Robin Rice
13546 Travilah Road
North Potomac, MD 20878
(301) 926-BABY

1995 to present – Owner/Director/Senior Staff member of Robin’s Nest, a small capacity child care center for all ages.

1983 to present – Owner and Family Child care provider of Robin’s Nest, a dual licensed facility.

1980 to 1984 Sales Representative for A.B. Dick Company, Word Processing Equipment Division, Washington, D.C. Achieved “Pacemaker” of the month awards for my branch and placed #2 in the United States one year for my division. My sales qualified for the “awards trip” three years in a row 1981, 1982 and 1983.

1978 – 1980 Sales Representative for A. B. Dick Company, word processing equipment Division, San Diego, California.

1977 – 1978 Word Processing Consultant – self-employed, helping clients select equipment, set up procedures, designing office space, hired and trained employees.

1972 – 1977 I worked for temporary agencies in four different states mainly operating word processing equipment and secretarial duties. In Junior college and high school, I worked multiple jobs including janitorial duties, night operator, night word processor and supervisor of collating department in tax preparation business to put myself thru school.

1969 to 1970 Babysitting and full-time housekeeper/nanny for one summer. Volunteer work with mentally and physically handicapped children.

EDUCATION:

Montgomery College – 6 semester hours in Early Childhood Education

Northeastern University, Boston, MA BS, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

Chamberlayne Junior College, Boston Ma, AS- Secretarial Sciences, AS Business Management

Greenwich High School, Greenwich CT – High School Diploma

International School of Brussels, Belgium 2 ½ years high school

Continuing Education – about 270 continuing education workshop hours in Child care.

Level 4 – credentialed provider.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Family. I am one-half of a life-time marriage that started in 1983. I was there for my Mom when she died, and I shared my Dad’s first and last Christmas he had without her. I have four beautiful, healthy, stubborn children, and one son-in-law. I organized a family reunion for my three siblings in 2001 who live in California, North Dakota and Florida. I take good care of our pets and lost pets. I was the mother of the bride on June 8, 2002 with all of my family and friends coming together to help and have fun, because of them, my beautiful, intelligent daughter that I am very proud of had a great wedding to a sweet boy that I can now call my son-in-law.

Professional. I assisted and testified during the large changes in the child care regulations during the 1980’s when Maryland consolidated its center based and family child care regulations under the Department of Human Resources. I have assisted and testified in getting zoning regulations changed in Montgomery County. I have mentored some child care providers and I have taught a few child care workshops.

Social. I have stood by two children who were in the middle of their divorcing parents, while their parents went through their pain. I have created jobs, paid my taxes, provided a needed service, assisted stressed parents who lose parents, jobs, marriages. I have assisted employees with personal managerial problems like what to do when they were in a car accident, how to get their GED and encouraged them to take classes. I have taken “high energy” children that have gotten kicked out of other day care centers and taught them not to bite and how to use their words. I have taught children and employees who were petrified of dogs how to pet them without fear, taught breast-fed babies how to drink from a bottle. I have connected children with learning disabilities with government agencies and assisted the government worker from over diagnosing the child. I have given and received hugs and occasionally a few of the children I have cared for have come back and told me what my child care has meant to them. Several of these children are now adults and I can see my life’s work in their eyes.