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Description
The Saltcoats & District Daycare is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a safe and stimulating environment for children to learn and grow. Children learn primarily through play, thrive on positive feedback and deserve a nurturing environment.
Responsibilities and Duties
-Understand and maintain Ministry of Education Regulations.
-Provide a safe and nurturing environment for children to learn and explore
-Maintains a clean and healthy workplace according to public health standards
-Fosters team work and open communication.
-Demonstrates a commitment to working in partnership with parents, families, board members and co-workers.
-Provide supervision and guidance of daily activities and special events
-Provide opportunity for creative expression through the mediums of art, dramatic play and music
-Supervise staff, trainees or volunteers
-Coordinate all staff scheduling and enrollment of children
-Arrange transition periods such as lunch and rest times
-Conduct and monitor activity programs designed for young children
-Discuss progress and problems of children at staff meetings
Qualifications
-Current CPR/First Aid
-TB test results
-Criminal Record Check / Vulnerable sector
-ECE Certification, or willingness to obtain (funding may be available)
-Knowledge of Emergent Curriculum is an asset
Skills And Abilities
- Significant use of memory - Continuous learning
- Computer use - Finding information
- Job task planning and organizing - Critical thinking
- Decision making - Problem solving
- Working with others - Oral communication
- Writing - Numeracy
- Document use - Reading text