Hailey Khatta
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Hailey Khatta

Hailey Khatta
11519 Aldburg Way Germantown, MD 20876
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Objective:
Child Care Provider with five years of experience in providing quality guidance and knowledge to children within day care and a private home setting seeking full time employment to enhance the lives of children. Highly accomplished in implementing educational values while creating recreational activities designed to improve children’s cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and social skills. Dedicated to helping families better understand and manage the world around them by enriching relationships and minds of young children and their parents through effective communication and powerful information.

Core Qualifications:
• Early Childhood Education – CDA Training
• CPR and First Aid Certification
• Operations Management
• Schedule Planning, Implementation, and Coordination
• Interpersonal Communication
• Behavioral Observations
• Safety Management
• Nutrition and Exercise Management
• Provide Personal, Distinct Nutritional Advice
• One on One Tutoring and Progress Management
• Cleared FBI Fingerprinting Background Check


Professional Experience
October 2016 – Current 2019
Ellicott City, MD
Freelance Childcare Provider/Household Manager
• Provided continuous and overnight supervision of several children ages 4 to 11 years of age during workdays and weekends.
• Designed and implemented user-friendly Google Calendar to increase organization and time management of scheduling kids’ activities and appointments.
• Designed and implemented scheduling system for household duties such as home organization, property maintenance appointments, and guest management.
• Oversaw playtime, group activities, homework completion, clean up, material organization, musical practice, and sports activity coordination of all children.
• Worked one-on-one with children to better develop/practice musical, athletic, and educational abilities by designing a personalized development plan for each individual child.
• Directed effective communication between children when problems arose during group play time by making them feel heard, yet remediating situations with empathy.
• Implemented discipline plan for children adhering to parents’ beliefs and educational material.
• Relayed information to parents on their child’s progress in all categories of development; cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral.
• Notified parents of potential issues regarding behavioral and cognitive development based on where the children fell on state approved developmental charts.
• Maintained professional, yet personal relationships with parents and children, allowing long-lasting relationships to blossom.
• Provided a fun, upbeat, yet strict relationship with children to ensure trust and safety by instilling core empathetic values.
• Provided useful, healthy information regarding nutrition of children based on a Paleo and vegetarian mind set found through research and study.
• Managed household grocery list, ensuring important nutrition was always available to both parents and children.
• Prepared healthy meals for children, ensuring they were eating proper nutrients for optimal growth by providing them an excellent source of protein, healthy fat, fiber, and fruits and vegetables. All meals were free of refined sugar, gluten, and dairy.
• Implemented an adaptable nutritional and overall health plan for a pre-teen child suffering from pre-puberty issues such as changes in complexion, body odor, and mental health by process of eliminating foods such as dairy, gluten, soy, and refined sugars.
• Provided transportation services safely and effectively for parents and children during after school activities, appointments, and summer activities.
• Provided quality care while upholding the distinct cultural background of family by integrating educational stories, arts and crafts, and lesson plans.

February – May 2016
Columbia, MD
Freelance Childcare Provider/Tutor

• Provided continuous supervision for four children (ages 8 months to 12 years) during indoor and outdoor activities while maintaining safe learning and play environments.
• Defined learning goals and objectives with both parents and children for them to better understand their child’s growth trajectory.
• Prepared healthy snacks for children while thoroughly educating them on how those specific foods fueled their individual needs
• Safely provided infant care using my knowledge of SIDS while changing diapers, applying ointments when necessary, feeding with bottle, putting down for naps and integrating developmentally appropriate play for infant by using educational material and vibrant toys ideal for sensory enhancement.
• Created and reviewed checklists with parents to track their child’s learning progress during tutoring, activities, and learning programs.
• Created play-based learning checklists to track progress of fine and gross motor skills, communication skills, and cognitive skills.
• Designed and implemented individual tutoring plans for children.


Education

Early Childhood Education
January 2017 - December 2018
Online Training
The Care Courses School Inc. - CDA Training
• Inclusive Early Childhood Programs - Properly facilitate the integration of children with special needs into the child care community.
• Family Diversity - To respect the dignity of each family and its culture, language, customs, and beliefs while interacting in a positive manner with each family in order to support each child’s optimal development.
• Caring for Children in Your Home - To learn how to create a fun and safe learning environment by implementing excellent business procedures while staying organized caring for children.
• Child Development and Guidance - Gain knowledge of techniques that help children develop a positive self-concept and behavior control by learning the typical patterns of development in each of the developmental domains. These also help to identify possible developmental delays.
• Learning Centers - To understand the importance of self-directed play and cooperative play amongst children in day care. Develop learning centers to help children indulge in self-paced learning while keeping them focused and interested.
• The Early Childhood Professional - Learn what developmentally appropriate care and activities look like while staying professional in the workplace.
• Observing, Recording, and Assessing Children’s Development - How to make a positive contribution to each child’s achievement of his or her own highest possible level of development including intellectually, socially, emotionally, and physically. Properly and effectively gather information to assess levels of development, plan ongoing learning experiences, and ensure that the child’s needs are met.
• Parents and Child Care - Ensure parents’ first experiences are polite, professional, and positive when caring for their children. Consistency is key when children transition from being home with parents to being social and active at day care, but both must be harmonious.
• Principles of Child Development and Learning - Understand the importance of developmental learning and nutrition. Each stage correlates with certain activities, learning outcomes, and challenges. Learn how to mesh into a developmentally appropriate curriculum suited to fit the needs of a child in any stage. Learn the basis of childhood nutrition.
• The Art of Child Care - Learn the most effective and fun ways children learn in a play-based setting, build positive self-esteem, develop self-discipline, and learn positive ways to resolve interpersonal conflicts that may occur.
• After-School Programs - How to integrate meeting the necessary needs of school-aged children with tasks such as homework help, while maintaining a lively, caring environment for infants and toddlers in day care.
• Supporting Breastfeeding in Child Care - How to support the decisions of parents, whether they choose to breastfeed or not, while explaining the importance and beneficial role breastfeeding has emotionally and cognitively for mother and child.
2018
Various Organizations
Additional Training
• Emergency and Disaster Preparedness - How to properly prepare for natural and unnatural disasters that may strike.
• Medication Administration Training - How to properly administer medication to children under care.
• Including All Children and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - Learn rules and regulations regarding children and parents with disabilities.
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - How to prevent SIDS from occurring under care, signs and symptoms.
• First Aid/CPR Certified for infants, children, and adults - How to care for an infant, toddler, or adult in case of an emergency where CPR/First Aid are required.
Graduated June 2015
Palisades High School – Blue Ribbon School
• National Honor Society.
• Provided care for children central to area over winter, summer, and fall breaks.
• Hospital Internship
o Skills acquired include;
♣ Maintained a caring, professional environment when meeting patients and their families.
♣ Assisted medical personnel with administration of medication in accordance with patient chart.
♣ Assisted administrative staff in consolidating documentation to facilitate a clean and organized environment for patients and staff.
♣ Planned and presented information to hospital staff on how to ensure the best experience for patients and visitors. Increased overall satisfaction by 15 percent with data collected from various surveys and questionnaires returned by patients and visitors.