Excellent Beginnings Floater Position - 196 Days

About the role

Excellent Beginnings is seeking a Floater to provide staff breaks and instructional assistance for the teacher(s) by working directly with children in the Early Childhood program.

Responsibilities

• Plans for and implements pleasant arrivals and departures.
• Uses routines to build relationships and learning opportunities.
• Shows respect for children and encourages respectful interactions.
• Uses language to build relationships and strengthen the child's social and emotional competencies.
• Uses indirect and direct behavior guidance techniques.
• Supports children as they learn to resolve their own conflicts.
• Strives to meet each child's individual needs.
• Accompanies assigned children and knows counts at all times.
• Follows the break and daily schedule to meet the needs of the children.
• Accepts responsibility for shared space.
• Continually rotates and sanitizes materials and disposes of broken or recalled items.
• Follows instructions given by classroom teachers when providing a break.
• Maintains close supervision of children at all times.
• Affords assistance to classroom teachers in the implementation of developmentally appropriate activities.
• Continually rotates and sanitizes materials and disposes of broken or recalled items.
• Utilizes technology to complete family/child data entry into computer systems and ensures all record keeping/reports that are required.

Additional Duties

• Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Assistant Director of Early Childhood Education or Superintendent of Schools/Superintendent's Designee.

Equipment

Uses standard office equipment such as personal computers, printers, copy and fax machines, and telephone.

Travel Requirements

Travels to school district buildings and professional meetings as required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Mental Abilities

• Ability to maintain emotional control and make decisions in stressful situations.
• Ability to efficiently gather information used to make sound decisions.
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of best practices in Early Childhood Education.
• Knowledge of data information systems.
• Ability to effectively communicate in both written and oral formats with staff and community.
• Ability to work with people of various personality types.
• Ability to write clearly and concisely.
• Possess sound emotional judgment.
• Ability to use computer network systems and software applications as needed.
• Ability to implement, and maintain the vision and mission of programs.
• Ability to organize multiple tasks and conflicting time constraints.
• Ability to engage in self-evaluation concerning performance, and professional growth.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.
• Attends all staff meetings and meets program requirements of professional development.
• Ensures staff-childcare ratios are maintained at all times.
• Mandated reporter under the Arkansas Child Maltreatment Reporting Act.

Working Conditions

• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Maintains a professional appearance.
• Frequent interruptions.
• Some travel within and outside the district boundaries when required.
• Accepts responsibility for job-related tasks.
• Knows and follows emergency procedures and risk management protocol.
• Works in standard office and school building environments.
• Frequent contact with staff, community, and/or other district/campus employees.
• Daily attendance and punctuality are essential functions of the job.
• Lifting of 10-30 pounds regularly; up to 50 pounds occasionally.

Job Qualifications

Meets training requirements of DHS Minimum Licensing.