Benefits:- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Employee discounts
- Flexible schedule
- Free food & snacks
- Free uniforms
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
Education and Experience:
Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities:
· Provide a positive and nurturing environment for the children.
· Responsible for health and safety of the children – not excessive accidents.
· Consistently keep clean and maintain the classroom areas (including bathrooms).
· Maintains a permanent room arrangement with no running spaces, shelves used as dividers, and materials/supplies at child level.
· Equipment out and children taught to use it properly
· Provides consistent and constant supervision of all children. Children are never left alone. Know how many children that you are responsible for at all times, ages, and who they are.
· An organized and structured daily schedule is implemented and followed daily.
· Supports the Lead Teacher in the day-to-day duties and responsibilities of the classroom
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
· Enjoys children and expresses genuine interest in them
· Speaks with calm, gentle voice
· Listens carefully and respectfully
· Teaches children to problem solve
· Utilizes teachable moments
· Must be able to focus on individual while being aware of what is happening everywhere
· Uses positive statements, is positive role-model
· Interacts consistently with children
· Must be able to maintain orderly, calm environment
· Supports cultural differences
· Ability to move from one activity to another without chaos
· Maintains positive parent interaction
· Encourages positive behavior often getting down to child’s level
· Teaches and allows children to make choices
· Uses Redirection
· Will frequently lift as in lifting, carrying, walking with, and holding infants and children.
· Required to stand up to 90% of the day.
· Must be able to stoop, bend, and sit on a child’s level.
· Able to physically and mentally interact and react to children on the playground and/or in the classroom and attend to their needs. This includes moderate and vigorous physical activity.