Infant Teacher Assistant / PCILA Teacher - Early Childhood Program

Summary of Main Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance with CA Community Care Licensing Division
• Maintains confidentiality and adheres to ethical conduct as outlined in the NAEYC Code of Ethics
• Creates a professional relationship with teachers in the preschool classroom to work cooperatively as a team
• Implements Developmentally Appropriate Practice daily
• Supervises, maintains the health and safety of all children in the classroom
• Promotes and builds positive, respectful professional relationships with parents and staff
• Treats parents with respect at all times and encourages family participation
• Encourages parents to participate in yearly program events by providing notices, and/or verbally inviting them to join the events
• Understands and implements the Concerned Parent Procedure found in ECE handbook
• Provides support to parents to resolve concerns before filling out forms
• Creates and maintains an attractive, safe, and functional physical environment to enhance and promote learning
• Supervises, maintains the health and safety of all children in the infant classroom
• Aware of allergies, medical conditions, medications needed, and keeps hazardous materials away from classroom and children
• Understands and follows ITERS/ECERS and CLASS procedures and guidelines on a daily basis
• Communicates vital information concerning the health and safety of children, including serious medical conditions/illness to the immediate ECE Site Supervisor
• Maintains proper hygiene of the children, equipment, and spaces
• Notifies ECE Site Supervisor if and when equipment like tablets, walkie talkies or classrooms and outdoor furniture are in poor condition, in need of repair or need to be replaced
• Creates intentional educational lessons on Class dojo as needed
• Accommodates special requests from parents whenever possible
• Prepares lesson plans for PCILAFacilitates PCILA, observing and guiding parents to participate in literacy building activities with children

Qualifications

• Education and/or experience: Associate Teacher Permit or higher, minimum 6-12 Child Development (at least 3 infant toddler units) and 1+ years' experience with children 0-5 years old
• Commitment to children and families
• ITERS and CLASS experience desired
• DRDP 2015 experience required
• ASQ-3 and ASQ-SE experience desired
• CPR and First Aid certification required

Skills

• Dedicated, respectful, and responsible
• Open-minded, flexible, adaptable, and a team player
• Ability to problem solve
• Bilingual Spanish and English
• Interested in continual improvement and growth
• Excellent communication with young children and adults
• Highly interested in continual professional growth

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, possibly run, or jog after children, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, and talk or hear
• The employee is often required to stand and sit; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• Evidence of physical exam, and immunizations required