Summary: Provides a stimulating, safe, and developmentally appropriate educational environment where preschool children have the opportunity to develop cognitive, social, emotional, and physical skills. May lead and functionally supervise teachers assistants. We follow all rules and regulations as written by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, found at www.ocfs.ny.gov.
Teaching & Curriculum
- Provide for a curriculum appropriate to the ages of the children and their developmental levels and interests, including children with developmental delays or disabilities, which promote the children’s cognitive, educational, social, cultural, physical, emotional, language, and recreational development.
- Consistently treat children, parents, staff, and members fairly, with dignity, respect, and compassion, while maintaining confidentiality.
- Establish, implement, and post a daily schedule of program activities that offers reasonable regularity in routines, including snack and meal periods, nap and rest periods, indoor activities, daily outdoor playtime and a variety of large muscle activities throughout the day. There must be physical activity, appropriate to the ages of the children in care, every day. All schedules must include a routine of good personal hygiene practices.
- Know and understand the Mandated Reporter Policy.
- Provide competent and direct supervision of children at all times for the health and safety of all of the children, by keeping them in sight and sound at all times. This includes supervising children from other classrooms when in common spaces or combined.
- Provide for a program of self-initiated, group-initiated, and teacher-initiated activities which are intellectually stimulating and foster self-reliance and social responsibility.
- Provide opportunities for learning and self-expression in small and large groups. Maintain a portfolio on each child, including copies of assessment tools, samples of artwork, projects, writing, and pictures.
- Establish and maintain positive, professional, and effective communication and supportive ties with children, staff, parents, and third party consultants to meet the needs of children and their families, thereby establishing a partnership between school and home.
- Maintain positive discipline methods in class at all times, promoting self-esteem in children in such a way as to help children develop self-control and assume responsibility for their actions through clear and consistent rules and limits appropriate to the age and development of the child.
- Corporal punishment is prohibited.
Administrative and Classroom Responsibilities
- Maintain and individualize notes sent home to parents.
- Conduct daily health checks of all children entering the room in which you start your day.
- Maintain daily movement sheets and the attendance sheets and contact lists of all of the children as you travel throughout the building and grounds.
- Maintain student to teacher ratios at all times.
- Monitor growth and development of each child and communicate progress/concerns to the Director and parents, by maintaining developmental milestone charts and other forms of evaluation tools on each child.
- Maintain a clean and organized classroom which is colorful and print rich, with shelves, toys, and equipment labeled and in good repair.
- Participate in regular staff meetings and trainings, and scheduled evening events for parents including parent teacher conferences, meet the teacher night, and graduation.
- Maintain current certifications in CPR/AED and First Aid.
- Create and work towards mutually agreed upon goals of an annual professional growth plan set with the supervisor, including meeting the required hours of OCFS approved training classes.
- Attend all required training classes to meet the required hours as stated by the New York State
- Office of Children and Family Services
Physical Demands and Work Requirements:
- Employees must have the ambulatory ability to stand, walk, sit, and reach for objects.
- Employees must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.
- Must speak English well enough to communicate with children, staff, management, and parents
- Must be a team player and have a positive attitude
- Must be able to read and write English well enough to prepare, complete, and maintain administrative forms and records as required by current governmental regulations, company policies, and procedures.
- Employees must have the ability to focus and work efficiently in an environment with low to moderate noise level.
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Requirements:
- CPR Certification (Preferred)
- Child Development Associate Certification (Preferred)
- Associate’s degree in Early Childhood, Child Development or related field and One year of experience related to caring for infants and toddlers.
- Infant and Toddler Child Care and Education Credential; or Infant Toddler Child Development
- Associate Credential; or other Office-recognized credential specific to the infant/toddler developmental period or Child Development Associate Credential with two years of experience caring for children, one of which must be related to caring for infants or toddlers.
- Nine college credits in Early Childhood, Child Development or a related field, with intent to get a
- Degree and have two years of experience related to caring for children, one of which must be related to working with infants or toddlers
