Mindy Haie
Toronto,ON
Summary
Experienced and passionate Early Childhood Educator with a love for educating children. Familiar with many educational philosophies. Strong leadership skills and a team player. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Genuine concern and sensitivity to children and their needs. Take on any challenge and work in a professional manner.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Lunchroom Supervisor
TDSB
09.2018 - Current
- Supervise children during lunch time and outdoor play
- Responsible for supervising over 300 children
- Maintaining safe and sanitary conditions.
- Handle conflicts which range from verbal to physical confrontations. Professional with other staff.
- Followed procedures and policies
- Walked around cafeteria looking for spills and assisting students with opening food containers.
- Circulated among tables to assist young students and special needs children with opening milk containers and lunch items.
Student Needs Assistance
TDSB
01.2022 - 09.2022
- Supervised and provided particular support for students
- Supply to maintain everyday inclusive classroom
- Shadow children with behavioral and physical needs
- Providing one to one care with social/emotional and physical needs
- Established professional relationship with staff
- Established relationship with 28 children
- Emphasized proper social skills
Supply Teacher Part Time
Parks And Recreation Department
10.2018 - 05.2019
- Established safe and stimulating, nurturing environment for both children and parents.
- Performed optimal play and educational materials for all stages of development infancy to 6 year olds.
- Facilitate circle time with stimulating and interactive songs
- Fine motor, gross motor skills emphasized for all age appropriate activities.
- Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with others
- Proven ability to develop and implement creative play
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills
- Provided balanced curriculum of all stages of development
- Self-motivated, with strong sense of personal responsibility
- Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness through development of innovative program
- Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers, and letters
- Implemented age-appropriate curriculum to meet needs of young learners
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance
- Proven ability to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems
Coordinator for Private Camp
Self Employed
07.2017 - 08.2017
- Facilitated summer camp for 15 children and parents in home
- Design and implemented well balanced program
- Created high quality early learning child care program based on pedagogy of learning through play.
- Provided hands on learning with variety of educational materials for one to five year olds.
- Offered exploration through variety of age appropriate activities for example mathematical skills, literacy skills, science experiments, arts and crafts, creative movement, songs and stories.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships
- Professional leadership skills
RECE Main Educator Program Tic Tac Twos
Bathurst Jewish Community Centre
09.2001 - 07.2010
- Designed and implemented developmental age appropriate early childhood program. for 10 years
- High quality stimulating, nurturing, safe learning environment, based on pedagogy of learning through play
- Incorporated music, art and literature into curriculum.
- Assessed student progress and provided feedback on educational development
- Supervised student teachers to provide objective feedback
- Consulted with parents to build and maintain positive support networks and support continuing education
- Established positive relationships with students and families
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Supported and educate children ages 2-3 year olds
- Established well balanced curriculum
- Activities provided: Music, Puppetry, hands on materia,
- Supervised gross motor activities both indoor and outdoor
- Worked in classroom with fifteen children following procedures based on Day Nursery Act
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance
- Assisted and supervised 15 children through half school day
- Promoted physical, academic, and social development by implementing diverse classroom and outside activities
- Prepared pre-class materials
Facilitator and Teacher
BJCC
09.2006 - 06.2009
- Created and developed program for ages 3-6 called Preschool Enriched Program (PEP)
- Design and implemented program based on pedagogy theory learning through play with hands on materials
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning: literacy building using phonics, mathematical skills, science discovery, as well supervised culinary instruction, dramatic arts and gross motor
- Gave one to one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group
- Implemented developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculum for children, creating positive and safe classroom environment
- Fostered reasoning and problem solving through active exploration games and activities
- Enhanced leadership abilities and expertise by educating to 20 children
- Advocated for program participants to execute phonetic learning program, based on educational materials
- Delivered interesting presentations that would promote learning through songs, puzzles, games, hands on learning math manipulatives
Education
No Degree - Autism Specialist
IBCCES
On Line Courses01.2023
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON06.2001
High Honors of Early Childhood Education - Early Childhood Education
Seneca College of Applied Arts And Technology
North York, ON06.2001
Skills
- Expert in cognitive learning disabilities such as,
- Dyslexia, ADD, and Autism
- Reliable, responsible and professional
- Ability to recognize anxiety, Sensory Processing Disorder, aggression, and other behavior disorders in children
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Innovative program design and development
- Classroom dynamics and management
- Teamwork and goal seeking
- Emergent Curriculum
- Adept at Working with Special Needs Children
- Curriculum Implementation
- Developing Social Skills
- Assessing Students
Timeline
Student Needs Assistance
TDSB
01.2022 - 09.2022
Supply Teacher Part Time
Parks And Recreation Department
10.2018 - 05.2019
Lunchroom Supervisor
TDSB
09.2018 - Current
Coordinator for Private Camp
Self Employed
07.2017 - 08.2017
Facilitator and Teacher
BJCC
09.2006 - 06.2009
RECE Main Educator Program Tic Tac Twos
Bathurst Jewish Community Centre
09.2001 - 07.2010
No Degree - Autism Specialist
IBCCES
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
York University
High Honors of Early Childhood Education - Early Childhood Education
Seneca College of Applied Arts And Technology
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