Associate Teacher

Job Title: Associate Teacher

Location: Torrance, CA

Job Type: Full-Time

Compensation: $23 - $27 per hour

Benefits: Included

Company Overview

Excelsior Preschool is an industry-leading program for Early Childhood Development, Multi-Language Learning, and the Outdoor Classroom Environment. Our team is hand-picked for their education, experience, and passion for helping children build a solid foundation for the future, through innovative approaches to early childhood education. Our staff is empowered by our management team who ensures the highest quality support and guidance through mentorship and professional growth tracks. Excelsior Team Members have the opportunity for career advancement as we expand and grow throughout the surrounding communities.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing care and supervision of children
• Report any and all suspected, knowledge of, or observation of child abuse or neglect of a person under the age of 18 to Child Protective services or local law enforcement agency.
• Conduct daily inspection for illness with every child
• Ensure that all children are signed in and out, daily
• Manage the overall supervision and day-to-day care and development of an assigned group of children
• Develop and implement curriculum for assigned group of children
• Establish a trusting relationship with each child, create a nurturing social and learning environment, and be attentive to the needs of each child
• Exhibit positive behavior to children, parents, and all other team members at all times.

Qualifications & Skills

• Must be at least 18 years of age at time of employment
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage the operation of indoor and outdoor preschool environments.
• Demonstrated ability to implement emergent curriculum and innovative strategies to promote learning.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively conduct formal and informal observations and assessments of students.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with young children utilizing developmentally appropriate practices.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively create an inclusive environment that is accepting of individual differences including, but not limited to racial, ethnic, cultural, socio-economic and gender diversity.
• Ability to form partnerships with parents for the benefit of the child.
• Ability to build interpersonal relationships with supervisors, co-workers, parents, and community partners.
• Must have excellent communication skills that include the use of proper grammar when speaking and writing, listening to understand, writing in complete sentences, and using proper punctuation.

Education & Experience

• 12 postsecondary semester or equivalent quarter units completed with C or better at an accredited or approved college or university. Must include 3 units each (12 total) in: child growth & development, child, family & community, and program/ curriculum.
• 5 years consistent employment at the same location, including 2 years teaching experience in a licensed preschool environment in the past three years

Certifications

• Valid Associate Teacher Permit issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) –or higher or qualification for this permit verified by HR/ Director
• 16 hours of Health & Safety training
  • 8 hours of EMSA certified Preventative Health Practices training, including Lead Prevention
  • 8 hours of EMSA certified Pediatric First Aid & CPR training (2 years current)
• Mandated Reporter Training - AB1207 Child Care Providers (2 years current)

Required Health Screening

Health Screening must be completed no more than one year prior to or seven days after initial presence in the center and must be performed by or under the supervision of a physician.

Criminal Clearance Requirements

• Must pass criminal clearance check with DOJ, FBI, Child Abuse Central Index, prior to employment or initial presence in the child care center.
• Must complete LIC 508 Criminal Record Statement & LIC 9108 Reporting Child Abuse

Preferred Experience

• Experience in multi-language learning environment