Child Care Teachers

Duties and Responsibilities: The Teacher Assistant must be able to consistently and successfully perform all essential functions of the position. This position is an at-will employment position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Direct Services:* Assist in providing leadership and guidance to children, families, and staff * Assist in the implementation of SJB Curriculum.* Assist in establishing a climate of respect for each child's individual personality, physical characteristics and traits, culture, language and ethnic characteristics, family structure, developmental needs and behaviors. * Assist in establishing and maintaining a positive relationship with each child's parent and/or caregiver. Relate to all children in encouraging and positive ways.* Assist in nurturing and facilitating the learning experience by meeting each child at their point of need through a variety of teaching methods, which include but are not limited to individualized care and small group experiences.* Interact daily with each child and support his or her learning process. Assist in implementing a positive approach of combining consistency, empathy, and culturally diverse practices.* Offer clear expressions of expectations with natural and logical consequences. * Assist and support the orientation process of families. * Assist with providing direct support, engagement, and extension of a child's play and learning experiences by offering assistance and providing resources.* Assist in the implementation of developmentally appropriate curriculum activities for children.* Assist in designing interest areas to provide choices, opportunities for safe risks, and challenge children to interact, learn, create, and thrive while corresponding with the developmental and individual needs of each child, thus fostering the desire to learn. * Administrative* Assist in implement the program in accordance with the policies and philosophy of SJB Child Development Centers.* Assist with monthly staff meetings.* Assist with bi-weekly program meetings.* Assist with daily attendance of children. * Assist in maintaining accurate updates of records at site including but not limited to: enrollment, attendance, CACFP, communication logs, curriculum, child observations, and parent participation. * Assist with bi-monthly parent meetings as directed by Site Supervisor.* Assist with all proper documentation by deadlines, to include, but not limited to DRDPR's, ITERS, ECERS, SACERS, Environmental Rating Scales, Lesson Plans, etc.) Health & SafetyAssist in the monitoring of the provision of a safe, secure, clean, and challenging environment for children, families and staff. Assist in the implementation of monthly fire drills, earthquake drills, and annual disaster drills.Assist in reporting safety hazards and injuries the Teacher immediately. Follow health and safety standards for children, families, and staff. Watch for signs of illness in children at all times and assists in the direction of ill children to the proper medical attention.