Early Childhood Certified Infant/Toddler Assistant Teacher

About the role

Godine Early Learning in Newton, MA, seeks to hire a passionate and experienced Certified Infant / Toddler Assistant Teacher to become a vital part of our professional team of educators. This role offers you the opportunity to join our mission-driven team of professional educators within our highly reputable Godine ELC and become a vital part of JCC Greater Boston's respected and valued community of diverse services providers.

Responsibilities

• Aligned with JCC's core values, collegially collaborate regularly with co-teacher(s), colleagues and director to develop a high-quality program around a base of observations which support the intellectual, social/emotional, moral and physical development of each child.
• Work with Lead Teacher to implement developmentally appropriate early childhood curriculum.
• Communicate and document children’s interactions and experiences aligned with best practice and policy.
• Collaborate with Co-Teachers to assess the developmental stages of children and assist with maintaining records, including writing children’s progress reports using COR Advantage; observe and produce play-based assessments and clear effective written evaluations using COR Advantage.
• Use best practices incorporating Mass EEC, and the JCC SHEVA frameworks and curriculum guidelines; adhere to all EEC regulations as well as NAEYC guidelines.
• Maintains an aesthetically pleasing, organized, vibrant classroom environment that promotes health, safety, and positive age-appropriate developmental experiences for each child.
• Effectively and consistently set limits using positive language and providing emotional safety for each child; maintain excellent classroom management.
• Work with and incorporate suggestions from the regular support of our Child Development Specialist.
• Assist with documenting learning as an instructional/curriculum tool through portfolio, observational checklist, play-based assessment, digital photography/iPad, journals, or other methods as determined by your center director.
• Assist in reviewing and updating files of all children in your classroom, noting allergies or special traits pertinent to the maximization of the child’s potential.
• Instruct and foster learning using a wide variety of age-appropriate activities, materials, and experiences that encourage children to explore and develop through play; effectively foster and provide a healthy, safe and secure, positive, nurturing, and fun learning environment.
• Help each child develop a positive self-image and respect each child’s right to be an individual.
• Foster each child’s physical, social, emotional and intellectual growth and development; fostering the effective development of the verbalization of feelings and emotions.
• Encourage each child’s independence leading to a sense of competency.
• Aid in establishing positive, interactive and effective relationships with families through informal conversations, feedback, and conferences.
• Aid parents and children in the transition and adjustment to school.
• Provide excellent communication to effectively inform parents about developmental stages of young children and developmentally appropriate curriculum; provide supportive and informative communication daily with parents of each child and maintain classroom newsletters.
• Maintain the highest level of professionalism and confidentiality regarding children and families and embody the principles of excellent customer service; as an employee of the JCCGB, the teacher is a representative of the mission and philosophy of the JCC Early Learning Centers.

Requirements

• This position requires EEC Certification or must be eligible for and willing to become certified immediately, in addition to a minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent and one year of supervised relevant work experience.
• An A.A. in Early Childhood Education or related field (i.e. elementary education, social work, psychology) is preferred, but not required.
• Must be willing and able to work in person at the Newton site. Requires daily outside playground duties in weather elements.
• Requires the ability to stand and walk for long periods of time, climb stairs or hill to outside space for a variety of activities.
• Must be able to climb stairs with children between floors or in an emergency.
• Ability to continually bend, kneel and reach.
• Must be able to lift and carry young children, up to 20-30 pounds, on a regular basis.
• Requires the ability to frequently stoop or squat to be at child’s eye level and frequently sits on floor or in very small chairs.

Skills & Abilities

• Computer literate; must have working knowledge of MS Office Suite applications and Outlook email.
• Displays a commitment to best practices relating to fostering the development of a child’s self-image as a competent and capable learner.
• Displays a commitment to being welcoming and warm toward children and must enjoy working with young children and their families.
• Must be able to multi-task and juggle competing priorities while keeping child safety at the forefront at all times.
• Displays a history of working well independently and with others, with an excellent ability to build/sustain collaborative working relationships; including an ability to build strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

Physical Requirements

• Must be willing and able to work in person at the Newton site.
• Requires daily outside playground duties in weather elements.
• Requires the ability to stand and walk for long periods of time, climb stairs or hill to outside space for a variety of activities.
• Must be able to climb stairs with children between floors or in an emergency.
• Ability to continually bend, kneel and reach.
• Must be able to lift and carry young children, up to 20-30 pounds, on a regular basis.
• Requires the ability to frequently stoop or squat to be at child’s eye level and frequently sits on floor or in very small chairs.

Pay

A competitive starting salary of $43,000-$44,625 annually.

Schedule

This is a full-time, salaried Certified Infant/Toddler Assistant Teacher position.