Summary: Responsible to the Site Supervisor for assisting with the integration of an educationally and socially positive classroom environment. The individual is responsible for helping each child achieve their potential while following all CAI policies, EHS performance standards, and state licensing rules. In addition, responsibilities will include integrating the objectives of each program into a positive educational and social environment to ensure that the agency's policies, mission and values are upheld in a culturally competent manner.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
CORE VALUES
- Initiative: Self-starter requires minimal supervision, requests additional assignments or responsibilities; suggests and implements improved work methods.
- Relationships: Projects a positive attitude and relates effectively with others to build strong working relationships built on a foundation of honesty, compassion and respect. Promotes and maintains appropriate professional boundaries.
- Problem Solving: Identifies problems, secures relevant information and implements solutions.
- Planning and Organizing: Establishes and manages work priorities; efficiently allocates time and utilizes available resources appropriately; effectively handles multiple assignments.
- Cultural Competency: Commitment to learning and integrating cultural differences into day to day practices. Ability to react and interact with those of a different background effectively in order to fulfill agency mission.
- Attention to Safety: Assists in the creation of a safety culture by working in a safe manner; reports unsafe situations and accidents; follows safety procedures; requests and uses safety equipment and safety techniques; and participates in safety training.
- Attendance/Punctuality: Team member is on time and prepared for meeting with participants and stakeholders internal and external to the organization.
CURRICULUM
- Carry out activities according to the lesson plans provided by EHS Teacher and as developmentally appropriate.
- Assist EHS Teacher in establishing and maintaining goals, portfolios, and assessments for all children enrolled according to the Education Policy and EHS performance standards
- Assist in establishing and maintaining a daily schedule that follows the Education Policy and EHS performance standards
- Provide direct care and assistance to children with their basic needs including eating, dressing, and hand washing.
- Interact with children frequently while showing interest and modeling respect and affection regardless of race, gender, background, ability, culture, etc. of children or family members.
- Implement the positive guidance policy within the classroom.
- Encourage independence in children while teaching and modeling positive approaches to behaving constructively.
- Assist children in dealing with emotions, positive and negative, while expecting them to behave in developmentally appropriate ways.
CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT
- Assist in planning and setting up the environment to meet the Education Policy, Environmental Rating Scale requirements, and EHS performance standards.
- Maintain a pleasant and welcoming learning environment for children, families and co-workers.
- Provide a healthy and safe environment that is conducive to positive learning, playing, and growing.
- Implementation of cultural awareness, diversity, and inclusion within the classroom.
RELATIONSHIPS
- Establish and maintain positive working relationships with children, families, co-workers, and supervisors.
- Establish and maintain effective communication with families, children, co-workers and supervisors according to policies and the Environmental Rating Scales.
- Guide and mentor new team members, assistant teachers, substitutes, volunteers, and students. to include completion of evaluations when necessary.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
- Maintain a healthy and safe environment according to all safety and emergency standards, performance standards, policies, and procedures.
- Understand and follow all Community Action, Community Kids, YoungStar, EHS performance standards and State Licensing rules, policies, and procedures.
- Complete all required forms according to policies such as, but not limited to, USDA, attendance, Under Two Intakes, and accident reports.
- Maintain an organized, clean, and sanitized environment.
- Promote healthy snack times as pleasant and social learning experiences.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Non-Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
- Assist in other classrooms/sites as required.
- Assist in Kitchen and/or Office as needed.
- Assist in overall building cleaniliness, organization, and stocking of materials.
- Assist with transportation of children as needed.
- Access to reliable, licensed, insured driver and transportation.
- Keep up to date with developments in subject area, teaching resources and methods and make relevant changes to instructional plans and activities.
- Participate in all required meetings and trainings, including those provided by EHS.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsible for the supervision of the children under his/her care in the classroom.
- Responsible for the supervision of assistant teachers, volunteers or student teachers within their designated classroom.
- Ensure all policies and procedures are being followed and stepping in when appropriate. .
- Provide suggestions and feedback to new team members, assistant teachers, volunteers, and student teachers within their designated classroom.
The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the major functions of this position and are not intended to be a detailed description of all the work/functions that may be required.
QUALIFICATIONS: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Must be 18 years of age with a High School Diploma/GED
- Plus one of the following:
- Three courses in Early Childhood Education that meet Licensing Standards (Intro to Child Care Profession, Skills and Strategies for the Child Care Teacher, and Fundamentals of Infant and Toddler Care.) within first 90 days.
- At least 60 credits from an institution of higher learning, including approved courses for credit in Early Childhood Education.
- Associate Degree in Early Childhood
- BS degree in ECE/Development or related field
- Master degree in EC related field with one year of experience preferred.
- Must annually complete the required 15 hours of approved continuing education
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
- Must have good communication skills, including the ability to effectively present information in one-to-one and small group situations to children, families, and staff.
- Bilingual in English and Spanish is highly desirable.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide with whole numbers, fractions and percentages.
REASONING ABILITY:
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written or oral instructions.
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Must be able to conduct smooth and unregimented transitions, be flexible and handle routine tasks in a relaxed and individualized manner.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
- Teaching staff authorized to drive the childcare van and/or bus must meet the driving standards in the Travel/Vehicle Usage Policy and maintain their passenger CDL.
- Within 3 months after beginning work with children, shall obtain and maintain a current certification for infant and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator use from the agency approved by DCF.
- Certificate of DCF approved training in shaken baby syndrome and SIDS.
- Mandated Reporter training completed within the last two years or DCF approved equivalent.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Must be reliable and dependable.
- Ability to communicate appropriately and work with families, children, co-workers, managers and directors.
- Demonstrate competency and knowledge of developmentally appropriate practices and environmental rating scales such as ECERS, ITERS and/or SACERS.
- Demonstrate commitment to cultural diversity.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.
- Frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, and stoop, kneel crouch or crawl.
- Occasionally required to climb or balance and taste or smell.
- Frequently lift a minimum of 20 pounds, ranging up to 50 pounds, depending on age of children.
- Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Ability to be mobile on a variety of surfaces such as tile, carpet, wood chips, pea gravel, cement, etc.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described hers are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this jobs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The noise level is the work environment is usually moderate and occasionally loud.
- The duties are usually performed within a classroom environment with daily time (if appropriate) outside is varied weather conditions, including heat, wind and cold.
- The employee may be exposed to childhood illnesses.
The job description does not constitute an employment contract between Community Action and the employee and is subject to change by Community Action as the needs of the department and the requirements of the job change.
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Community Action, Inc.
$15-$17/hr
Dec 23, 2024