Demetra Diagoupis
Woodbridge,ON
Summary
Creative and energetic Early Childhood Education professional devoted to offering diverse activity plans and experiential learning opportunities to enhance individual development. Friendly, supportive and motivated with strong desire to promote student potential. Offering 11 years of experience with passion for building strong rapport with faculty, students and caregivers. Have demonstrated ability to implement Emergent Curriculum centered around children’s’ interests
Highly knowledgeable and experienced with Child Care Early Years Act, Jordan's Principle, Early Learning Framework, Assessment For Quality (AQI), and How Does Learning Happen?
Highly skilled in Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Outlook and Excel
Excellent communication skills in English and some in Greek.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Helper
Over The Rainbow Child Care Centre
01.2011 - 01.2015
- Helping the children with their work
- Helped put the kids take a nap
- Help the JK/SK teacher hole punch the work and stapling the work
Student Early Childhood Educator
Esther Exton Child Care Centre
01.2022 - 02.2022
- Maintained and fostered positive and constructive interactions with staff, families and children.
- Sanitized toys and play equipment each day to maintain safety and cleanliness.
- Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors.
- Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
- Implemented developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculum for children, creating positive and safe classroom environments.
- Promoted physical, academic and social development by implementing diverse classroom and outside activities.
- Monitored students with special needs and helped integrate into normal classroom setting.
- Developed lesson plans and activities focused on topics such as play-based learning.
- Developed lesson plans and activities focused on topics such as Valentines' Day.
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
- Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers and letters.
- Instructed students on interpersonal skills and basic emotional communication.
- Allowed for ample outdoor discovery time in schedule each day.
- Enhanced sensory and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition and memory development, by employing both traditional and modern educational strategies and techniques.
- Fostered reasoning and problem solving through active exploration games and activities.
- Taught students basic academic, behavioral and social skills.
- Read books to 24 students on weekly basis to engender love of stories and model reading.
- Coordinated schedules of activities, events and field trips.
- Nurtured supportive learning environment, often used as model for other classrooms.
- Coordinated all transition and literacy services.
Student Early Childhood Educator
Life-Bridge Childcare Centre
09.2022 - 10.2022
- Maintained and fostered positive and constructive interactions with staff, families and children.
- Sanitized toys and play equipment each day to maintain safety and cleanliness.
- Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors.
- Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Promoted physical, academic and social development by implementing diverse classroom and outside activities.
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
- Developed lesson plans and activities focused on topics such as play-based learning.
- Implemented developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculum for children, creating positive and safe classroom environments.
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
- Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers and letters.
- Enhanced sensory and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition and memory development, by employing both traditional and modern educational strategies and techniques.
- Fostered reasoning and problem solving through active exploration games and activities.
- Instructed students on interpersonal skills and basic emotional communication.
- Promoted sensory development by providing access to different textures.
- Allowed for ample outdoor discovery time in schedule each day.
- Coordinated schedules of activities, events and field trips.
- Nurtured supportive learning environment, often used as model for other classrooms.
- Taught students basic academic, behavioral and social skills.
- Read books to 18 students on weekly basis to engender love of stories and model reading.
- Developed lesson plans and activities focused on topics such as Thanksgiving and Halloween.
- Assisted and supervised 18 children through entire school day.
- Coordinated all transition and literacy services.
Student Early Childhood Educator
Daystrom Public School Child Care Centre
03.2023 - 04.2023
- Maintained and fostered positive and constructive interactions with staff, families and children.
- Sanitized toys and play equipment each day to maintain safety and cleanliness.
- Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors.
- Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Promoted physical, academic and social development by implementing diverse classroom and outside activities.
- Implemented developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculum for children, creating positive and safe classroom environments.
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
- Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers and letters.
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
- Consulted with parents to build and maintain positive support networks and support continuing education strategies.
- Enhanced sensory and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition and memory development, by employing both traditional and modern educational strategies and techniques.
- Promoted sensory development by providing access to different textures.
- Provided individualized instruction and support to meet personal needs of each child.
- Assisted and supervised 21 children through entire school day.
- Read books to 21 students on weekly basis to engender love of stories and model reading.
- Monitored students with special needs and helped integrate into normal classroom setting.
- Instructed students on interpersonal skills and basic emotional communication.
- Taught students basic academic, behavioral and social skills.
- Identified signs of emotional and developmental problems in children and reported to parents.
- Developed lesson plans and activities focused on topics such as Ramadan and Easter.
- Allowed for ample outdoor discovery time in schedule each day.
- Fostered reasoning and problem solving through active exploration games and activities.
- Nurtured supportive learning environment, often used as model for other classrooms.
- Coordinated schedules of activities, events and field trips.
- Coordinated all transition and literacy services.
Education
No Degree - Early Childhood Education
George Brown College
Toronto, ON06.2023
No Degree - College Vocational
George Brown College
Toronto, ON06.2019
High School Diploma -
St. Elizabeth Catholic High School
Thornhill, ON06.2018
Skills
- Passion for Teaching
- Enrichment Activities
- Highly skilled in Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Outlook and Excel
- Managing Activities
- Age-Appropriate Curriculum
- Setting Schedules
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 2 staff members.
- Collaborated with team of 5 children in the development of making slime.
- Achieved transitioning the children through effectively helping the staff with getting the children to get ready to go outside.
Timeline
Student Early Childhood Educator
Daystrom Public School Child Care Centre
03.2023 - 04.2023
Student Early Childhood Educator
Life-Bridge Childcare Centre
09.2022 - 10.2022
Student Early Childhood Educator
Esther Exton Child Care Centre
01.2022 - 02.2022
Helper
Over The Rainbow Child Care Centre
01.2011 - 01.2015
No Degree - Early Childhood Education
George Brown College
No Degree - College Vocational
George Brown College
High School Diploma -
St. Elizabeth Catholic High School
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