Child Care Assistant Teacher

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe environment for children
• Follow a daily routine consistently
• Help follow through with planned activities
• Help with general housekeeping duties
• Treat all children with dignity and respect
• Attend all staff meetings and recommended training programs and conferences
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere through appropriate conflict management, courteous demeanor, and professional and appropriate communication practices
• Maintain compliance in The Salvation Army’s “Safe from Harm” Certification
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Pass the pre-employment background inquiry
• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Patience with young children
• Team player
• Takes initiative in the classroom
• Interest and ability to work with people of diverse racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds in a sensitive and culturally appropriate manner
• Ability to carry out policies and procedures
• Positive, caring, and supportive role model in the classroom and community
• Able to take guidance from Teacher/Director
• Communicate well with parents in a professional manner
• Communicate well with out staff members

Skills

• Patience with young children
• Team player
• Takes initiative in the classroom
• Ability to work with people of diverse racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds in a sensitive and culturally appropriate manner
• Ability to carry out policies and procedures
• Positive, caring, and supportive role model in the classroom and community
• Able to take guidance from Teacher/Director
• Communicate well with parents in a professional manner
• Communicate well with out staff members

Benefits

• Not specified

Pay

• $15.75 - $18.90 Hourly

Schedule

• Regular, Full Time, Non-Exempt

Physical Demands/Work Environment

• High level of movement and flexibility
• Must be comfortable working with small children
• On your hands and knees as well as crouching down several times a day to interact with the children
• Must be able to sit on the floor with children as well as sit on the small chairs
• Low impact sports and interaction with the children will often be required as well as lifting twenty-five pounds often and up to fifty pounds occasionally
• This is a high level noise position with children talking, playing and yelling several times a day