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Requirements:
- Early Childhood Education Certificate or Educational Assistant Certificate with job experience or be willing to work towards certification. Possible funding available to assist in achieving education
requirements.
- First Aid and CPR Certificate, Criminal Background check
Skills:
- Reading text
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Continuous learning
Duties:
- Assist Director to develop and implement child programs;
- Lead activities with children;
- Guide and assist children to develop eating, dressing and toilet habits;
- Provide supervision and guidance to up to 15 children, and 4-6 staff at a time.
- Maintain a safe and orderly working environment for students and staff.
- Assist in maintaining records of children
- Support staff with running program plans
- Support casual and part time workers
- Assist the director with menus, and scheduling for educational plans for staff and kids
- Maintain aware of kids medical, and educational needs and supports a child may need
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
Early Childhood Education Skills
- Provide opportunity for creative expression through the mediums of art, dramatic play and music
- Provide supervision and guidance of daily activities, field trips and special activities
- Prepare progress reports and discuss with parents and other staff members
- Plan and develop child care and nursery school programs
- Assess the developmental level of children
- Knowledge of licensing regulations
Early Childhood Educator Assistant Skills
- Observe children and report on observations to supervisor
- Guide children in development of proper eating, dressing and toilet habits
- Discuss progress and problems of children at staff meetings
- Conduct and monitor activity programs designed for young children
- Bathe, diaper and feed infants and toddlers
- Arrange transition periods such as lunch and rest for children
Type Of Work
- Teaching art
- Teaching music
- Daycare management
Experience With Children Who Have Special Needs
- Children with a mental health disability
- Children with a physical disability
- Children with an intellectual disability
- Children with behavioural issues
Children'S Ages
- 5 years
- 1 year
- 2 years
- 3 years
- 3-11 months
- 4 years
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Early Childhood Education Assistant Certificate
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate
- Food Safe Certificate
- Early Childhood Education Diploma or Degree
- WHMIS Certificate
Additional Skills
- Supervise staff, trainees or volunteers
- Order supplies and equipment
- Maintain day care supplies and equipment
- Assist in housekeeping duties
- Assist in maintaining records of children
Work Setting
- Day-care centre
- Child care centre
- Multicultural setting
Ability to Supervise
- 5-10 people
- 11-15 people
Work Location Information
- Rural community
Security and Safety
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Child abuse registry check
- Child welfare check