December 2024 Nationwide Trainer of the Month

The Trainer of the Month award is designed to acknowledge an worker that exemplifies our core values, that are compassion, humility, integrity, loyalty, and self-discipline. This month we’re happy to announce that our 2024 December Nationwide Trainer of the Month is Ms. Alyssa of Little Sunshine’s Playhouse and Preschool of The Woodlands.

In speaking about how Ms. Alyssa exemplifies LSP’s core values, Program Director, Ms. TK stated, “Meet Ms. Alyssa, our shining star for December! As a cherished member of our distinctive Pre-Ok workforce, Alyssa has been nurturing younger minds at our faculty for over three and a half years. Her dedication to her college students is unparalleled, and her willingness to help to any classroom in want is really commendable. Alyssa is not only a trainer; she’s a guiding gentle for our newer workforce members, at all times able to mentor and encourage. Dad and mom of Alyssa’s college students have shared glowing testimonials about her affect.

What age group do you educate?
Pre-Ok

What’s the identify of your classroom?

Neverland/Sunnybrook Farms

What do you like most in regards to the age group you educate?

I really like the conversations, creativity, and imaginations that my college students make the most of every day. It’s really inspiring to witness how they carry recent views and distinctive concepts to the desk, reworking every lesson right into a vigorous and fascinating expertise. Their means to assume exterior the field, ask considerate questions, and collaborate with each other is a continuing reminder of how boundless creativity may be. Every day, I’m amazed by their progressive pondering and their willingness to discover new ideas, which not solely fuels their very own progress however enriches the educational surroundings for everybody concerned.

What’s your favourite curriculum challenge you’ve ever achieved in your classroom?

My favourite actions are those that the youngsters assist us create. There’s one thing extremely particular about watching them take possession of their studying and contribute their very own concepts to form the expertise. Once they collaborate with us to design tasks, classes, or challenges, it fosters a way of pleasure and funding that makes the educational course of much more significant. Their creativity and enter usually result in surprising, enjoyable, and progressive actions that we might by no means have considered on our personal. It’s a wonderful reminder that one of the best studying occurs when everybody, trainer and scholar alike, are companions within the course of.

What do you take pleasure in most about working for LSP?
Sharing my creativity and studying new issues with different employees and management members has been one of the vital rewarding facets of my function. Collaborating with colleagues not solely sparks new concepts but additionally supplies alternatives to develop collectively as a workforce, as we trade methods, insights, and views. The collaborative spirit helps us refine our practices, strengthen our strategy to instructing, and be certain that we’re at all times discovering new methods to help our college students’ success. Equally vital is constructing sturdy relationships inside our workforce and with the households in our neighborhood. Connecting with each employees and households creates a community of help the place we will collectively rejoice achievements, navigate challenges, and work collectively towards shared objectives. These relationships foster a way of belonging and belief, they usually remind me that we’re all companions in nurturing the expansion and well-being of each scholar.

What made you wish to grow to be an early childhood educator?
All of my life, I’ve been a caregiver, whether or not it was taking care of members of the family, associates, and even volunteering in my neighborhood. This deep-rooted sense of compassion and accountability naturally led me to transition right into a extra hands-on profession in Early Childhood Training (ECE). Caring for others has at all times been second nature to me, and dealing with younger kids permits me to increase that care in a manner that nurtures their progress and improvement. Being a trainer permits me to mix my ardour for serving to others with my love for instructing and guiding younger minds. Having the ability to foster a protected, supportive, and inventive surroundings the place kids can discover, study, and develop is really fulfilling. It’s extremely rewarding to know that the inspiration I assist construct at present will help these kids for years to come back.

Who and/or what evokes you and why?
I’m impressed each day by the little individuals who I’ve been entrusted with. Their curiosity, marvel, and boundless vitality remind me of the unbelievable potential every baby holds. Every single day, they present me the ability of resilience, the enjoyment of discovery, and the significance of seeing the world via recent eyes. Their questions, their creativity, and the best way they strategy challenges encourage me to be a greater educator, caregiver, and individual. I’m deeply grateful for the privilege of being part of their journeys, guiding them as they study and develop, and witnessing firsthand how they form the world round them with their distinctive views. Their belief in me is a continuing supply of motivation, and it’s really an honor to be part of their early experiences.

What do you take pleasure in doing exterior of labor?
When I’m not working, a few of my favourite actions are studying, portray, exploring the good outside, and spending time with my fur child.

Inform us one particular reality about your self that nobody would anticipate?
My Dad is an actor, so I’ve met LOTS of well-known folks, I’m initially from Alaska, and I used to be an additional in two films.

We additionally wish to say congratulations to all of the nominees who’re listed under. Thanks for all of your laborious work and dedication!

Binitha T. – Alpharetta

Steffi S. – Arvada

Britta S. – Broomfield

Sue M. – Chesterfield

Charlene S. – Colorado Springs (Cheyenne Mountain)

Ashley B. – Colorado Springs (Briargate)

Ashleigh De V. – Creve Coeur

Deepa B. – Cumming

Sherry X. – Elkhorn North

Darci M. – Erie

Noel B. – 4 Factors

Chef Mark – Franklin

Daniela Escorcia R. – Gilbert – Higley

Monica E. – Gilbert – Val Vista

Ava E. – Granite Bay

Kylie P. – Lake St. Louis

Kimberly G. – Lakeway

Autumn S. – Leawood

Emma R. – Littleton

Hayley B. – Mt. Juliet

Brianna T. – O’Fallon

Latotla M. – Overland Park

Storianna F. – Ozark

Justice P. – Parker

Lyn X. – Rogers

Jameria E. – Roswell

Charles J. – San Antonio – Dominion

Shaheen F. – San Antonio – Stone Oak

Eliza B. – Schaumburg

Maddie B. – Scottsdale

Hannah B. – Southlake

Miles D. – Springfield I

Paige C. – Springfield II

Gracie U. – Springfield III

Kamryn C. – College Metropolis

Brianna B. – Willowbrook