Emma Kantrov Email and Phone Number

• Ensure the safety and well-being of a group of nine toddlers of mixed ages (1.5 – 3 years)• Develop and implement emergent curriculum that supports all areas of child development• Participate in regular staff meetings and professional development; consult and reflect with supervisors on both individual children’s behavior and classroom management• Communicate with parents in a warm and professional manner regarding children’s successes and areas for growth

Yearly volunteer at the Mid-Year Conference for Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants• Supported event staff in preparing for and registering over 400 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTAs) upon arrival for their mid-year conference in Washington, D.C.• Led groups of 30 or more FLTAs to off-site community service activities or museum visits• Facilitated presentations and Q&A sessions for FLTAs presenting on teaching techniques and their first-semester experiences teaching their native languages at American colleges and universities• Provided support with general conference operations, including directing FLTAs to their advisors, ensuring FLTAs attend their assigned conference activities, and providing logistical support to guest speakers

• Promoted from Group Leader to Assistant Director for commitment to the safety and social/emotional education of children ages 5-9 in after-school care as well as the ability to form strong relationships with students •Responsible for administrative duties such as answering parent phone calls, attendance sheet preparation, and parent communication regarding children’s attendance• Designed and implemented enrichment activities such as Gardening and Book Club• Delegated tasks to and supervised staff members in managing a group of up to 24 children• Led the program and assumed the Director’s daily responsibilities in her absence

• Manage a clinical caseload of 3-4 toddler/preschool aged children at a therapeutic preschool for vulnerable youth • Provide play therapy, one-on-one classroom support, and group support for students ages 0-5• Incorporate social and emotional learning into an inclusion classroom setting using developmentally appropriate language and activities• Participate in weekly case review and attend both individual and group supervision• Collaborate with teachers, families, social workers and other service providers to promote consistent, nurturing, and healthy environments for SPARK children

• Behavioral youth counselor for adolescent girls with severe emotional and behavioral issues• Assisted with behavior management, daily living tasks, and teaching healthy coping skills using safety planning, engaging activities, and incentives• Aided in crisis intervention by supporting students not in crisis or intervening with students displaying unsafe behaviors• Motivated students to be successful at the program in order to attend “out activities” such as roller-blading and laser tag, for which I also helped budget, organize, and chaperone

• Awarded a competitive scholarship after rigorous application and interview• Served as an American cultural and language ambassador for university students and professors• Improved the university’s English Without Borders program by helping student-teachers and professors with advertising, lesson-planning, and workshops • Presented on using music to teach English phonetics at a teaching conference in Rio de Janeiro• Organized bi-weekly English conversation groups for 5-10 students from all academic areas