Kindercare Learning Center

MELISSA CAMPOLI
4 Salem Walk ● Milford, CT 06460
203.654.1402 ● melissa.l.campoli@gmail.com
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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

 Objective: Ultimately seeking a career in the Family Studies profession, utilizing well developed communication skills, problem-solving skills, and organizational skills.

 Computer Skills: Well-developed typing skills, proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, excellent attention to detail

 Administration and Communication: Excellent and well developed communication skills, customer service skills, personable and easily approachable. Prioritize and organize workloads to meet strict deadlines. Establish and maintain positive working relationships with staff, management, and clientele.

 Strengths and Accomplishments: Excellent time management skills, organizational skills, and leadership skills. Chosen for President and Vice President for Youth Group two years in a row, served as Comedy Chair for SUBOG, a well known UCONN Student Activities organization, for a year.
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EXPERIENCE/EMPLOYMENT

KinderCare Learning Center, New Haven, CT
Preschool Teacher/Floater, July 2014-Present
Teach children ages 3-5. Attend workshops, trainings, and Professional Development Days to help enhance children s learning. Supervise and play with children on the playground. Clean and organize the classrooms, prepare snack for children. Assist children during naptime. Aide other teachers in the center by working with children in their classrooms. Assist children in the Potty Training process. Communicate daily with children s parents through conferences, face-to-face interactions, and Daily Communication Forms. Conduct Morning Circle Time, art projects, and daily learning activities

Great Beginnings Preschool, Milford, CT
Teacher s Aide/Art Teacher, June 2011-July 2014
Supervised and played with children on the playground. Created, structured, and prepared weekly lesson plans for art projects. Cleaned and organized the classrooms, prepared snack for children. Taught children ages 3-5. Answered telephones and recorded messages for employer. Assisted children during naptime

Mansfield Youth Services Bureau, Mansfield, CT
Intern, January 2011-May 2011
Attended department meetings with supervisor. Assisted in organizing Grief Matters, a children s grief support group. Assisted in facilitating Grief Matters sessions. Organized projects using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word




Child Development Labs, Storrs, CT
Student Child Care Trainee, August 2010-December 2010
Supervised children at various learning stations throughout the day Read, played with, and taught children ages 3-4. Cleaned and organized the classroom, prepared snack for children

Windham Heights Afterschool Program, Windham Heights, CT
Tutor, September 2007-April 2008
Tutored children grades 1-4 in various subject areas. Played with children outside and supervised children on the playground
Saint Mary Church, Milford, CT
Catholic Religious Education Instructor for 1st Graders, April/May 2007-April/May 2008
Read to children in 1st grade. Instructed a class of approximately 20 1st Graders
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EDUCATION

Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT- Masters in Family Studies
Projected Graduation May 2015

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT- B.A. in Human Development and Family Studies, Psychology Minor
May 2011
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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES

Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel, Storrs, CT
Office Clerk, September 2007-May 2011
Copied, faxed, and filed documents . Answered telephones. Assisted walk-ins with questions or need of direction
SUBOG Comedy Chairperson, Storrs, CT
Comedy Chair for the Student Union Board of Governors, August 2009-May 2010
Attended weekly Board meetings, training and team-building retreats. Planned, organized, and ran weekly committee meetings. Conversed with agencies and selected comedians for fall semester; facilitated selection process among committee members for spring semester. Assigned roles to committee members during Comedy Shows. Introduced Comedians in theatre settings and oversaw all operational details of shows
Peer Group Involvement, Storrs, CT
Team Leader for First Year Experience Seminar (FYE), Spring 2008
Elected from a class of approximately 20 first year students. Acted as class representative and attended monthly business luncheons to share ideas with other FYE Team Leaders and presented in front of the class. Planned a school-wide event

Natural Helpers, Milford, CT
Peer Mentor, September 2006-June 2007
Counseled peers with day to day stressors and other problems. Attended monthly training meetings to enrich peer helping skills. Participated in volunteer work outside of school, including a bake sale for Hurricane Katrina