Rachel Schafer
Glendale
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new tasks. Variety of skills including, emergency first aid, great communication, collaborative teamwork, and a positive attitude.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
2026
2026
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Assistant Preschool Teacher
Dream city Christian preschool
Glendale
10.2021 - Current
- Assisted lead teacher in developing engaging lesson plans and activities.
- Supervised preschool children during indoor and outdoor playtime for safety.
- Facilitated individual and group activities to promote social skills and cooperation.
- Facilitated activities that promote sensory exploration and motor skills development.
- Maintained a safe and nurturing classroom environment for infant learning.
- Communicated regularly with parents regarding student progress and concerns.
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents, and teaching staff.
- Prepared and maintained classroom environments appropriate for student learning and physical, social and emotional development.
- Collaborated with colleagues to enhance curriculum and teaching strategies.
- Implemented routines that support social interaction among infants.
- Managed classroom supplies and resources to ensure optimal learning experiences.
- Sanitized toys, equipment, supplies and surfaces regularly.
- Assisted with diaper changes and assisted children with toileting needs when necessary.
- Changed diapers, used bibs and monitored behaviors to maintain good hygiene for each child.
- Helped develop gross motor skills through playtime activities such as crawling, walking, running, jumping.
- Followed safe feeding guidelines and parental requests for breastmilk, formula and solids.
- Established positive relationships with families by communicating regularly about their child's progress.
- Organized and led activities to promote physical, mental and social development.
- Engaged in conversations with infants to encourage language development.
- Maintained records of attendance and provided weekly updates to parents regarding their child's activities.
- Identified children in need of extra support for emotional, health-related or developmental concerns and conceived improvement strategies.
- Incorporated music into everyday routines to promote creativity and motor development.
- Observed infants' development and documented milestones using appropriate assessment tools.
- Collaborated with other staff members to plan special events such as field trips or birthday parties for the children.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Maricopa Community Colleges, Glendale Community College
Glendale, Arizona, AZ 08.2024 - 11.2025
Mountain Ridge Highschool
Glendale, AZSkills
- Child development
- Classroom management
- Lesson planning
- Effective and detailed cleaning
- Communication skills with variety of ages
- Efficient time management
- Calm under stressful situations
- Organized
- Great attention to detail
- Passionate about providing people with personal and professional knowledge and care
- Record keeping
- Instructional tasks
- Artistic expression
- Supply management
- Tech-Savvy
- Health and safety
- First aid and CPR
- Heartsaver first aid (first aid)
- Emotional intelligence
- Multitasking
- Self motivation
- Child CPR and first aid
- Collaborative teamwork
- Excellent communication
- Heartsaver first aid CPR AED (first aid CPR AED)
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Maricopa Community Colleges, Glendale Community College
08.2024 - 11.2025
Assistant Preschool Teacher
Dream city Christian preschool
10.2021 - Current
Mountain Ridge Highschool