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Job Purpose
Provide a safe, educating and nurturing environment to all children within the childcare centre.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Plan and implement age appropriate activities
- Develop and implement daily classroom schedules
- Provide supervision and guidance of daily activities, field trips and special activities
- Lead children in activities by telling stories, teaching songs and demonstrating the use of simple musical instruments
- Prepare art materials and assist children in using them
- Provide opportunity for creativity through the mediums of art, dramatic play, musical and physical fitness
- Assess the developmental level of children through observation and documentation
- Attend meetings, workshops and professional development training to enhance teaching abilities
- Take responsibility for individual classroom organization, ensuring clean, neat and tidy appearance at all times
- Ensure medication reports, incident reports and injury reports are documented and administered accordingly
- Guide children in development of proper eating, dressing and toilet habits
- Arrange transition periods such as meal and rest time for children
- Discuss progress and problems with children with director
- Assist supervisor in keeping records when requested
- Follow and respect the guidelines and procedures regarding confidentiality of children, families and co-workers
- Provide daily feedback to parents about childrens day such as rest periods and activities
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Decision making
- Job task planning and organizing
- Continuous learning
Children'S Ages
- 5 years
- 2 years
- 3 years
- 4 years
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- Early Childhood Education Diploma or Degree
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
- Plan and develop child care and nursery school programs
- Assess the developmental level of children
- Knowledge of licensing regulations
Additional Skills
- Maintain day care supplies and equipment
- Assist in maintaining records of children
Early Childhood Educator Assistant Skills
- Prepare craft materials and assist children to use them
- Prepare and serve snacks
- 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
Work Setting
- Child care centre
Ability to Supervise
- 11-15 people
Security and Safety
- Bondable
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Child abuse registry check
- Confidential security clearance
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