Child Care Assistant PT

Duties

• Plans and executes appropriate early childhood education experiences with a variety of material to promote the healthy emotional, social, intellectual, and physical development of each child.
• Works with the director and teachers in developing and implementing age‑appropriate curriculum and activities.
• Helps establish a program environment that promotes positive child and youth interactions with other children, youth and adults.
• Assists in providing and leading planned activities for program participants; interacts with children and youth using approved child guidance and youth development techniques.
• Interacts professionally with staff members, parents, and the command.
• Assists in maintaining program participation data and completing required daily reports.
• Helps prepare, arrange, and maintain indoor and outdoor activity areas and materials to accommodate daily schedule.
• Monitors children in the classroom, on the playground, in hallways and restrooms, during study halls, during lunch, and in bus loading areas.
• Maintains control of and accounts for whereabouts and safety of children at all times; helps arrange for/serve appropriate snacks and meals where applicable.
• Performs routine caregiving tasks, including receiving children, interacting with them and attending to their physical needs; conducts health checks and ensures safety and well‑being of children; completes reports and interacts with parents.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or GED certificate.
• Must be able to read, write and speak in English.
• One year of general experience working with children, working in a group program with children and/or youth.
• Must have the physical ability to lift and carry up to 45 pounds and above, sit and rise from the floor, walk, bend, and stoop and stand on a routine basis. Duties may involve working both indoors and outdoors.
• Ability to satisfactorily complete Tier 1 background investigation, including state checks, on hiring and renew every 5 years.
• Ability to satisfactorily pass the Civilian Medical Clearance Examination performed at pre‑placement and then every two years for every childcare position type.

• Two (2) years of education above the high school level, including twelve (12) semester hours of college credit in early childhood/elementary/secondary/special education, child/youth development, psychology, human development, youth program administration or related behavioral sciences, or a one‑year vocational certificate in childcare.

• Paid Annual and Sick Leave
• Holiday Pay
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Flexible/Dependent Spending Account
• Pension Plan
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Life Insurance
• Short‑Term/Long‑Term Disability
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid Parental Leave

All candidates will be considered without regard to any non‑merit factor such as race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or marital status.

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