Episode 10: Canadian Career Stories.
Summary
TLDRIn this engaging interview, Emily, a seasoned family nanny with over a decade of experience, shares her journey from high school into a fulfilling career in early learning and childcare. She discusses the importance of education and the joys of building personal relationships with children and parents. Emily's aspirations to grow her career, possibly by starting a licensed Christian day home and having her own website, reflect her passion for making a difference in children's lives. Her advice for others seeking a career is to explore interests, seek mentorship, and gain practical experience.
Takeaways
- 😀 Emily is a family nanny with a focus on Early Learning and childcare programs, which she started during high school and has turned into a career.
- 🏫 She has been in the profession for over 10 years, helping families and realizing the importance of education and its benefits.
- 🚗 Emily's workday involves traveling to families' homes, often starting as early as 5:00 a.m., and includes tasks like meal preparation, potty training, and educational activities.
- 👶 She emphasizes the importance of age-appropriate activities and helping children discover their interests to lay a foundation for future careers.
- 🔄 Emily has continued her education with first aid and CPR certifications, and has interacted with over 100 families across Canada.
- 🌱 She finds it rewarding to see the potential in children and help them explore their interests, including discussing future career aspirations.
- 🏠 The challenge of working in a family home includes maintaining healthy boundaries while being a positive influence on children's lives.
- 💼 Emily has career aspirations to grow her work, possibly by starting a licensed Christian day home and having her own website to share her experiences and knowledge.
- 🤝 She acknowledges the need for a mentor to guide her in expanding her career and is actively seeking advice from those with experience in the field.
- 🎓 Emily's educational background includes Bible college and involvement in children's ministry, which has influenced her career path.
- 📝 Her advice for those seeking a passionate career is to write down interests, seek advice from professionals in the desired field, gain experience, and never give up.
Q & A
What is Emily's current profession?
-Emily is a family nanny specializing in Early Learning and childcare programs.
How did Emily's career in childcare begin?
-Emily started her career in childcare during high school, which eventually turned into a full-time career.
What is Emily's perspective on the importance of education in her job?
-Emily believes that having parents who are strong about education is crucial, and she sees the benefits of that in her own career, helping to make it better.
How does Emily's work contribute to family ministry?
-Emily's work has turned into family ministry as she uses her Early Learning and childcare program in different environments, including licensed daycares and potentially public schools.
What is a typical day like for Emily as a family nanny?
-Emily's day starts early, often picking up children from preschool, preparing meals, assisting with potty training, and engaging in age-appropriate educational activities.
What challenges does Emily face in her role as a family nanny?
-Emily finds maintaining healthy boundaries within the family to be challenging, as she aims to be a blessing to the family while also providing personal relationships with the children and parents.
How long has Emily been in her career and what additional training has she undergone?
-Emily has been in her career for over 10 years and has completed first aid and CPR training multiple times through St John Ambulance.
What is Emily's approach to understanding children's interests and aspirations?
-Emily engages children in conversations about their future aspirations, such as asking 5-year-olds what they want to be when they grow up, and then discussing different careers with them.
What are Emily's career aspirations moving forward?
-Emily aspires to have a licensed Christian day home and possibly create her own website to share more about her work and experiences with families.
What advice does Emily have for people looking to pursue a passionate career?
-Emily suggests writing down interests, talking to people in the desired field, gaining experience, and never giving up while seeking mentorship from those with experience.
What educational background does Emily have and how did it influence her career path?
-Emily attended Bible college and was involved in children's ministry, which allowed her to participate in after-school programs and led her to pursue a career in childcare.
Outlines
👶 Early Learning and Childcare Career Journey
In this segment, Emily, a family nanny, discusses her career in early learning and childcare, which she began in high school and has continued into her 30s. She emphasizes the importance of education and the surprising realization that her early interest in childcare has blossomed into a fulfilling career. Emily shares her daily routine, which includes waking up early, traveling to families' homes, and engaging with children in various activities such as meal preparation, potty training, and educational play. She also highlights the personal relationships she forms with the children and parents, and the challenge of maintaining healthy boundaries in a home setting.
