Jonalyn Macaraig
Bakewell,NT
Summary
Experienced Childcare Group Leader and Educational Leader interested in securing a position with a growing company seeking qualified applicants. To provide children with essential care and education and to help them become winning learners. Enthusiastic about creating an inspiring, fun, safe, and adaptive environment for each child's needs. Utilising exceptional child care and nourishment skills, good ethics and compassion to ensure children's safety, health, and well-being.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Educational Leader
Affinity Education Group
09.2022 - Current
- Regularly reviews implementation and evaluation of educational programs and practices across each room of the centre to ensure compliance with approved learning framework and with the National Quality Standards, primarily Quality Area 1
- Monitors educators' documentation, analysis of children's learning and participation and planning provisions
- Completes monthly program audits
- Makes recommendations for improvements to educators' educational programs and practices
- Ensures all educators follow the planning cycle and can articulate the planning cycle effectively
- Leads discussion with educators to encourage reflection on the effectiveness of their programs, interactions, intentional teaching and other strategies
- Monitors educators' communication of children's learning and participation with families through displays, written documentation and Storypark
- Liaises with centre manager to inform of outcomes of audits and recommendations
- Arrange and participate in information sharing events with colleagues and families regarding pedagogical practice, learning frameworks and child development matters
- Establishes and participates in professional industry networks
- Conducts research and shares knowledge with teams
- Evaluated programs and monitored implementation and compliance with regulations to achieve objectives
- Planned and implemented staff development and in-service training programs to enhance knowledge and skills
- Designed or used assessments to monitor children's learning outcomes
Early Childhood Lead Educator
Affinity Education Group
02.2022 - Current
- Plans and implements developmentally appropriate, inclusive and challenging program provisions based on a comprehensive understanding of the approved learning framework
- Documents and analyses children's learning and participation to inform the program and ensures children's records are up to date and accurate
- Evaluates program provisions and children's learning and participation to identify potential for further extension and to reflect on improvements
- Follows the planning cycle and reflects on effectiveness of program, interactions and intentional teaching and other practices
- Supports children's individual capabilities and self-help skills and supports the learning and participation of children with individual needs
- Communicates children's learning and participation with families and other professionals working with the child, verbally, in writing and electronically
- Facilitates transition into care and identifies and supports children's readiness and transition between rooms
- Liaises with schools to support transition to school and completes transition statements, in consultation with ECT where applicable
Early Childhood Educator
Guardian Childcare and Education
05.2021 - 02.2022
- Assist and support the lead educator in planning and implementing developmentally appropriate, inclusive and challenging program provisions
- Contribute to documenting children's learning and participation to inform program
- Assist to evaluate program provisions and children's learning and participation and to reflect on improvements
- Support children's individual capabilities and self-help skills and, under direction, support learning and participation of children with individual needs
- Consistently follows health and safety policies and procedures
- Maintains a healthy environment by contributing to daily cleaning procedures to a high standard and documents these as required
- Assist children to contribute to their health and safety through personal care procedures and document these as required
- Monitors the environment for hazards and reports identified hazards and incidents to the manager immediately
- Engages in active supervision with children at all times
- Follows requirements in regards to:
- Identifying and responding to children at risk
- First aid
- Emergency procedures
- Food safety
Customer Service
Brisbane Markets Limited
07.2019 - 09.2021
- Addresses customer issues and resolve them in a timely and efficient manner
- Gives information and helping to solve customer problems
- Interacts with customers face-to-face ensuring that all valid customer concerns are being dealt with immediately
- Relays positive and negative feedbacks to team leaders and managers and suggests solutions to negative feedbacks.
Sales Representative
Blue Waters Marine General Trading LLC
10.2015 - 02.2019
- Placed calls to potential new clients and communicated effectively to close sales
- Performed administrative tasks to organize all accounts responsible for
- Understood customer needs and requirements and excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Strong listening and presentation skills and proven inside sales experience
- Effective multi-tasking, prioritising, and time management skills
Private Tutor
03.2013 - 05.2014
- Observed and evaluated students' performance, behaviour, social development and intellectual development
- Kept students on-task with pro-active behaviour modification and positive reinforcement strategies
- Genuinely committed to mentoring students' to improved academic and personal development
- Evaluate students' progress and adjust instruction based on feedback.
Education
DIPLOMA OF EARLY CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION CARE - CARE
Queensford College
Brisbane, QLD12.2021
DIPLOMA OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT - MANAGEMENT
Queensford College
Brisbane, QLD12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Tourism And Travel Management
Our Lady of Fatima University
PHILIPPINES03.2011
Skills
- Contribute to documenting children's learning and participation to inform program
- Assists to evaluate program provisions and children's learning and participation and to reflect on improvements
- Remarkable experience in managing multi-age group childcare and infant care programs
- Exceptional knowledge of accreditation principles and childcare programming
- Ability to observe children, adapt programs to their spontaneous play and record this ongoing process
- Ability to provide authoritative advice on childcare practice and functions
- Ability to plan and provide structured recreation activities for groups of children
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Decision-making skills
- Instructional skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Patience
- Physical stamina
- Time management skills
Timeline
Educational Leader
Affinity Education Group
09.2022 - Current
Early Childhood Lead Educator
Affinity Education Group
02.2022 - Current
Early Childhood Educator
Guardian Childcare and Education
05.2021 - 02.2022
Customer Service
Brisbane Markets Limited
07.2019 - 09.2021
Sales Representative
Blue Waters Marine General Trading LLC
10.2015 - 02.2019
Private Tutor
03.2013 - 05.2014
DIPLOMA OF EARLY CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION CARE - CARE
Queensford College
DIPLOMA OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT - MANAGEMENT
Queensford College
Bachelor of Science - Tourism And Travel Management
Our Lady of Fatima University
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