Babysitter Available in Hagerstown, MD: Madalyn L.

$20/hr

2 years of paid experience

A little bit about me

My name is Maddie, I’m 20, I have worked as a paid preschool aide for about 2 years, and I worked in my high schools preschool program unpaid for three years. I have been babysitting since 2018. I am highly experienced with special needs children; specifically autistic, non-verbal, diabetic, physically disabled, and children with adhd/add. I am currently working on earning my 90 hour certificate which would allow me to become a preschool teacher.

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Availability

Start: ASAP

Everyday 9:00am - 12:30am

Occasional work

Live-out

Age Groups

Infants

Toddlers

Preschoolers

Grade-schoolers

How often do you need a babysitter?

Full-Time Part-Time

Qualifications

Certifications

Driver’s license

CPR certified

First Aid certified

Other

Own transportation

Light housekeeping

Meal prep

Special-needs experience

Work Experience

2 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...

- I've worked as a preschool aide for 2.5 years
- I worked as both an aide and a teacher in my high schools child development program for three years
- I have babysat since 2018

Activities I enjoy doing with children...

I enjoy working with children on strengthening their motor skills, identifying letters and numbers, playing (imaginative play, parallel play, video games, board games, roughhousing), and showing kids how to regulate themselves and communicate about their emotions and needs in both productive and also developmentally appropriate way.

The most important part about being a nanny...

In my opinion, the most important part of being a childcare worker, and the reason I want to work in the childcare field, is to ensure that the children I care for feel supported and loved. I don’t ever want a child to feel like they aren’t being loved or cared for, and I want more than anything to help the kids who feel left out feel seen.

My experience with special needs children...

I have worked both one-on-one and in groups with children with various special needs; including adhd/add, autism, diabetes, dyslexia, intermittent explosive disorder, limb differences, mutism/selective mutism, and sensory processing disorder.

The most important part about being a nanny...

My favorite moment as a childcare worker is probably when at a preschool graduation ceremony, where a semi verbal autistic child I'd been working with was graduating. Every child in the graduating class was walking across the stage one-by-one and telling the audience what they wanted to be when they grow up and why. When it was her turn to walk across the stage I was nervous, but she walked right up to the center of the stage and told us that she wanted to be a firefighter because she wanted to show other kids that sirens aren't as scary as they sound. I was so proud of her and the immense progress she had made.