Heidi Marie Kirsch
Atlanta, GA
Activity summary
Member since: Oct 2024
Experienced & nurturing nanny with artistic background near Emory U
Hello Parents!
My name is Heidi and I have worked for over 15 years in childcare and education with significant experience teaching, coaching, mentoring and nannying! I am very passionate about caring for children and assisting families with their children's overall development. In addition to being a very attentive, engaging, and hard-working nanny, I'm a Montessori-certified teacher, ABT-certified classical ballet teacher and dancer, and language arts tutor. I primarily work with families within the Midtown/Druid Hills and surrounding vicinity of Atlanta.
I am available for date-night and part-time care, full-time nannying, academic tutoring, swim instruction, and private ballet lessons, as well as infant & toddler care (7 mo+.)
Pet sitting $20 / hour
Pets I'm comfortable caring for:
- Dogs
- Cats
- Birds
- Fish
- Reptiles
- Small animals (rabbits, ferrets, etc.)
Other pet services I can provide:
- Pet checker (home visits to check on pets)
- Feeding
- Pet playtime
- Daily exercise for your pet
- Care for puppies
- Care for senior dogs
- Care for kittens
- Care for senior cats
Other services I can provide
- Babysitter, Parent helper, Nanny
(click for details) - Dog walking
(click for details) - House sitting
- Cleaning
- Tutoring
- Elderly care
My availability
I'm looking for Casual/temporary, Part-time, Full-time employment.
I can travel within Atlanta for work.
Here's my weekly availability:
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- Last minute bookings
- School holidays
- Public holidays
- New Year's Eve
- Valentine's Day
- Overnight jobs
- Live-in with the family
My credentials
I'm happy to provide written documentation of my qualifications and credentials:
- 16 years experience working with children
- CPR training
- First aid training
- Water safety training
- Bachelor of early childhood education (completed)
- Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- 10 years experience working with pets
- I'm comfortable with pets
- I have pets
- General credentials:
- 36 years old
- Drivers license
- Emergency car access
- Non-smoker/non-vaper
- Covid vaccinated
- Languages I can speak: English and French
- Email verified
I have a diverse professional childcare background that includes extensive coaching, mentoring and teaching experience in addition to nannying. I have held both live-in and live-out full-time, long term nanny positions, and provide parents in the metro Atlanta area with date night childcare as well as part time and full time care. I am an experienced children's swim coach, Montessori-certified preschool teacher, and ballet teacher. I specialize in toddler/preschool/kindergarten age and have previously taught in Montessori and French immersion preschools, and have taught English as a second language and creative movement to early elementary age school children.
I have also worked as a youth crisis counselor and residential treatment center counselor, and have mentored at-risk and underprivileged youth and teens. I am a professional academic tutor as well, specializing in the language arts, geography, French, and history. I tutor all ages and ability levels including gifted and talented students and those with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
I have been in the performing arts as a pre-professional ballet dancer since I was very young and have been teaching ballet for over 5 years. I have taught pre-ballet, creative movement, beginning and intermediate level ballet to girls ages 3-10 at the Atlanta Ballet Center for Dance education as well as privately.
For nannying and babysitting, I am comfortable and experienced caring for infants from age 7 months up to toddlers and early elementary age. I am experienced caring for up to 3 children at one time. I have a very warm, caring, down to earth personality and am very nurturing, attentive, energetic, creative, kind-hearted, trustworthy, reliable, and patient. I have excellent communication skills and have several childcare certifications including:
- First aid/CPR Certified
- Lifeguard certified
- Fully covid vaccinated and boostered
- Have my BA in English and Early Childhood education
My hourly rate for 1 child is $23-24/hr and for 2 children it would be $25-26/hr. I am also experienced with helping maintain nap routine and feeding routine for infants, and assisting parents with preschool preparatory work for their toddlers. Parents that I've previously worked with love that I have significant teaching and Montessori experience as well as an extensive background in the creative arts (dance, acting, musical theatre, and creative writing.) I am very passionate about childcare and helping families with their children's overall development.
I provide parents with date night and weekend care as well as part-time weekday childcare, and would be open to a full-time, long-term position for the right family. I primarily work with children and families in the Druid Hills/Emory University/Virginia Highlands/Midtown/downtown areas of Atlanta. I am available both weekdays and weekends for childcare and tutoring.
My skills and interests:
- Music
- Dance
- Reading/storytelling
- Arts/crafts
- Sports
- Swimming
- Nature
- Writing
- Foreign languages
