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Lily Cooper
Senior Teacher with experience in play-based early education, child observation, classroom routines, and family communication. Practical work includes Play-based curriculum, Anecdotal observation, Child development, Family communication.
Experience
Stanford University
Stanford · United States
Senior Teacher
Jan 2021 - now
- As workstream lead, planned play-based activities around children’s observed interests, with materials accessible to differing language and motor abilities; made the activity accessible without prescribing one correct way for children to participate.
- With responsibility for the review standard, used anecdotal records to compare a child’s interactions across play, meals and transitions, separating observation from interpretation; adjusted the next activity with the head teacher using the child’s current developmental needs.
- As workstream lead, established classroom routines with students and documented consistent responses for recurring behavior situations; made expectations and follow-up clearer for students, families, and support staff.
- Planned play-based activities around children’s observed interests, documented language and social development in anecdotal records, and shared concrete observations with parents rather than labeling the child.
- Used observation notes to plan a play-based curriculum for young children, adjusted materials for differing language and motor abilities, and shared classroom examples with parents during a scheduled review.
- Owned a supervised curriculum activity using classroom observation and child-development goals, resolved unclear instructions and completed a revised lesson plan with the lead teacher.
- Designed parent communication using recorded learning observations, increased returned learning check-ins from 61% to 82% and published an accessible home-practice guide.
Bright Horizons
Newton, Massachusetts · United States
Teacher
Mar 2016 - Dec 2020
- Shared concise learning updates with families using specific work evidence and agreed next steps; aligned review standards and decision owners across the participating teams. Working with partner teams, turned family communication into a documented learning partnership rather than a one-way notice.
- Prepared an individual support plan from observed learning needs, agreed the next review with the learner or family, and checked progress using the same recorded criteria.
- Compared observations across different activities before drawing a conclusion about a learner’s needs. Adapted the support approach with the teaching team and recorded the learner’s response at the next review.
Selected project
Teacher — independent case study
Cross-functional project lead
Mar 2023 - Jul 2023
- Established classroom routines with students and documented consistent responses for recurring behavior situations; aligned review standards and decision owners across the participating teams
- Built an anonymized learning-support scenario with explicit starting needs and an observation plan; prepared accessible materials and checked whether the activity actually exercised the intended learning objective.
- Prepared a follow-up record distinguishing observed progress from an adult’s interpretation, tested the guidance with a different learner scenario, and revised instructions that assumed knowledge not yet demonstrated.
- Owned the independent lesson trial using observable learning criteria, resolved an ambiguous instruction and completed revised practice materials after a peer walkthrough.
Education
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland · United States
B.S. Early Childhood / Early Childhood Special Education
Sep 2008 - Jun 2012
Relevant coursework: Child development, play-based curriculum, observation and assessment, supervised teaching
Skills
Role expertise
Play-based curriculum · Anecdotal observation · Child development · Family communication
Publications
- Published a personal teaching reflection using the practice observation log, explaining differentiated instructions, feedback choices and the limits of a small classroom exercise.


