Babysitter Available in Martinsburg, WV: Karen O.

$14/hr

5 years of paid experience

A little bit about me

I am a kind, caring, and compassionate teacher in music education. I had a very successful career in music education at a variety of private schools such as New England Conservatory of Music, Longy School of Music of Bard College, Winchester Community Music School, Point CounterPoint, North Shore Conservatory, and Olin College of Engineering. I have taught violin and piano as a Certified Suzuki Teacher. In addition, I am a mind/body instructor with Teaching Certificates in Tai Chi/Qi Gong China, and the Alexander Technique with Ted Dimon. My students have ranged in age from 3 years old up to 77 years old. I have integrated mindful modalities with learning music in order to bring out the best in their playing and performing. My teaching methods incorporate an approach that reduces tension, facilitates balance, and expands freedom. As a program director and music administrator for the last twenty years, I really enjoy working the public to encourage a love of classical music.

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5 years of experience caring for:

Infants (0-11 months)

Toddlers (1-3 years)

Preschoolers (4-9 years)

Grade-schoolers (10-12 years)

More About Me

Relevant experience where I also cared for children were...

As an Artistic Executive Director, professional violinist, and mind/body professor, I am interested in collaborating with others to create invigorating music programs. The vision statement for my chamber music programs is as follows: promoting the joy of music while maintaining strict standards of excellence. As an Arts Administrator ( [phone number hidden]), I have key skill sets: hosting and coordinating recitals, managing concerns and requests from parents, students, and faculty, maintaining phone management, creating exciting curriculum, creating the class calendar for forty students, judging auditions, teaching individual and group lessons, running faculty orientation, and fulfilling the budget.

Activities I enjoy doing with children...

I love to work with children as they grow and develop their curiosity, talent, and skill set. In particular, I enjoy teaching them any of their homework activities such as math, writing, reading, spelling, science and social studies. I also am adept at teaching them music after school even at age three. I do believe in outside invigorating activities that complement mental engagement and cognitive development. I enjoy playing soccer, put put golf, climbing jungle gyms, and playing in sand boxes. I adore reading bedtime stories to children as well.

My experience with special needs children...

In 2021, I taught third and fourth grade special needs math, spelling, and writing as substitute teacher for Blue Ridge Elementary School. All my students passed for the first time their math exam for the state. This was a wonderful new experience for me to teach special education students.

The most important part about being a nanny...

I started babysitting in Bethesda, MD when I was a teenager as I was saving money to pay for a new violin. Picking my favorite moment, of course, is a bit tricky! There are many! I have many fond memories of building tents in the back yard, roasting marshmellows, making dinners together, watching a great movie, biking to the park, and reading/writing our own bed time stories.