BT Willard North Royalton YMCA - Assistant Teacher

About the role

The Y is dedicated to putting Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. We seek to provide quality, safe, and healthy programs and services in our community.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and responds to individual differences in personalities, temperaments, development, learning styles, and culture.
• Supports developmentally appropriate learning environments and curriculum implementation.
• Provides an engaging, physically and emotionally safe, and inclusive environment to encourage play, exploration, and learning.
• Guides children and youth in expressing their feelings and asserting themselves in socially acceptable ways.
• Helps children and youth communicate and get along with others in a safe and inclusive environment.
• Supports the diverse needs, abilities and interests of all participants.
• Observes and assesses children and youth as individuals and acknowledges that individuals develop at their own pace.
• Maintains confidentiality regarding observation and assessment information.
• Assists with the collection of information about growth, development, and learning.
• Provides a supportive environment in which children and youth can learn and practice appropriate and acceptable behaviors.
• Provides individual guidance and support using appropriate methods, services, and resources.
• Engages actively with children and youth, fostering critical thinking, decision-making, problem-solving, and goal-setting skills.
• Fosters positive relationships between school and the afterschool program.
• Follows all health and safety regulations and policies.
• Identifies, documents, and reports suspected child abuse and neglect as mandated by law.
• Responds calmly and effectively to a crisis.
• Maintains appropriate emotional and physical boundaries between children, youth, and adults.
• Values cultural differences in children, youth, and families.
• Communicates respectfully and positively with families from a variety of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Develops and maintains open, friendly, cooperative, and respectful relationships with families.
• Contributes to positive relationships between school and the afterschool program.
• Safeguards the nutritional needs and healthy eating practices of children and youth.
• Models healthy lifestyle practices.
• Supports the program’s weekly lesson plans.
• Promotes professionalism using appropriate skills, services, and resources.
• Improves teaching and learning through professional work habits.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 1 year of experience working with children in a licensed child care center preferred.
• Previous experience working with diverse populations preferred.
• CPR and First Aid certification and Safety training required within 30 days of hire.
• At least 18 years old.

Professional Development and Leadership

• Promotes professionalism using appropriate skills, services, and resources.
• Improves teaching and learning through professional work habits.
• Performs other duties as assigned.