Zikai Peter Cao
Patterson Lakes,Australia
Summary
Registed ECT in Victoria from 2024 Caring Early Childhood Educator with outstanding experience and enthusiasm for teaching students vital skills for development and future success. Successful in building strong teacher-student relationships using upbeat attitude, patience, and personable communication. Effective in working diligently to meet project deadlines on time. Adaptable in coordinating with peers on team projects as well as working independently to achieve goals.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Room Assistant
Storyhouse Nunawading
Nunawading, VIC
09.2025 - Current
- Organized and maintained room setups to facilitate daily activities.
- Coordinated supplies and materials, ensuring seamless classroom functions and events.
- Developed classroom activities through creative input and effective planning.
- Encouraged children to be understanding of others, show good manners and instructed in other social development behaviors.
- Collaborated with parents to support children's learning and development at home.
Room Leader
Green Leaves Early Learning Forest Hill
Forest Hill, Australia
01.2025 - 08.2025
- Led toddler room activities by creating engaging learning environments and documenting daily routines.
- Supervised daily activities for children in a nurturing and safe environment.
- Coordinated with parents and staff to ensure effective communication and engagement.
- Planned age-appropriate educational programs and activities for diverse learning needs.
Room Assisstance
Green Leaves Early Learning Forest Hill
Forest Hill, Australia
07.2023 - 01.2025
- Assisted in delivering learning activities, setting up the learning environment, documenting, and managing daily routines.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Contributed innovative ideas and solutions to enhance team performance and outcomes.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
Room Assisstance & Leader
Astra EarlyLearning Group Pty Ltd (Port Melbourne)
Port Melbourne, Australia
02.2022 - 06.2023
- Coordinated initial learning activities and planned programming to redesign learning environment
- Tracked daily learning activities to monitor student progress.
Room Educator
Astra EarlyLearning Group Pty Ltd (Port Melbourne)
Port Melbourne, Australia
08.2021 - 02.2022
- Start as a part time floater by covering breaks through different rooms and age groups
- After 2 months, becoming a permanent educator in Toddler room and engaging children's daily learning experiences and routine.
Property manage
Homes for Now Pty Ltd
Melbourne, Australia
09.2018 - 03.2020
- Supervise progress of condition reports and maintenance tasks
- Apartment inspection, making entry condition report and exit condition report of apartments.
- Data statistics of all condition reports
Education
Graduated Diploma - Early Childhood Education
Victoria University
Melbourne, VIC, Australia05.2024
Bachelor of Commerce - Banking and Finance
Monash University
Melbourne, VIC, Australia11.2019
Skills
- Computer
- First Aid
- Learning Activity Planning
- Learning Environment Setup
- Mandarin
- Classroom management
- Educational documentation
- Room setup coordination
- Child development understanding
- Early childhood education
- Team collaboration
- Effective communication
Languages
- Mandarin
- English
Philosophy And Pedagogy - Beliefs
- Always act best interest of children
- Children Safety is priority
- Every single child is unique and special
- Children have free will as same as adults, so we need to give them full respect and rights to play and learn
- Learning experiences are not just learning activities but also everything we do in front of children and every conversation that happens between us
- Reggio Emilia Approach especially handles the language of the child and environment as the third teacher
- Always follow the guide of EYLF and NQF as my basic standard
Summary
Registered ECT in Victoria, 01/01/24
Timeline
Room Assistant
Storyhouse Nunawading
09.2025 - Current
Room Leader
Green Leaves Early Learning Forest Hill
01.2025 - 08.2025
Room Assisstance
Green Leaves Early Learning Forest Hill
07.2023 - 01.2025
Room Assisstance & Leader
Astra EarlyLearning Group Pty Ltd (Port Melbourne)
02.2022 - 06.2023
Room Educator
Astra EarlyLearning Group Pty Ltd (Port Melbourne)
08.2021 - 02.2022
Property manage
Homes for Now Pty Ltd
09.2018 - 03.2020
Graduated Diploma - Early Childhood Education
Victoria University
Bachelor of Commerce - Banking and Finance
Monash University