🤝 Building Strong Relationships with Families
Emily elaborates on the significance of maintaining strong relationships with the families she works with, even after her professional engagement with them has ended. She talks about the joy of being remembered fondly by the children she has cared for as they grow older. Emily also shares her aspirations to grow her career, possibly by establishing a licensed Christian day home and creating a website to share her passion and expertise in childcare. She acknowledges the need for a mentor to guide her in achieving these goals and discusses the importance of continuous learning and networking with others in the field.
📚 Education and Career Development in Childcare
In the final paragraph, Emily reflects on her educational background, which began with Bible college and involvement in children's ministry, leading to her interest in teaching and after-school programs. She shares her family's history of teaching and how her career path was influenced by her experiences and the encouragement from a friend who worked in child evangelism. Emily offers advice for those seeking a passionate career, suggesting they identify their interests, seek out mentors, gain practical experience, and remain persistent in pursuing their goals.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Family Nanny
💡Early Learning
💡Childcare Program
💡Career Aspirations
💡Potty Training
💡Age-Appropriate Activities
💡First Aid and CPR
💡Mentor
💡Bible College
💡Children's Ministry
💡Nanny Work Agreement
Highlights
Emily is a family nanny with over 10 years of experience in early learning and childcare.
She started her career in high school without realizing it would become her profession.
Emily believes in the importance of parents being strong about education and its benefits.
Her work has evolved into family ministry, using early learning for licensed daycares and public schools.
She values the personal relationships formed with children and parents in a home setting.
Emily's daily routine involves long commutes, picking up children from preschool, and preparing meals.
She focuses on age-appropriate activities, helping children enjoy their childhood while learning.
Emily has completed first aid and CPR training multiple times to ensure children's safety.
She has interacted with over 100 families across Canada, seeing the potential in each child.
Emily encourages children to explore their interests and understand different career paths.
Maintaining healthy boundaries is crucial to being a blessing to the family, not just an employee.
She has received many nicknames from children, with 'Super Nanny' being the most popular.
Emily finds joy in the children's smiles, hugs, laughter, and the lessons she learns from them daily.
Her career aspirations include owning a licensed Christian day home and having her own website.
She is considering using her early learning program in children's ministry at a church.
Emily is seeking a mentor to guide her in growing her career as an entrepreneur.
Her educational background includes studying at a Bible college and involvement in children's ministry.
She advises others to write down their interests, talk to people in their desired field, and gain experience.
Emily emphasizes the importance of never giving up and seeking advice from experienced professionals.
Transcripts
welcome to the show Emily let us know
what you do for work I am a family nanny
so it uh has to do with Early Learning
and childcare program I started actually
when I was in high school and didn't
realize that it would become a career
later on so it's a little a little bit
of a surprise and not a surprise cuz
I've helped many families in more than
10 years and now in my 30s I realize
that it's never too late to continue
education um I think that having parents
who are strong about education and maybe
not realizing the benef benefit of that
when I was younger and now realizing it
also makes me think that this helps the
me to to actually make the career better
MH but it's also turned into family
ministry which is very interesting cuz
can use Early Learning and childcare
program for you know licensed dayc
carees I think you could use you could
even work in public schools for me
families have always been very important
to me okay and so I I I I definitely
would say I'm being led to go
into the home which I find is very
challenging um I think because you have
you you learn you have more personal
relationships with the children and with
the parents but it is interesting to see
how early learn how the Early Learning
and Child Care Program can be used in
different ways or in different
environments and in different ways can
you tell us what do your workday look
like as a family Nanny oh I could tell
you that um well I get up at I would say
500 a.m. most families have not been
close to this the southeast of Calgary
um my husband and I are living in an
apartment building so I find that the
families are all over the place right
now I go all the way to Rundle so it it
the you know it's a it's it takes a long
time to get there so I give myself a
good 2
hours um then I get to the family's
house if the children are in preschool
or they're just if they're not in if
they're they're not going to school yet
then of course I would the children
