Nanny in Toronto, Ontario

Keziah Dourado 235 Bloor Street East, ON,M4W3Y3 Cell: 647-821-... Email: [email protected] PERSONAL SKILLS: • Microsoft Office Experience: Power point, Word and Excel -Having successfully taken and passed a Microsoft office course in Seneca College has taught me how to edit and put together Newsletters and parent teacher report cards. • Fluent in English and Hindi, some experience in ASL Sign Language and French -ASL (part one) and French throughout high school has taught me how to put together a basic program to teach children some American Sign language gestures and French words. • Able to work in individual and team environments -Working in child care has taught me to establish and enforce rules according to policies and procedures with my team members and individually. • Communication skills -I have learnt and implemented different communication techniques for various styles of learning, that are age appropriate for children. I am also very good at reading children's facial expressions and gestures. Over the years I have developed great rapport with family members and my coworkers. • Eager and willing to learn -I am constantly up to date with new policies and procedures in the Early Childhood education field. I am a fast learner and am able to apply new skills learnt in my everyday duties in the classroom. • Able to work in high stress, fast pace environments -Working with children has taught me to be quick on my feet and able to handle stressful situations by following the right procedures. I am very good at multitasking and able to lead a group of children or deal with them individually • Social skills -I am a friendly early childhood educator and have gotten along well with my coworkers and parents. I have built lifelong friendships throughout my career. • CPR, HCP and criminal reference check -Up to date with my CPR, HCP and Criminal reference check EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: • LITTLE TOTS MANOR: TORONTO, ON- (JULY 2016 TO PRESENT) • Specific skills • Building strong relationship bonds with parents, staff and children • Editing and putting together the monthly newsletter for the centre • Conduct parent teacher interviews • Using the Nipissing District Development Screening to check if children are meeting the basic development milestones • Work with other team members in the classroom to build a toddler routine and implement it in a new classroom • Guide parents to right sources and community centres around me and the area • Organized and took care of the annual Christmas potluck at the daycare centre • FOLLOW THE CHILD DAYCARE: SCARBOROUGH, ON-(NOVEMBER 2013 TO JULY 2016) • Specific skills -Programming with ELECT. -Experience in practicing emergent curriculum through play based learning -Able to recognize children's physical emotional, cognitive and social developments by documenting accordingly pertaining to the learning outcome -Knowledge of behaviour management strategies -Build an 8 week curriculum around ASL (American sign language ) for toddlers -Organize and facilitate activities to ensure inclusiveness and appropriate development. -Demonstrated flexibility with working in all classrooms of different age groups • PROCTOR AND GAMBLE (P&G): DUBAI, U.A.E- (JANUARY 2009-JANUARY 2010) • Specific skills -Promoter for all PNG products -Discussing and talking about the performance of different PNG products with clients -Reaching targeted sales goal - Building a clientele with PNG products • JACOBS CONNECTIONS: MARKHAM, ON -(OCTOBER 2008 – DECEMBER 2008) • Specific skills -Cash registry and money handling experience -Inventory and stock control -Working with brand established guidelines -Helping out potential customers with fashion advice • NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHICS: DUBAI, U.A.E-(JANUARY 2006 – JANUARY 2007) • Specific skills -Assistant to executive secretary - Filing, email, booking appointments, booking conferences, answering phone calls, administrative work, mailing, booking travel and hotel arrangements EDUCATION AND TRAINING: • SENECA COLLEGE- Graduated with ECE Diploma November 2014 • R.E.C.E certificate • CPL (continuous professional learning) certificate from the college of ECE PREVIOUS EDUCATION EXPERIENCE: • T.O.F.E.L.: 2007 • I.E.L.T.S.: 2007 • GED: 2006 • International School of Choueifat: 2006 HOBBIES • Swimming • Yoga • Reading • Writing children stories REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST