Eva

My Summary

Babysitter

My Experience

Oct 2024 – Present: Nursery Practitioner at The Gower School-Montessori Nursery, Outstanding nursery in London
MAIN DUTIES
Nursery practitioner of a toddler class (1-2 years old), enhancing their ability to self-settle, fostering their independence, and helping them to carry out daily tasks, such as organizing toys after each use by placing them back where they were found, sweeping the floor after spills of sand or other materials. Collaborating with colleagues to implement thematic approaches, following the Montessori philosophy, suited to the children's developmental level, tailored to their interests and skills.

Nov 2022 – Oct 2024: Room Leader of preschoolers at Leo’s Den Nursery, London
MAIN DUTIES
Responsible for leading the designated room, safeguarding children ensuring excellent high quality childcare and planned activities appropriate to the age and development of the children, creating a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment for all the children, supervising staff and supporting the management team, responsible for the welfare of all children, reporting any concerns in accordance with child protection and whistle blowing policies.

Jan 2021 – Nov 2022: Live-in nanny in a host family, London
MAIN DUTIES
Carry out full time toddler care and performing relevant tasks throughout the day, playing games with the toddler, conducting creative activities, cooking and offering food, putting the baby to sleep.
-Learning to cook together
-Singing and dancing (music-kinetic)
-Learning nursery rhymes
-Enjoying messy play and clay play
-Learning to paint with water markers, markers, crayons, colored pencils
-Playing puppet show
-Encouraging the toddler to be self-settle and expressing herself
-Participating in outdoor activities, like playing with other children in the park
-Assisting in household tasks

Employment – Greece
Sept 2020 – Dec 2020: Nanny in Athens, Greece
MAIN DUTIES
Looking after a three-year old toddler, playing with puzzles, assembling construction toys, such as a railway, making crafts and learning to cut with scissors, conducting gravity experiments, what objects float in water, mixing colors and how we make them, role playing games, introducing to mathematical concepts.

June 2017 – Dec 2020: Tutor at “Mathisia”, private school for studying and creative learning
MAIN DUTIES
- Responsible for educational programs and thematic unities design, aiming in assisting cognitive, social, emotional, music-kinetic, mental and physical development of toddlers and preschoolers
- Responsible teacher of creative learning for a toddler class (2-4 years old)
- Responsible for summer school management and organisation of educational material
- Responsible for toddler care and enhancing their ability to self-settle
- Responsible of homework completion for First grade students
- Administration assistance including payments, clientele filing and communication
- Assisting in First-grade students’ transportation towards the private school


2012 – 2020: Private tutor for middle school children
MAIN DUTIES
-Helping students with their homework for the next day at school
-Covering students gaps in knowledge by giving them extra educational material and exercises
-Preparing students for exams in English (certificates for starters)


Seminars and Conferences
“Emotional Literacy” the definition and importance of emotional literacy in very young children, Noodle Now, CPD certified, 28/05/24

“Continuous Provision” the importance of effective continuous provision across early years, planning, assessments and the crucial role of the practitioner, Noodle Now, CPD certified, 23/04/24

“Effective Pedagogy” Rye Oak Children Centre, Trainer: Jo Hepworth, 29/07/2023

“Full Paediatric First Aid” Tigerlily Training Ltd, Amber Jones Course Director, 11/03/2023

“Specialisation in the psychoanalytical approach of fairy tales” Dimou M., Lacanian psychologist, 6/4/2022-19/10/2022, "The Ugly Duckling", "Cinderella", "The Lead Soldier", "The Little Match Girl", "Beauty and the Beast", "Puss in Shoes"

“Art therapy for children and adolescents – Vera Vasarhelyi method & Children's painting” Dimopoulou E., child and adolescent art psychotherapist, Batagianni Z., Clinical Psychology Maitrise, Athens, October 2019 – March 2020.

“Messy play: Sensory play as a tool for Development in Preschoolers” HeHe Art, Play & Therapy, Oikonomidou E., MSc, Developmental Psychology, Gialamas Ek., Potter, Athens, December 2019

“10 personality disorders in children” 8-month seminar. Keynote speaker: Dimou M., Lacanian psychologist, 12/2015-7/2016.

“Professional Certificate in Theatrical Play” 20-hour seminar, Keynote speaker: Papadopoulou A., 11-12/2015.

“Language development and language disorders in early childhood” Keynote speaker: Psomopoulos D., Speech therapist, Teacher of special education. 10/2014.

“The Montessori educational system, today and tomorrow: Questionings and Perspectives” M & S Goudelis foundation. Keynote speakers: Bitsakis E., Chasapis D.12/2013.

My Qualifications

2010 – 2014: Bachelor’s Degree (BSc) in Early Childhood Education (4-year)
Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (RQF Level 6)

2016 – 2017: Educational program in Child Psychology and Psychiatry (1-year)
University of the Aegean in collaboration with Mental Health Center of “Sotiria” General Hospital of Athens and SOS Children’s Villages

2016-2025: Department of Russian language and literature of Slavic Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

My Availability

My Fees

• Babysitting from £17.00 per hour