Twos Assistant Teacher

About This Role

First Church Academy for Young Children in West Hartford, CT is seeking a qualified Twos Assistant Teacher to work with Infant / Toddler (0–2) in a center-based environment. This position requires a willingness to earn a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential, with employer support.

What You'll Do

• Offer a program that meets the emotional, physical, intellectual, and social needs of both the individual and the group.
• Interact with the children frequently, affectionately, and respectfully. Speak in a calm, friendly, soft, and courteous manner with proximity to the child.
• Prepare a warm and safe environment that is orderly, clean, and appealing and permits the child to grow and explore.
• Engage and communicate constructively with individual children during activities and routines. Take every opportunity to positively extend children’s thinking and actions.
• Plan with the Associate Teacher, and other staff, weekly lesson plans which follow the Creative Curriculum objectives for development and learning.
• Practice positive discipline techniques in guiding children’s behavior according to First Church Academy for Young Children’s Positive Guidance Plan, outlined in our Staff Manual.
• Observe, record and report significant individual and group behavior and use data to inform lesson planning.
• Maintain all required classroom child records.
• Follow the school wide assessment plan, which in alignment with Creative Curriculum includes maintaining child portfolios and holding family conferences.
• Acknowledge families and all classroom visitors.
• Respond to family comments and concerns with sensitivity, interest, respect and maintain confidentiality.
• Invite input from families regarding their child’s development and care.
• Plan and facilitate family conferences at least two times per year. Conferences will be based on data collected during classroom observations and assessment. Information will be shared regarding a child’s developmental progress and goals for future growth.
• Share resources with families though discussions, articles, and newsletters.
• Share photographs through FCAYC parent engagement app.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director.

Requirements

• Preference given to an applicant with:
• An Associate's degree in Early Childhood Education, related field, or 12 ECE credits.
• At least 2 years of experience working with preschool or early elementary children in an organized program (comparable education and/or experience may be considered).

Essential Requirements

• Move, push, and pull, if needed, while moving and holding children.
• Safely lift up to 40 lbs.
• Physically interact with young children through running, chasing, bending, stooping, climbing, sitting, and standing.
• Stand for extended periods of time.
• Assume postures in low level positions that best allow physical and visual contact with children.
• Engage in repetitive bending at the waist, as well as kneeling, stooping, crouching to assist children.
• Have excellent speaking and hearing ability to exchange information, hear in noisy environment, and locate the sources of sounds for health and safety including crying by children.
• Easily and safely accompany children in the building and outdoors for distances of several hundred yards per day at a reasonable pace.
• Must be able to assume postures in low-level positions that best allow physical and visual contact with children.
• Must be able to bend to perform various tasks numerous times throughout the day.
• Must be able to easily accompany children in the building and outdoors for distances of several hundred yards per day at a reasonable pace.

Nice to Have

• LOVE children
• High energy
• Strong communication skills
• Team player

Benefits

• Common Questions
• What ECE credentials are required for this position?
• None required but we will support obtaining CDA.
• What does this position pay?
• This Twos Assistant Teacher role pays $20 to $22/Hr.
• Is this full-time or part-time?
• This job is Full Time.
• Where is First Church Academy for Young Children located?
• First Church Academy for Young Children is located at 12 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT.