Sitter/ Mother's Helper Resume Example

I volunteered to spend a week (Nov. 4-8th) at Windy Peak to help further 6th graders outdoor education. While there were teachers and other adults on the premises it was generally the high school leaders duty to supervise and teach the students majority of the time. As a leader I was placed in a bunk with one other leader where we managed approximately ten girls during bunk time, flag ceremony, nightly group activities, mealtime, and all throughout the night. It was also us high school leaders who taught the classes, so after preparing for the class I would take groups on hikes in the woods while teaching them about the biology i prepared. I also got to teach an art class where I allowed students to work on their own creativity using tools that they chose. Ultimately, I spent 110 hours straight supervising 12 year olds.

This experience taught me many things such as:

Coming from a family with two younger sisters, eight younger cousins and tons of family friends with children, I have had lots of experience. I've been babysitting unsupervised since I was 12 years old which puts me at about 7 years of experience. This included anything from taking and picking up the children from school, preparing meals, entertaining them for hours on end, putting the younger children down for naps, helping with homework, making sure they shower, helping them get ready for bed on time and cleaning up any messes after the children are asleep.

While babysitting I was able to learn many things such as: