Melissa’s Background & Experience

EDUCATION

• 2014- B.A. Child Development, Walden University, National Honor Society, Honor Roll
• 2009- A.A.S Early Childhood Education, Saint Paul College, Honor Roll

EDUCATOR/PRESENTER

2016-Present: Educator- Achieve- Minnesota Center for Professional Development (MNCPD)

Melissa educates Family Child Care Providers, Center Staff, and Parents in the evenings and on weekends. Classes that Melissa teaches:

• Love & Logic: Avoiding Power Struggles
• Love & Logic: Handling Misbehavior Without Breaking a Sweat
• Love & Logic: Limits Create Happier Parents, Happier Kids, Happier Families
• Love & Logic: Teaching Kids To Listen…The First Time
• Love & Logic: What to Do When Your Kids Leave You Speechless
• Partnering With Parents From The Beginning
• Building Strong Relationships with Families
• The More You Connect, The Less You Correct
• Supervising For Safety
• Health & Safety- Family Child Care
• SUID/AHT
• Preschoolers: Understanding and Preventing Challenging Behaviors
• Infants and Toddlers: Supporting the Social Emotional Climate in the Child Care Setting
• Infants and Toddlers: Targeted Strategies to Build Social Emotional Skills
• Understanding Behavior:  Making Sense of What you See and Hear    
• Infants and Toddlers: A Relationship-based Approach to Challenging Behaviors – Examining Behaviors
• Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families: Nurturing and Supporting Social Emotional Development
• Discover Your Strengths, Grow Your Program
• ECIPs- Early Childhood Indicators of Progress

MEMBERSHIPS

• DCFCCA- Dakota County Family Child Care Association
• SCFLCCA- Scott County Licensed Family Child Care Association
• Achieve- Minnesota Center for Professional Development
• NAEYC- National Association for the Education of Young Children
• MCCPIN- Minnesota Child Care Provider Information Network
• Provider’s Choice Inc.

VOLUNTEER WORK

• Board Member of Dakota County Family Child Care Association
  • Website Coordinator- 2019-Present
  • Mentor Coordinator- 2013-2015
  • Fundraiser Coordinator- 2011-2013
• Mentor for child care providers with DCFCCA
• Sunday School Volunteer, Hosanna Lutheran Church
• Wednesday Night Halo Volunteer, Hosanna Lutheran Church