would already be there but when if
they're in preschool I would have to go
pick up the kid the the how many well
one or two or could be three of them in
preschool and then bring them back to
the house and then it's more like
getting their meals ready uh there's
potty training which in Pre when they
when they're in preschool most of the
time they don't need the potty training
but if they're not in preschool
definitely potty training and then I
find that it's helping them to with
their you know their alphabet with their
numbers uh making sure there's age
appropriate activities making sure they
enjoy their childhood and
also helping them helping them to to
find out what they really enjoy doing so
in a way I'm also helping them to think
to to to like to like education so that
they can have a good career in the
future especially as a kid uh it is very
important to have somebody lead them uh
to to their life that just growing yes
because uh uh a lot of childhood traumas
happens where uh parents are not taking
care of their kids that's right that's
right now you mentioned you are into
your career around 10 years it's been
definitely more than 10 years and uh
during that time I've done my first aid
in CPR more than once cuz you think you
have to do that every two or three years
most most of the time I go to St John
Ambulance I've definitely talked to more
than 100 families not just in Alberta
but I would say with all the families
I've talked to in different places in
Canada it's definitely been more 100 and
it it is true like there's I think it's
important to definitely I think to to
see po to see the potential in the
children and then help them to um help
them to like learn more about what they
really like to do like I I um sometimes
I ask 5-year-olds you know what would
you like to be when you grow up which is
always a good question yes and some of
them will say a teacher some of them
will say a police officer some of them
will say a firefighter and then I think
oh well now I have an opportunity to
talk about different careers and then
explain it to them so they understand
that you will have some challenges like
there will always be challenges in every
career the most challenging for me uh
work going into the family HS is always
just uh I would say keeping those
healthy boundaries so that you're still
a blessing to the family because you
know I children call me Super Nanny I
have many nicknames uh right now Super
Nanny is number one I get Skittles I get
Emy I get E I get M&M's and children
definitely enjoy being around me so I
find that um going working with a family
it is important to have a nanny work
agreement so you know your start date
your end date how much you're getting
paid and then to I think even when
you're done with the family uh just you
every you know maybe once every couple
of months find out how the children are
doing how's the family doing so you know
you keep the relationship going when
when you're still not in the home but I
I um I do enjoy like I do enjoy knowing
that I can make a difference in in
different people's lives and you just
never know how you just never know how
big that difference is but what's
amazing is as a children get older when
you have that strong relationship with
them when they're young and let's say
when they're 13 it's amazing how they
still remember me and say I'm still the
best Nanny they ever had wow that's
actually inspiring for sure I'm super
happy you know when uh when you can make
a difference in any any people's life
now I understand you do have a lot of
challenges in your job but at the same
time you are in your career for over 10
years yeah which
definitely um make me feel that you love
what you do yes so so what what are the
things uh do you think uh couple of
things what makes you get up in the
morning and get ready for work
definitely thinking about those children
thinking about the smiles on their face
the hugs the the just the laughter the
what I'm going to learn from them that
day um for example five the 5-year-old
told me today you know you're supposed
to chew with your mouth
closed and I didn't realize I don't chew
with my mouth closed I guess I chew like
with my mouth
open so they like to they like to remind
you of your manners um that you know
it's not just the children who need the
manners it's also the adults um so I
think you know knowing that there are
children that are just they get up in
the morning they can hardly wait for
super dny to arrive it does make me very
happy I'm happy for you too let's JP
back to your career I'm a strong
believer in people pursuing a career and
then growing in that career to higher
level so what's your career aspirations
uh I have definitely been thinking about
how to grow it because um I've always
had this I I guess you'd say I don't
know if you call it a dream maybe it's
more like I'm very visual so I've always
had this picture of one day I'd like to
have a licensed Christian day home I
don't know exactly where my husband and
I will be cuz we just celebrate 12 years
of marriage in Mar March 24th we've
moved around a lot we're living in
apartment building and so that is that
is a question that I find that I am
still have I'm still like have many
ideas on putting on paper on how to grow
it but I definitely would like that to
