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Job Overview:
Maintaining a safe workplace by monitoring children for health, behavioral, emotional issues and report concerns to staff and parents. Ability to provide children with age-appropriate instruction.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the implementation of daily activities with infants in the nursery
- Conduct daily floor play with each infant
- Take daily attendance of infants
- Complete progress reports, nursery report cards and conduct parent/teacher conferences
- Conduct weekly parent and child time sessions with various bonding activities between mothers and infants
- Conduct daily feeding and diaper changing of infants during daycare hours
- Conduct daily washing of toys and other materials in the nursery
- Develop and maintain a constructive and ongoing rapport with children and parents
- Create activities that are developmentally educational for the infants
- Collaborate with other teachers to ensure that the daycare fosters an environment that is inviting and nurturing for every child
- Deliver reports on potential concerns about children as to management as needed
- Manage day-to-day classroom activities, including structured lessons, free play, toilet breaks, and rest time for infants
- Valid Pennsylvania Driver’s License
- Other duties as assigned
Skills:
- Knowledge of cultural differences among children who are served by the program
- Ability to assist and maintain children or infants with their hygiene
- Provide care for children or infants with feeding, changing diapers, and cleaning room and toys
- Ability to monitor the children when playing, eating, or napping
- Ability to monitor children or infants in order to prevent accidents or injuries
- Strong understanding of stages of childhood development
- Attentiveness to the needs and safety of children
Experience:
- Two years experience related to the care and development of children
Education Requirement:
- Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university in education, including 30 credit hours in early childhood education, child development, special education, or the human services field
Salary:
- Commensurate upon education and experience
- Grade 15
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
Work Location: In person