International Nanny Training Day (iNNTD) 2024

Mallorie Gerwitz

Mallorie’s presentation, “No Really, You Can Be Mary Poppins!” will cover fun activities, minding the structure, and being comfortable with newborn care.

Mallorie has 20+ years of experience as a babysitter and 5 years as a Professional Nanny. She holds her bachelor’s in communication science Disorders with K-12 Education (2010). She is Lifeguard and CPR certified. Additionally, she is a certified Nanny with the International Nanny Association (2020) and a credentialed Newborn Care Specialist (2021). She resides in Albany NY, has a dog, 2 nephews and a niece, loves hiking, traveling and works for an amazing Nanny Family!

Janice Boyles

Janice will lead a discussion on the importance of good communication, and how to communicate more effectively with both parents and the children you care for.

Janice has been in the early childhood education field since 1992 as a teacher in a church basement preschool in Syracuse, NY. From there she became a teacher in an inclusive classroom, a four-year-old classroom, and an after-school classroom, later holding the titles of Education Coordinator and Assistant Director of a daycare center before enjoying a position as an adjunct professor at a SUNY College. Janice spent ten years as the director of a Guilderland-based daycare center where she managed staff and enrollment. She is credited with bringing two Guilderland School District UPK classrooms to the center. Currently Janice is a UPK teacher in a Schoharie County elementary school. She holds an M.S. in Early Childhood Education and lives in Schoharie with her husband, cat and two dogs. Together they have three grown children who are building careers of their own.

Sara Martin

Sara’s presentation will cover the importance of mental health in the workplace, including an open discussion on the challenges that nannies face, tips on coping and self-care, stress reduction techniques, mental health resources, and more.

Sara is a Senior HR Consultant with GTM Payroll Services. She has over 25 years of experience as an HR Generalist in retail, production, and professional work environments. Her expertise is in leadership training, workforce engagement and recognition programs, wellness program development and execution, team building, emotional intelligence, dealing with difficult people, performance management, succession planning, DEI training, and sexual harassment prevention training. Additionally, she is a certified yoga instructor and life coach who leads and organizes many wellness events at GTM and is happy help clients determine how to offer those services. Sara  earned a B.S in Marketing from SUNY Plattsburgh and received her MBA from Empire State College.