Child Care Teacher Full Time-8220

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Learning Center Lead Teacher with activities and maintain the environment of a designated classroom area.
• Assist in planning, conducting, and evaluating a daily program appropriate to age group served, intended to provide developmentally appropriate activities, and learning experiences for children.
• Keep informed and abreast of research and new developments in Early Childhood.
• Assists in supervising and evaluating children according to Little Minnows Learning Center’s standards.
• Works with team teachers to formulate a weekly written curriculum plan.
• Prepares monthly theme calendars with team teachers.
• Assists in supervising and participating in daily activities of designated classroom.
• Provides frequent, positive, and warm interactions with children.
• Utilizes positive discipline techniques (including redirection, positive reinforcement, offering choices, and setting limits, as age appropriate), which promote self-esteem, self-control, problem solving, empathy and respect for others.

General Responsibilities

• Actively participates in weekly group and monthly staff meetings and in-services.
• Contributes knowledge and participates in discussion during meetings and in-services.
• Participates in center activities/special events.
• Annuarly completes 18 hours of additional training in early childhood education or completes 3 to 6 college credits of additional training in ECE as approved by the department and meets requirements for continuing education and in-service stipulated by state licensing.

Children/Program Activity

• Works with Learning Center Lead Teacher to ensure that developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive activities are well implemented.
• Curriculum is based upon current and best practices in early childhood programs.
• Maintains effective parent relations by daily communication and ongoing documentation about the child’s development and adjustment in the program.
• Provides opportunities for periodic formal conferences, at least semi-annually.
• Sets up and cleans up the classroom.

Qualifications

• Education: High School diploma or GED equivalent.
• Continuing Education Requirement: Annually completes 18 hours of additional training in early childhood education and completes at least 6 of the 18 hours in the designated age group assigned.
• Must meet the requirements for continuing education and in-service stipulated by state licensing.
• Certification: Basic First Aid and CPR (Child and Infant); Heartsaver certification or BLS through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross Level One; Fingerprint Clearance Card.

Special Position Requirements

• Exposure Categories: Category II: Expected duties have routine potential for exposure body fluids.
• Work Requirements: Must be at least 21 years of age or older. Must be able to lift and carry up to 40 pounds, 25-50 times per shift Must be able to walk 2-3 miles per day; reach, bend at the waist, crawl, twist, balance, and bend at the knees, all in the process of carrying out activities and providing custodial care for young children. Must have the physical stamina to spend 9 hours per shift providing activities and care of young children. Must be able to maintain concentration, focusing on multiple tasks simultaneously. Must be skilled at negotiation and de-escalation tactics. Must have visual acuity for close supervision for groups of children. Requires good independent decision-making skills.