Minimum education and experience:
Required: at least 18 years old, high school diploma or GED, completion of all state-required early childhood training classes, one year of experience in child care.
Salary level: Dependent upon qualifications and experience
Desired Competencies:
- Planned management of time, materials and activities centered on and responsive to individual children’s needs
- Flexible to meet the needs of the children
- Stimulate motor, language, self help and social emotional development
- Offer learning opportunities geared to the interests and abilities of children
- Allow children to have choices and problem solve through hands on play
- Integrate children’s creative and imaginative expression
- Evaluate and assess individual child progress at least three times during the school year using provided curriculum tools
- Modify curriculum and activities to meet the needs of children as identified by child evaluation and assessment
- Maintain a portfolio of work for each child documenting growth
- Prepare and monitor student weekly reports
- Develop a cooperative working relationship with families by frequent communication either by Brightwheel or face to face communication
- Classroom Management
- Redirect misbehavior and do not demean child, use alternate behavior modification tools as appropriate
- Enhance and maintain child's self-esteem
- Maintain clean and safe environment
- Monitor child areas for hazards or sanitation problems; correct problems immediately or remove children from hazard until it can be corrected
- Provide consistent supervision for all children at all times, indoors or out
- Provide experiences and training to help children develop and practice good health/safety habits
- Follow daily hygiene procedures for staff and children
- Follow all center schedules
- Maintain accurate and timely records of accidents, illnesses, medication, attendance, observations, assessments and family conferences
- Teamwork
- Share best practices among teachers
- Provide balanced feedback to the source with coaching
- Accept balanced feedback and modify behavior with coaching
- Adhere to work and break schedule; secure and communicate coverage when out of office
- Attend scheduled staff meetings and trainings
- Maintain common areas in a neat, orderly fashion
- Continues Training and Advancement
- Proactively complete required yearly training and seeks opportunities to learn
- Positively supports change and raises issues through appropriate forums
- Represents Children’s Academy
- Dresses appropriately and is well-groomed
- Lives the values of good citizenship and demonstrates them with the children, parents and staff
- Recruits new families
- Identifies and Solves Problems
- Identifies problems within role and begins to identify/propose potential solutions
- Identifies opportunities to improve within role and begins to identify/propose potential solutions
- Communication with families
- Communicates clearly and professionally within team and with parents
- Observes confidentiality relating to children, teachers and school
Pay: $15.00 - $16.00 per hour
License/Certification:
- CPR Certification (Preferred)
- Child Development Associate Certification (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
