What Youll Be Doing
You will promote the optimal development and well-being of children through family-centered childcare and assist in the planning and implementation of developmentally appropriate programs which emphasize learning through play.
Your Main Priorities
While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job you will primarily:
Assist the Teacher in the classroom.
Demonstrate professional manners through promptness proper notification of tardiness or absence maintaining a professional appearance and attitude and proper respect for the program and agency.
Maintains a safe sanitary stimulating and inviting environment.
Possesses the skills necessary to manage an Early Childhood classroom while always providing
appropriate supervision of children.
Be an integral part of curriculum planning; assists in the implementation of the monthly curriculum.
Develop plans which meet the social emotional physical and cognitive needs of each child.
Assists in the implementation of daily activities based on the childrens individual assessments.
Oversees childrens activities interacting directly with groups and individuals.
Who You Are
Requirements Skills & Abilities:
High school diploma or GED required; Associate degree in early childhood education preferred.
RIDE Teacher Assistant certificate or active CDA required.
Minimum 6 months experience in a childcare setting preferred.
Strong organizational critical thinking and time-management skills.
Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
Collaboration and teamwork.
The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position.
Physical Requirements
Direct Service Staff:
This position requires time sitting standing walking carrying and lifting up to 25lbs. This role also requires operating desktop laptop and/or cell phone and communicating with colleagues.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age gender sexual orientation color race creed national origin ancestry religious persuasion marital status political belief pregnancy military status veteran status physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status or any other protected category under local state or federal law nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:
Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures ranges of ability genders ethnicities and races.
Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America particularly as it relates to race and racism and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC people with disabilities LGBTQ communities and others.
Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.
Affirmative Action
Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.
Required Experience:
Junior IC