Early Childhood Educator; ECE - On-call

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We are looking for a motivated Early Childhood Educator to join our team! Not sure if you're 100% qualified? We encourage you to apply anyway! MOSAIC is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage people from all backgrounds, spaces, and abilities to apply.

The Early Childhood Educator (ECE) provides childcare and educational programming for children and parents/caregivers enrolled in the program and works with the staff team to deliver a high quality, age-appropriate program based on the MOSAIC Play Based Curriculum.

• Be familiar with MOSAIC’S vision, mission, values, strategic plan, and integrated client service delivery approach, program and/or project proposals and contracts, and your role in achieving the goals and contractual outcomes of the department
• Model the Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC) goals of best practice in an early childhood program and commit to ECEBC Code of Ethics
• Unless law requires disclosure, maintain confidentiality of all information related to the program, the children, their families, and staff Operations
• Plan and implement developmentally and culturally appropriate activities for children’s programs that are child-centered and conform to MOSAIC childcare policy and procedure
• Include experiences in programming that reflect a variety of cultures and value systems, and encourage children to practice self-help techniques
• Establish a daily schedule that incorporates child-directed activities, care routines, transition times, and a balance of active/quiet, individual/group, and inside/outside activities
• Develop a variety of visual and hands‑on materials and teaching techniques that include modeling, observing, questioning, demonstrating, and reinforcing
• Organize and regularly evaluate the childcare space and all equipment and materials
• Engage in a variety of parent/caregiver specific activities
• Language appropriate orientation to new families
• Make resource information available to the parents/caregivers, and inform the manager or coordinator of any concerns that may need follow‑up or referral
• Forward child‑specific information from charts and observations to the Manager or Coordinator
• Discuss child or parent/caregiver related problems with the manager or coordinator and make recommendations about possible solutions before approaching the parents/caregivers
• Remain current with CARF standards relevant to the program, project, or service
• Maintain and add to knowledge of early childhood education and advocacy

Programming and childcare issues; BC Childcare Services Policy and Standards manual;
Canadian childcare standards, development needs of children, needs and interests of children from diverse communities who face barriers as immigrants/refugees, and specific knowledge related to the function or the focus of the program, project, or service

Completion of high school, Early Childhood Education Certificate, and BC license to practice, or equivalent. Some positions also require the Infant and Toddler Certificate, Food Safe Certificate an asset, Sign Language Certificate an asset, Special Needs Certificate and License an asset

More than one year of experience in evaluating and developing curriculum materials, providing activities, and facilitating play‑based activities for children and their parents/caregivers; work with an immigrant population and/or diverse cultural backgrounds, and/or comparable education or other program, or project specialties.

Current and satisfactory Criminal Record Check required

• MS Office suite, publishing software, database
• Ability to handle different age of students
• Instructional communication skills
• Cultural sensitivity
• Adaptability
• Organized and able to set priorities and meet deadlines
• Initiative
• Able to work independently and with a team
• Tactful, discrete, diplomatic, patient, flexible

$26.63 – $27.19 per hour

On‑call coverage and relief hours Monday to Friday

The successful candidate must be able to commute to our location 2710 Commercial Dr. Vancouver, British Columbia V5N 5P4

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