April Olson

1550 S Belcher RD APT 225

Clearwater, FL 33764
734-673-4814
agogdo@yahoo.com
Objective To enhance and build on my 26 years of experience teaching young children from toddlers through school-
age by implementing a working knowledge of early childhood “best practices”, and a commitment to
fostering collaborative parent partner relationships that can be used as a foundation to provide excellent
early childhood education.
Education Winter 2010–December 2013 University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI
Children and Families Bachelor of General Studies (BGS)

2007 Schoolcraft College Livonia, MI

Child Care and Development Associate Degree
Staff Credential Verification
Director Credential Advanced VPK Endorsed
Additional Professional Development:
 First Aid/CPR & Bloodborne Pathogens
 DCF 40 Hour Child Care Training
Professional December 2017-Present Lutheran Services Florida Largo, FL
Experience
VPK Teacher
 Ensures lessons and classroom activities align with the Florida Pre-Kindergarten standards.
 Conducts Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten assessments as required.
 Ensures lessons and classroom activities align with the Florida Pre-Kindergarten standards.
 Conducts Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten assessments as required.
 Uses home visits and parent conferences to discuss the child's individual development and progress.
 Track children’s development using Teaching Strategies GOLD Online.
 Uses Frog Street Curriculum for classroom instruction.
 Implemented Google classroom online during COVID-19.

December 2014-October 2017 R'Club Child Care, Inc. Saint Petersburg, FL

Head Start/VPK Teacher
 Prepares and maintain lessons using Creative Curriculum for classroom instruction.
 Individualize children into weekly lessons plans to incorporate learning and IEP goals.
 Track children’s development using Teaching Strategies GOLD Online.
 Conduct parent teacher conferences, home-visits for each child
 Communicate daily to parents through verbal and written communication sheets.
 Serves as an effective role model for the children by assisting children in a way that develops the
child’s role and initiative and interacts in ways that help them learn.

September 2008-September 2014 Starfish Family Services Inkster, MI

Head Start Teacher
 Plan and implement a program of educational activities for preschool age children by writing daily lesson
plan’s that incorporate the High Scope curriculum into the daily schedule in addition to nutrition, health,
mental health, and dental activities field trips.
 Individualize each child into daily lessons to incorporate learning plans and IEP goals.
 Plan and conduct parent teacher conferences, home-visits for each child, and field trips.
 Track children’s development using the High Scope online child observation record (COR).
 Acknowledged as a "Star Performer" for presenting at the Wayne County teacher training conference,
"Implementing Best Practices in the Head Start Classroom using the High Scope Curriculum."

2002-2007 Bill Ford UAW-Ford Child Development Center-Bright Horizons Dearborn, MI

 Lead Teacher
 Supervise, mentor, support, assist faculty, and lead the young preschool and toddler program.
 Ensure that daily responsibilities are complete; jobs are shared and orient new team members.
 Design and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum that encourages social, emotional,
physical and intellectual development.
 Track children’s development using the High Scope child observation record (COR).
 Make learning visible creating documentation panels, and a portfolio for each child to demonstrate
children’s development over a period of time.
 Conduct parent-teacher conferences. Develop monthly newsletters and communicate daily to parents
through verbal and written communication (e-mails and journals).
1994-2002 Good Beginnings-Knowledge Learning Corporation Southgate, MI
Teacher
 Provide a safe and nurturing environment for children that encourage their social, emotional, physical and
intellectual development.
 Design and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum.
 Maintain positive relationships with parents, children and co-workers.
Summary Of I’m a highly qualified early childhood educator that has been working in the field for 26 years. My work
Qualifications experience includes teaching 13 years at various Head Start programs; a (NAEYC) nationally accredited
corporate early childhood facility as a teacher, and supervisor, also at child day care facilities. As an early
childhood educator I have planned and implemented curriculum for toddlers, preschool and school-age
children. As a lead teacher I supervised and guided faculty, ensured that daily responsibilities were
complete, jobs were shared, and oriented new faculty.