages 18 months - 12 years of age.
Conduct new employee orientations and work jointly with the Owner and Executive Director to make decisions regarding hiring, employee evaluations, and dismissal of staff.
Develop and maintain school-wide systems for children, families and staff to comply with Ohio's Step Up To Quality early childhood program rating system.
Meet and coordinate with representatives from local school districts to monitor and ensure continuity for children and their families between programs.
Maintain student files with great attention to detail.
Develop employee schedules on a daily basis for 20+ employees, ensuring adherence to state and corporate student:teacher ratios, as well as employee regulations.
Work in conjunction with the Owner and Executive Director on a daily basis to ensure necessary state licensing requirements and corporate guidelines were consistently met and/or exceeded.
Address and resolve parental and employee questions and/or concerns daily via face to face conversations, email, and/or telephone calls while maintaining a positive, relaxed attitude.
Interact with the public via telephone, email and face to face school tours, acting as the first point of contact for families new to the facility.
Complete enrollment and orientation of new families into the school.
Resolve parent billing issues in the event of Owner's absence.
Review and edit all communications, lesson plans, daily parent notes, and marketing materials for grammatical, stylistic and/or spelling errors.
Effectively substitute in all classrooms (ages birth - 12 years) when classroom teachers were absent.
Work in conjunction with the Owner and Executive Director to plan, coordinate and carry out school-wide events such as graduation ceremonies, annual fundraising carnival, winter program, etc.

The Goddard School Mason, OH Lead Teacher Jun 2005－Jun 2006

Plan and implement developmentally appropriate daily lesson plans.
Create monthly calendars and newsletters for families.
Maintain daily verbal and written communication with families.
Hold biannual conferences with families concerning children's development.
Create and maintain ongoing portfolios documenting children's development.
Complete written assessments of children's development.
Supervise field trips with parents and children.

ASRC Aerospace Corporation Washington, DC Information Specialist III (Records Management Division) Aug 2004－May 2005

Implement Metadata Guidelines (Version 17) to create and update US Government organizations (USEPA, HUD, DHS, APHIS) document index collections in the EDOCKET computer system.
Perform quality assurance checks on 60-80 document indexes per day for publication on the USEPA document management website.
Communicate results of quality assurance checks to Information Specialists for revision and final assessment.
Train new personnel in metadata indexes style requirements and adherence to client requests.
Assist Task Manager in creation of online document file collections.
Maintain paper document file collections.

Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center Washington, DC Lead Teacher Jan 2001－Aug 2004

Supervise 2-4 person teaching teams including assistant/associate teachers, student teaching interns, high school interns and volunteers.
Evaluate assistant/associate teachers on an annual basis.
Plan and implement developmentally appropriate daily lesson plans using the school's Museum Magic curriculum.
Create weekly/monthly calendars and newsletters for families.
Maintain daily email communication with families.
Keep anecdotal records/work samples reflective of each child's development.
Use anecdotal records to compile 2-4 page narrative developmental inventories annually of each child's development.
Enrich curriculum units by leading children on daily visits to museums/community.
Coordinate and supervise field trips with parents and children.
Participate in staff development seminars.
Conduct parent discussion series forums.
Perform daily opening and closing procedures.

Education

University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC Bachelor of Science: Foundations of Preschool Education Dec 1998 Birth-Kindergarten teaching certificate

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