- Cooking
- Crafting and DIY Projects
- Gardening
- Enjoy hobbies that combine physical activity with outdoor exploration
- Personal Development and Self-Improvement
Shelley McGregor
Melbourne
Summary
Compassionate Kindergarten Assistant with background in early childhood education. Offers expertise in curriculum development, classroom management, and fostering positive relationships with students, parents, and colleagues. Brings strong understanding of child development principles, adept at creating nurturing learning environments to promote social and intellectual growth. Demonstrates impactful contributions in previous roles with consistent enhancement of student engagement and classroom efficiency.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Kindergarten Assistant
City of Casey
02.2016 - Current
- Assist in creating programs, activities and play spaces to engage and promote learning.
- Maintain a safe learning environment through constant supervision and adhering to required staff/children ratios
- Read stories aloud to the class, both for entertainment and educational purposes.
- Keep students safe in classroom and outside environments.
- Organise and set up kindergarten room to meet students' learning needs and planned activities.
- Attended professional development sessions, workshops, seminars.
- Attend regular staff meetings
- Engage with families on a daily basis to build safe and secure relationships and discuss needs of their children
Animal Shelter Volunteer
Gembrook wildlife rescue
03.2022 - 06.2022
- Clean animal pouches and living areas (sweep, remove droppings, mop, washing and drying pouches)
- Feed orphaned joeys, wombats, possums and birds
- Assist with medication administration
- Washing of food preparation equipment, feeding bottles and food bowls
- General animal handling
Education
City of Casey
Melbourne01-2024
Diploma in Early Childhood Education - Early Childhood Education
Chisholm Institute of TAFE
11-2014
Certificate III - Individual Support - Aged Care And Disability
Access Learning
Melbourne, VIC09-2024
Skills
- Educational Support
- Social integration
- Age-Appropriate Activities
- Special Needs Support
- Documentation
- Punctuality
- Activity Planning
- Computer Skills
- Child development knowledge
- Verbal Communication
- Small Group Instruction
- Social-emotional learning
Affiliations
- Enjoy spending quality time with my family
- Love of animals of all varieties (especially my 2 dogs)
- Nature lover
- Organised and puntual
- Intuitive
- compassionate and caring
Interests
Timeline
Animal Shelter Volunteer
Gembrook wildlife rescue
03.2022 - 06.2022
Kindergarten Assistant
City of Casey
02.2016 - Current
City of Casey
Diploma in Early Childhood Education - Early Childhood Education
Chisholm Institute of TAFE
Certificate III - Individual Support - Aged Care And Disability
Access Learning
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