Honor Society® member
Maresca Picelli
Education Coordinator at I work at the Princeville Migrant Head Start and I am the Education Coordinator, which means that I make sure that our teachers offers only developmentally appropriate practice to the children
- early childhood education
- Class of 2024
- princeville, Illinois
Member since May 2023
About
I was born and raised in Parma, Italy, and I moved to the United States in December 2011. When I went back to school in 2016, I was terrified because I had trouble reading children books in English. But I didn't give up: I had to show my children that I could have done it.
Education
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Illinois State University
early childhood education
2022 – 2024
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Illinois Central College
early childhood education
2016 – 2021
Goals and interests
- Career goal
I've been working with children in daycares since 2004. Now I want to work in a public preschool, and I am considering the idea of taking my master degree to work in a college, and teach to the new generation of teachers.
- Graduate school interests
preschool and k-2nd
- Outside the classroom
In my free time I follow my children around since I have three children (13, 10, and 3 years old) and the older two are always busy playing sports. It is important for me to be there for them.
Experience
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Education Coordinator
I work at the Princeville Migrant Head Start and I am the Education Coordinator, which means that I make sure that our teachers offers only developmentally appropriate practice to the children
Jul 2022 – Jun 2023
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Jr high girls basketball coach
In 2015 I decided to accept a position as 8th grade girls basketball coach because I played basketball for 20 years, and I played semiprofessional basketball in Italy, and I wanted to pass my knowledge to the new generation
Sep 2015 – Dec 2023
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teacher
I started work with children in 2004 in Parma, Italy, and I've been doing it ever since. Now I work at the Princeville Migrant Head Start, where for 6 months a year we run the Head start program, while for the rest of the time we are a normal daycare center. When I don't work as Education Coordinator, I teach in the 2 years old classroom. I've been working with children since 2004 and I have experience especially with infants and toddlers. I worked for a few years with preschoolers, and for 1 year, I worked also as a PE teacher with children from first through fifth grade.
Sep 2004 – Jun 2023
Volunteering
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In my free time I help coaching basketball with the grade school children
Princeville Youth Basketball
Jan 2017 – Mar 2023
Languages
- Italian Advanced
- English (US) Fluent
- Spanish Intermediate
