Part-Time Teacher's Aide, Campus View Child Care Center

About the role

This position is located at the Campus View Child Care Center. It serves as a strong supportive role on a team, observing and supervising children and their activities visually, ensuring the general safety and well-being of all children, and communicating openly and respectfully with children, parents, and staff.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a strong supportive role on a team.
• Observes and supervises children and their activities visually.
• Ensures the general safety and well-being of all children.
• Communicates openly and respectfully with children, parents, and staff.
• Helps support children as they work to develop physical and communication skills.
• Maintains work area along with all staff members who share in the housekeeping and cleaning duties.
• Works very closely with a team of lead teachers and receives coaching/mentoring on a consistent basis.

Requirements

• Required: High school diploma or equivalent (such as HSED or GED).
• Preferred: Coursework in child development.
• Required: Experience working with infants and toddlers.

Qualifications

• Ability to effectively communicate and exchange information.
• Dependable and punctual.
• Ability to relate well to young children and is sensitive to children's needs.

Skills

• Ability to effectively communicate.
• Ability to handle equipment.
• Ability to remain stationary and ascend/descend ladders/stairs.
• Ability to move objects weighing up to 40 pounds.
• Ability to detect items in close proximity as well as far away; discern between colors; detect objects in peripheral space of self; discern items in detail; and to have good depth perception.

Benefits

IU offers a comprehensive range of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance.
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions.
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU.
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting.
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options.
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses.
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events.
• Employee assistance program (EAP).

Pay

$12.25 per hour

Schedule

29 hours per week maximum