
Melody O'Brien
Office Administrator and Teacher
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About
Experienced Early Childhood Development educator and office administrator with 20+ years of progressive experience in teaching, curriculum development, and administrative roles.
Experience
Educator/Head teacher/ Office administrator at My World Day-care (2015-02 – 1 August 2025)
- Answering phone calls and responding to emails
- Admin work for the head of school
- Showing prospective clients around the facility
- Filing
- Typing minutes of meetings
- Supervising staff
- Facilitating parent/teacher conferences
- Stock take and supervision of the school library and school equipment
- Organising and facilitating school functions
Teaching multiple age groups from toddlers to Grade R with dual responsibility of office administration. Specialized in special needs education and CAP curriculum implementation.
• Compiling age appropriate lesson plans • Aiding in the development of learners, cognitively, socially, physically and emotionally • Assembling educational activities • Facilitating fun and insightful group activities • Planning and facilitating Grade R lesson plans and assessments according to CAP curriculum • Aiding Grade R learners with phonetical awareness, sight word recognition and reading fundamentals • Aiding learners with their numerological development
Education
Matric in General Education – Benoni High School
Course in Early Childhood Development – Sophie Breytenbach
Diploma in Early Childhood – National Teaching Diploma
Certification in English Language Teaching – TEFL Academy
Diploma in Cryptozoology – Centre of Excellence