Sarah R.

Bahzad
2833 Valencia St. Bellingham, WA. 98226 / (360) 927-6738 / sarah.bahzad@icloud.com / www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbahzad

Experience
Gardenview Montessori School (Bellingham, WA)
Kelda Adair (Owner/Director)
(360) 510-1974

Current as of June 2015

Assistant teacher to the Lead Teacher, working with 3-6 year olds, using the Montessori method.

Bellingham Childcare and Learning Center (Bellingham, WA.)

2014
Karen Ekdahl (Director)
(360) 676-0931

Lead Toddler Teacher- Working with toddlers 12-24 months, following and implementing NAEYC standards,
working together with three other co-teachers, discussing classroom functionality in planning time weekly,
creating lesson plans, cleaning and closing the classroom, making observations of classroom and individual
students, documenting observations in Teaching Strategies Gold, attending conferences and trainings,
creating relationships with students and families.

Kids World, Inc. (Ferndale, WA.)

Barbara Green (Director)

April 2013-Nov

December 2011-March 2013

(360) 738-4967

Lead Teacher- Working with children from infants to school aged, creating lesson plans, caring for basic
needs of children, cleaning/closing classrooms, giving breaks in several different classrooms, creating
relationships with students and families.

Volunteer Experience
Camp Firwood (Bellingham, WA.)
September 2010

June-

Counselor In Training- Working with teams, creating relationships with campers and co-workers,
Cleaning bathrooms, Setting up and cleaning dining room/kitchen, deep cleaning camp grounds
weekly, manual labor, leading activity hour classes with campers, monitoring and being involved with
activities during free time, being an overall role model.

BAAY Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth (Bellingham, WA.)

June 2015
David Post (Director)
(360) 306-8531

March 2015-

Co-teaching a drama club off campus at Parkview Elementary after school weekly, facilitating group
activities in class, Organizing with the school system, assigning tasks to students for the final project,
communicating with co-teacher on lesson plans and class outcomes.

Education
Nooksack Valley High School (Everson, WA.)

2007-2011

High school diploma, 2011

Whatcom Community College (Bellingham, WA.)

2012-present

Proficiencies

Completed State Credential Certificate in Early Childhood Education (44 credits)

Associates in Early Childhood Education (77 credits presently)

Teachers of Tomorrow club member

(ongoing)

Focus on Children conference attendee

(2012, 2013, 2015)

STARS Training- Basic 20 hours completed

in 2010, 6 hours completed of Annual
Continuing Education in 2015
Darkness to Lights Stewards of Children:
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse training
8/28/14

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I am Moving I am Learning-Take It Outside

training certificate of completion 6/31/14

Portable Background Check processed 4/29/13