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DescriptionJob Location: ECP - Clinton Corner - Garden Grove, CA
Position Type: Full-Time/Part-Time
Education Level: Some College
Salary Range: $19.00 - $20.00 Hourly
Job Shift: Full Time (30+ hours/week)
Class: Non-exempt, Full Time or Part Time
Hourly Rate: Starting at $19.00/hour + comprehensive benefits (if full time)
Pay Range: $19.00-$20.00/hour
Hours: FT: 30+ hours/week or PT: Up to 29 hours/week, M-F, occasional evening hours
Location: Boys & Girls Clubs - Clinton Corner
Job Summary: Under the supervision of Lead Teacher and Teacher, responsible for supervising a group of children, 12 months to 3 years old. Assist in planning, organizing, and conducting the daily program activities.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist in conducting developmentally appropriate activities that prepare youth for success by incorporating the mission and youth development strategy
- Assist in creating an environment that promotes the physical, social, emotional and cognitive well-being of children
- Assist in instructing, guiding and supporting each child’s physical, social, emotional and cognitive development
- Provide individualized personal care routines to meet the needs of children and support them to develop their skills
- Assist in creating an environment that promotes active participation and incorporate guidance and discipline principles
- Assist in meeting the Early Head Start (EHS) Standards
- Attend required conferences, meetings, and trainings
- Ensure the program meets health and safety standards and ensure the safety of all members
- Conduct daily Health & Safety Check and complete the Maintenance Request
- Provide direct supervision of children and ensure to meet the required ratio at all times
- Complete the Accident/Incident/Illness report and notify the parents
- Take actions to prevent accidents and respond to injury and signs of illness
- Ensure emergency procedures are implemented and followed
- Implement the safe and quality food service in the program
- Practice sound judgment regarding health and safety
- Ensure a productive work environment by working as a member of the team, contribute to team meetings and provide information to support decision making
- Follow program schedule, polices, and procedures
- Approach classroom team with assertiveness, address concerns, and solve problems
- Participate in Professional Learning Community and Planning meetings
- Build and maintain partnerships with children and families, and community partners
- Adept at conflict resolution strategies between children, families and staff with a display of confidence
- Communicate with management and teaching team about child’s day, experiences, progress, and concerns
- Communicate with parents about child’s day and experiences, completes daily report
- Maintain close, daily contact with staff, members and supervisors to receive and provide information, discuss issues, explain or interpret guidelines and instructions and advise and counsel
- Maintain contact as needed with external community groups, members and their families, BGCGG partners and others to promote and ensure the program is successful
- Uphold BGCGG’s mission and values
Additional Duties & Responsibilities
- Comply with the Federal, State and Private funding: desired results, US Department of Agriculture Child Care Food Program, and Quality Starts OC
- Improve personal teaching strategies through short and long term goal setting
- Contribute ideas and participate as a member of a high performing team
- Continually develop own knowledge, skills and manages time and resources
- Use resources effectively to assist with classroom environment and lesson planning
- Attend meetings and trainings as necessary
- Work to support all BGCGG as needed
- Perform all other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- At least 12 college units including Child Development, Child, Family & Community and Program/Curriculum units AND obtains Child Development Associate Teacher Permit or permit application is pending status
- 50 days of 3+hr/day of teaching experience (in appropriate age group) within 2 years at the Licensed Child Care
- 3 college units in Infant/Toddler
- Experience with Title 22
- Experience with Title V, Quality Starts OC, Child Care Food Program preferred
- Must complete 21 hours of professional growth hours annually
- Must have knowledge of child development, early childhood education and developmentally appropriate activities
- Must effectively communicate including verbal, written, in small and large group settings with children and adults
- Must have strong interpersonal skills to build relationships and rapport
- Bilingual capabilities preferred
- Position may require standing/sitting for extended periods of time, walking, jumping, twisting of neck – side to side, rotation, flexion of neck- looking down, dexterity of hands and fingers to operate office equipment, reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally, bending at the waist; seeing to review and analyze reports, documents or other reports; hearing and speaking to communicate and provide information to others; speaking to be heard before groups of people; weight bearing activities – position may require to lift, carry, pull or otherwise move objects between 10-40 pound
- Must clear screening process, background check and onboarding process
