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40 hrs/week, Monday-Friday, available immediately. Apply by Dec. 7/18.
Early Childhood Educators provide integrated programming for all children, creating an environment that promotes learning, individuality, growth and development, and providing the highest standard of daycare practice.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement integrated programming in a multi-aged early learning center
- Plan and provide daily experiences/programming that support and promote each child's various skills
- Protect and promote the safety, health and well-being of each child
- Establish a partnership with each child's family, actively supporting them in achieving goals set for the child
- Maintain a good working relationship with your team and outside agencies
- Attend ongoing professional development training and staff meetings
- Adhere to all internal policies and procedures
- Work effectively with a variety of behavioral and physical disorders and adapt to working with other diverse needs
- Be flexible and adaptable to change
- Complete necessary documentation: developmental assessments, anecdotal records, readiness checklists, Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs), & communication books
- Greet parents/caregivers to receive a short report on the child and filter information during staff morning reports
- Programming research, documentation, etc.
- Record programming dollar expenditures
Qualifications
- Early Childhood Education Level 3
- Current First Aid/CPR Training
- Experience with Emergent Curriculum and the Reggio Approach preferred
- Ability to handle physically demanding and challenging tasks
- Physical ability to perform and safely work with objects or persons of varying sizes; exertion of 100 lbs of force occasionally, 50 lbs of force regularly and 25 lbs of force continuously
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
Children'S Ages
- 5 years
- 1 year
- 2 years
- 3 years
- 3-11 months
- 4 years
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate
- Early Childhood Education Diploma or Degree
Early Childhood Education Skills
- Provide opportunity for creative expression through the mediums of art, dramatic play and music
- Provide supervision and guidance of daily activities, field trips and special activities
- Prepare progress reports and discuss with parents and other staff members
- Plan and develop child care and nursery school programs
- Assess the developmental level of children
Additional Skills
- Supervise staff, trainees or volunteers
- Maintain day care supplies and equipment
- Assist in housekeeping duties
- Assist in maintaining records of children
Early Childhood Educator Assistant Skills
- Prepare craft materials and assist children to use them
- Observe children and report on observations to supervisor
- Guide children in development of proper eating, dressing and toilet habits
- Discuss progress and problems of children at staff meetings
- Conduct and monitor activity programs designed for young children
- Bathe, diaper and feed infants and toddlers
- Arrange transition periods such as lunch and rest for children
Experience With Children Who Have Special Needs
- Children with a mental health disability
- Children with a physical disability
- Children with an intellectual disability
- Children with behavioural issues
Work Setting
- Child care centre
Ability to Supervise
- 11-15 people
Security and Safety
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Child abuse registry check
- Tuberculosis test