Early Childhood Classroom Floater

                                                                   Classroom Floater

Department: Early Childhood Education Center
Reports to: Director of Early Childhood
Supervises: 0                            
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt    
Hours: 7am - 4pm
Rate: $17.00 per hour

Summary: The Classroom Floater supports the implementation of a high-quality early childhood program by helping maintain a classroom environment that promotes learning, development, and student engagement. This position works collaboratively with the teaching team to support the dual language curriculum, build positive relationships with students and families, and contribute to a safe, nurturing, and inclusive learning environment.

Essential duties and responsibilities:  

Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Qualifications: 

This position operates in an early childhood education and professional office environment. The role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines. Guadalupe Centers serves a diverse population, including children, adolescents, and adults who may experience behavioral or mental health challenges.

Physical Requirements: 

The physical demands described here represent those an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, and hear. The employee may frequently be required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 45 pounds and may occasionally push items weighing up to 45 pounds, such as classroom equipment, furniture, or children on riding toys.
 
Specific vision abilities required for this position include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The position also requires the ability to respond to multiple demands from children, families, staff, and the public while maintaining responsibility for safety, well-being, and work quality.
 
Equal Opportunity Employer

GCI is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, age, sex, gender, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, genetic information, veteran status, service member status or any other category protected by federal, state or local law. Preventing discrimination is the responsibility of every employee in the way employees treat and interact with one another. Therefore, GCI expects all work relations to be business-like and professional, free of bias, prejudice, harassment and/or discrimination.

GCI's policy of Equal Opportunity extends to all conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, placement, training, compensation, discipline, transfers, separation, layoff, recall, leave of absence and promotion. GCI will not tolerate any discrimination in the workplace, and it is expected that any employee who believes they  have been subjected to any practice that appears to be inconsistent with this policy will contact Human Resources.  Improper interference with the ability of GCI's employees to perform their expected job duties is not tolerated.

GCI encourages reporting of incidents or concerns regarding discrimination to the Director of Human Resources, so that prompt and constructive action can be taken.  There will be no retaliation or adverse action against an employee for raising an issue or complaint pursuant to this policy.  The report will be investigated to determine what, if any, responsive action is necessary and appropriate.  Any employee found responsible for an inappropriate or discriminatory act will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including separation.