MY EXPERIENCE
Roles & Responsibilities
CAMP COUNSELLOR, LIFEGUARD, SENIOR STAFF MEMBER, AND CAMP STAFF DIRECTOR
2016 - Present
Roles and responsibilities increased with the amount of time worked with this organization. Ultimately, the goal of this workplace is to provide the campers with meaningful experiences and help them to develop skills they can take with them into everyday life. Provide a balanced program and facilitate leadership development in children and teenagers of various ages. Direct staff members and run camps in locations across Ontario. • Adullam Camp Ministries, Chatham
PRESCHOOL AND INFANT CARE PROVIDER
2012 - Present
Offer activities and songs that are developmentally appropriate in enhancing the emerging skills of infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Provide care for young children in a Sunday School setting during church services. • St Paul’s Congregational Church, Chatham
ECE STUDENT PLACEMENT
January 2020 – February 2020 & November 2019 – December 2019
Placement One: Work alongside RECE’s in a preschool classroom setting. Teach and design curriculum, care for preschoolers, and prepare the classroom.
Placement Two: Work alongside RECE’s in a before-and-after school setting. Prepare snack, do daily logs on student led days, create and implement curriculum, and care for school agers
MY EXPERIENCE CONTINUED:
2015 - 2018
YOUTH LEADER FOR ENCOUNTER JUNIOR HIGH
• Advocate for youth, promote leadership skills and create meaningful relationships through active engagement in activities with older children and teenagers in grades seven to nine. Encounter is a youth group entered around making empathetic leaders in the community of Chatham-Kent. We worked towards serving others and acted as a support to the lives of the children and teenagers who attended. • Gregory Drive Alliance Church, Chatham
2016 - 2017
GEMS GIRL'S CLUB COUNSELLOR
• Teach meaningful biblical lessons and care for girls in a grade three classroom setting. This is another youth group for grades one to eight, but it is specifically built with the purpose to empower young women. My role was to offer a loving and caring place to teach girls in a community atmosphere where they could feel at home. The main lesson was not within the curriculum, but the bond we got to share throughout my time working with this class. • St Paul’s Congregational Church, Chatham