Child Development Teacher Aide $750 Hiring Incentive (South East Early Head Start)
Child Development Teacher Aide $750 Hiring Incentive (South East Early Head Start)
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Overview
The Child Development Teacher Aide will be primarily responsible for providing floating support to classroom teachers by assisting with instruction and clerical tasks. Responsibilities may include working with students who need additional instruction preparing materials and equipment for activities and contributing to discussions on students progress with their teacherat the Early Head Start (EHS) center. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring a safe clean and comfortable childcare space that is conducive to quality parent/child interactions and exceptional educational experiences.
TheEarly Childhood Development and Education Centers Southeast Early Head Start program offers specialized child care services for children under the age of three whose families are experiencing a variety of highrisk factors such as community trauma interpersonal violence housing instability recovery from addiction as well as the many challenges faced by families where English is a second language.
The Southeast Early Head Start offers an attachmentbased traumainformed child care program based on teaching methods and mental health intervention approaches that support strong parentchild attachments and enhance stability in the family.
The Southeast Early Head Start Program is a delegate agency of the Maryland Family Network and is licensed by the Maryland State Department of Educations Office of Child Care.
Responsibilities
- Assist Child Development Teacher (CD Teacher) with interacting and engaging with children through play age appropriate activities and modeling.
- Participate and assist in implementing parentchild attachment interventions (e.g. A Good GoodBye Family Tradition Groups etc.).
- Assist with meal prep laundry to and breakfast count for assigned children at the center.
- Assist in planning and implementing daily parent/child activities to assigned classroom.
- Assist the teaching team members as needed with various childcare tasks.
- Conduct weekly observations on assigned children using the Teaching Strategies Gold online tool under the supervision of CD Teacher as assigned.
- Meet with the CD Teacher/Child Development Teacher Mentor for weekly planning and discussion about the children families classrooms and quality of instruction and engagement.
- Provide assistance in stocking and maintaining organization of supplies within the center.
- Prepare and update bulletin boards.
- Clean organize and maintain materials/equipment child development rooms shared spaces and the playground.
Qualifications
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Must be able to lift push pull or carry a minimum weight of twentyfive (25) pounds and carry small children as necessary.
- Must be able to bend squat and work with childsized spaces.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be eighteen (18) years old or older.
- Must obtain ninetyhour Early Childhood Education Certificate within 3 months of employment and maintain certification.
- Must obtain fortyfivehour Infant Toddler Certificate within 6 months of employment and maintain certification.
- Must obtain Child Development Associate credential (CDA) within 12 months of employment and maintain credential.
- Must possess and maintain cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid certification.
EDUCATION:
- High School Diploma or GED required.
EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum of one year supervised classroom experience working directly with children ages birth to three years old preferred.
- Daycare experience preferred.
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