Truckee River Child Development Center - Substitute Teacher (Seasonal)

Scope

Individual Contributor
Seasonal Team: Child Development
Location: Reno, NV
Age Group: Infants (0-2), Preschool (2-3.5), Pre-Kindergarten (3.5-5)

TRCDC Sub Compensation

$20.50

Responsibilities

• Classroom Management and Practices
• Ensure visual supervision and child safety at all times.
• Form relationships with parents, children, and co-teachers that are respectful of individual differences and culture, family styles and cultural/socioeconomic diversity.
• Aid the teaching teams to ensure a structured routine that allows for scheduled meal and rest breaks for the teaching team and maintains a flexible yet consistent daily schedule and routine for the children.
• Become familiar with the various classroom routines, expectations, and teaching styles of each classroom.
• Communication Skills
• Foster a safe, inclusive environment for children, parents, and teachers.
• Build a collaborative, working relationship with administration and all of the Classroom Managers, Primary Teachers, and Classroom Teachers.
• Communicate with children using developmentally appropriate language.
• Treat each child with dignity and respect.
• Guide children in becoming responsible integral members of the group and community.
• Physical Requirements
• Observe and respond to children’s needs, emergencies and/or conflicts that might occur during the day.
• Kneel down to maintain eye contact at child’s level.
• Sit on the floor to engage with your students.
• Respond to a child’s first aid needs which may include cuts, bruises, and bodily fluids.
• Lift or move 1–35 pounds and occasionally 35+ pounds as needed.

What You’ll Do

The responsibilities of this position will include, but are not limited to the following:

Qualifications

• High school graduate.
• Passionate about child development and supporting our company mission to save our home planet.
• Excellent customer service skills in person, via email, and on the phone.
• Comfortable with team-based work structure; ability to demonstrate flexibility on the job.
• Demonstrates initiative, is conscientious and provides complete follow-through on areas of responsibility.
• Expert in your classroom age-group and best practices in early childhood.
• Dedicated to life-long learning and the betterment of the early childhood education.
• Two years’ experience working with young children (At least 150 hours working/volunteering with children within the last 6 months).
• Fifteen (15) units in Early Childhood Education (Growth and Development, Child-Family & Community, Administration in ECE, and two Program/Curriculum courses), and three (3) infant/toddler units.
• If you are working in a school age classroom, you must have three (3) school age units.
• Working knowledge of personal computers with experience in the use of such programs as Word, Excel, Microsoft Teams, and Outlook.
• Successful completion of the fingerprinting process and/or successful transfer of fingerprints from another program.
• It is a job requirement to have a successful criminal background check as well as clearance by obtaining a Sheriffs Card in NV to meet State childcare licensing requirements.
• Successful completion of the hiring packet.

Preferred Experience

• Understanding of Family Business, Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Learning Stories, Pyramid Model, Outdoor Classroom, Anti Bias Education, Resources for Infant Educarers, and Educa.

Employee Conduct

We are a strong community of educators, staff, parents, and children. It is the responsibility of every employee to create safe, professional work environment. It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers and vendors.