happen mhm um I think too I even thought
about um maybe having my own website so
that so that so families could know more
about my education more about just hear
more about why I love what I do what I
can bring to the family um and just
thinking of the different environments
like even if it means um I don't know
using Early Learning childcare program
and for children's ministry in a church
uh anyway I I want to make sure that I'm
with the children I want to make sure
I'm making a difference for that family
um so if I I to to for it to grow I'd
also like my knowledge I think of what's
going on with that particular family and
what what their needs are to to for me
to really know that very well so that I
can I can actually um help them maybe
not just in their home but in other
places congratulations on your
anniversary first um
secondly um sounds like you want to be
an entrepreneur which is which is great
I think so right yeah I think I'm
learning more about what that is but I
definitely think that is a good word
yeah uh when it comes to your career um
always the bigger step is starting
something of your own the other thing is
having a mentor look up to look up to oh
I still need to find a mentor for that
because I think that would be really
important cuz right now I find myself
really talking to um people who have
licensed day homes or or work in a
licensed daycare and asking them lots of
questions and asking them about their
how did they actually finish their Early
Learning and childcare program what kind
of help did they get from the government
um any connections they might have to
other people who have been doing this
for many years um that has been
something that I would like to be able
to find one person who who really could
take the time um you know once twice a
month to really just help me with just
being able to make this grow more last
question for our interview I would like
to know what did you take uh in school
and and why for me it started actually
at bible college because I was
definitely involved or participated in
children's ministry which actually
allowed me to do after school programs
at Public Schools so I was able to
actually uh learn more learn more about
being a teacher which is really funny
because I come from a family of teachers
so I'm surrounded by teachers and the
joke is is well eventually it was that
that was going to catch up to you and
you weren't going to be able to run away
from it uh and I never I was never
interested in really teaching in a
public school but I did like the after
school program because you were it was
like it was usually in a gym or
something and then you would have the
children there with you different ages
and you would still have a curriculum
and all of this
um so I think for me it's the it's I
don't I'm not interested in teaching in
the public school but I do like uh the
the family's home I do like after um uh
after school programs but that's when it
started when I went to Prairie Bible
Institute and actually a good friend of
mine who's worked for child evangelis
evangelism Fellowship for many years was
the one that encouraged me to continue
to be involved or say to help families
um he always pushed me to continue to
actually um be in contact with families
and find out what their needs are and
how could I help so I think that I think
that that's what really started me
thinking about okay I'm a teacher but I
want to be I don't want to be a teacher
in a public school how can I be a
teacher in a home you do have a lot of
teachers in your home oh yeah and uh it
feels like you don't have m Mentor you
have group of mentors people who are
listening what's your advice for them um
especially people who are just
struggling to figure out a a passionate
career I would say the first thing is
definitely take a piece of paper and a
pen pen and paper still good you don't
have to use a
laptop and write down what are your
interests what makes you you know what
do you enjoy doing and then talk to
people who are doing what you would like
to do and definitely ask ask them how
did they start cuz I found that to be
very extremely helpful um I think
also if you
are let's say you're interested to you
want to be a gym teacher uh I'm sure
that there's there's definitely lots of
gym teachers you know uh you might have
the opportunity to maybe just you know
be involved or should say participate in
what that gym teacher is doing for the
class you know maybe the gym teacher
will say oh yeah okay I could I could
get you know could you help me with with
what I need to do in the classroom um
that's always a good idea um but I would
definitely say that that those are those
would be the those would be that's what
I would encourage people to do and never
give up never give up and definitely
look at what PR what programs are
required to actually do what you want to
do but also remember it's not you know
education's important but it's also the
experience with it and also not being
scared to talk to the people who've
actually done this for many years there
you go great advice um super nanny Emily
it was a great career chat with you I
wish you all the best in your career and
I hope uh you continue to make uh
Children's Life happy and uh successful
thanks again
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