Early Childhood Education Background
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Early Childhood Education Background

Mary Donaldson
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Experience

Assistant Teacher, 4/2017 to Current
Redwood Village Children�s Center- Marina Del Rey, CA?

Curriculum: Assist in providing a developmentally appropriate preschool program to meet the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs of young children.?
Childcare: Work with children 30 to 60 months of age. Encourages children to share ideas, feelings, and experiences in a variety of ways. Understands the range of physical, social, emotional, and cognitive characteristics of ages and stages during early childhood.?
Safety: Supervises children safely and in compliance with child licensing laws and teacher to student ratio guidelines.?
Learning: Promote literacy and early education experiences that encourage children to think, reason, question, and experiment. Provide activities or experiences.

After School Childcare Program, 9/2015 to 6/2017
Saint Mark Catholic School- Venice, CA

Childcare: Work with children from Transitional Kindergarten to sixth grade, ages four to twelve years old. Responsible for outside supervision of students, to ensure safe and productive play on the structure and in the open yard. Administers play activities to students for indoor and outdoor play. Organize and provide snacks for all children in attendance. Facilitates child interaction and helps children to overcome obstacles.
Education: Ensures all homework is completed, graded, and corrected. Provides extra help and tutoring for children struggling with lessons and homework.?
Office/Front door security: Greets parents and other visitors into the school. Ensures security of the door. Answers incoming phone calls and facilitates inquires.
Building Security: Secures iPad and mac carts in proper classroom. Ensures outdoor space is clean and swept. Secures sandpit with coverage and raking. Locks entrances/exits preventing building access from outside. Locks classrooms to ensure the safety of building from inside.

Volunteer Second grade Catechist Teacher, 9/2010 to 6/2017
Saint Mark Catholic School Religious Education Program- Venice, CA

-Administrates lesson plans to children age seven to ten. Leads small and large group actives among students. Dialectic reading implemented through scripture and book readings. Includes a variety of student teaching methods to ensure student learning.

Assistant Teacher Student hours, 8/2016-12/2016
First Presbyterian Nursery- Santa Monica, CA

-Observed teachers and students in the green room. Assisted teachers with children ages four to five. Supervised outdoor play of mixed age groups. Facilitated learning within a Reggio Emilia curriculum. Administered lesson plans and activities to small groups implementing the Reggio Emilia curriculum.

Education
AA: Early Childhood Education- Santa Monica College June 2017?
Certificate of Achievement: Early Childhood Education- Santa Monica College June 2017 High School Diploma- St. Monica Catholic High School 2014