Chelsi Ostergaard

Phone: (801) 703-6520  Chelsi_harris22@hotmail.com

EDUCATION
Salt Lake Community College – Salt Lake City, UT Associates of Science, 2007-2012

Westminster College – Salt Lake City, UT Bachelor of Science: Special Education, 2018-Present
Minor: Montessori Education, 2018-present

Montessori Educational Programs International – Salt Lake City, UT Certificate of Completion, 2011-2014
Certificate: Classroom Director of Early Childhood Education, ages 3-6

The Mandt System- Salt Lake City, UT Certificate of Completion, 2016

Certificate: completed requirements for student training

WORK EXPERIENCE
Ignite Academy – SLC, Utah August 2018 - Present
Lead Teacher and Lower Elementary team lead
 Plan yearly curriculum in all subject areas.
 Prepare snack, and environment for children’s arrival.
 Lead morning, mid-day, and afternoon line times.
 Give lessons to all students, and assist any child that needs help.
 Record keep on all students.
 Email parents, and write weekly comments on what each child worked on during the week.
 Communicate with parents, and lead Parent Teacher Conferences.
 Observe
 Create report cards on all students 3 times a year.
 Clean and restore environment at the end of the day.
 Collaborate with other Lower Elementary Classrooms.
 Collaborate with Administration.

Elizabeth Academy – SLC, Utah August 2011 - Present

Lead Teacher and Teacher with Special Needs Emphasis
 Plan yearly curriculum in all subject areas.
 Prepare snack, and environment for children’s arrival.
 Lead morning, mid-day, and afternoon line times.
 Give lessons to all students, and assist any child that needs help.
 Record keep on all students.
 Email parents, and write weekly comments on what each child worked on during the week.
 Communicate with parents, and lead Parent Teacher Conferences.
 Observe
 Write SSP’s and lead all SSP meetings.
 Create progress reports on all students 3 times a year.
 Clean and restore environment at the end of the day.
 Collaborate with other Early Childhood Classrooms.
 Collaborate with Administration.
Oakridge Montessori School – Millcreek, Utah Aug 2007 – May 2011
Assistant Teacher
 Assisted Lead teacher by making copies, sorting papers, and cutting laminate.
 Prepared snack every day.
 Gave lessons to children, and assisted any child that needed help.
 Sang songs and did movement activities at the end of each day.
 Ran the aftercare program.
 Cleaned and restored environment.

SKILLS
 Certified in Mandt training
 Certified in Early Childhood Montessori
 Certified in Lower Elementary Montessori
 American Sign Language
 12 years of Montessori Experience
 12 years of teaching experience
 14 Years of experience working with people that have special needs.
 Good listener, patient, hard worker, dedicated, honest and trustworthy.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
 Special Needs Mutual- Counselor for a person with Disabilities
 Mentored a child with Down Syndrome
 Tutored a child in English who had Down Syndrome