Sydney Whitaker

I work as a part of the administration team for the Curiosity Camps housed at the Rochester Museum and Science Center, these camps are hands-on, minds-on science and include experiences, interactions with scientists and other professionals and further inquiry into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) topics. I float around and help our instructors in their classrooms for each of their camps, I go one on one with campers with autism or other special needs and learning disabilities. I also sub in for instructors and support them while leading the students with a lesson plan and schedule. My main job as an admin is focused on the behavioral situations and solving them.

In the elementary schools in the Fairport Central School District, where I lead students in any grade between K-5 in activity that their teacher left for me to teach them, following their instruction and teaching those lessons to the class. Here I strengthen and use my leadership skills, my communication skills, my problem-solving skills, active listening, creativity and more so I can contribute to the positive environment and to help teach and evolve young minds.

I worked on the floor organizing, folding, and sorting clothes, helping customers find great clothing pieces and I managed the door, controlling the flow and the amount of people allowed in the store at a time, as there were restrictions. With this job, I used customer service skills, communication skills, product knowledge and active listening.