Job Description:
The Child Development Teacher promotes an environment of care for children that is safe and nurturing. The Child Development teacher interacts with children using developmentally appropriate practice to support their social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. Posting Specifics
Rate: Depending on experience
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Shift Entry Details: The center is open 5:45am-6:45pm Monday - Friday. Shifts would be starting usually at 10:00 or 11:00 am and ending between about 5:00-6:45pm M-F. Possibility of earlier hours needed to cover shifts for other staff time off. Need to be available all 5 days M-F.
Department: Child Care Center - Utah Valley Hospital
Essential Functions
This position works under broad guidelines dependent on the age, development, and classroom regulations for each group of children. Teachers must have great flexibility in providing care and activities for children.
Establishes a developmentally appropriate room environment that is safe, welcoming, clean, nurturing, and that stimulates learning and discovery.
Provides direct supervision of children at all times.
Warmly interacts with children using approved early childhood education standards and immediately attends to their physical and emotional needs.
Follows all regulatory standards and best practices as outlined by Utah Department of Health, Child Care Licensing. Completes 20 hours of training to review these required standards annually.
Accurately and professionally maintain daily records as required by State Licensing including incident reports, attendance sheets, and daily record sheets.
Organizes engaging and educational activities, materials, and daily schedules that meet the developmental goals for each child in care.
Maintain observation notes, conduct formal assessments, and provide other portfolio documentation to assess children’s progress in achieving developmental milestones and behaviors. Information on each child’s development will be shared with parents regularly, with two formal parent conferences annually.
Observes and recognizes obvious difficulties individual children are having mastering developmentally appropriate milestones or behavior and discusses follow-up actions with leader and parents if needed.
Is a team player and a continuous learner
Skills
Knowledge of child development and experience caring for children
Love children. Flexibility to follow children’s interests/needs, have patience and be kind.
Ability to proactively resolve conflict and keep calm under stress
Good organizational skills and time management
Excellent customer service
Professional verbal and written communication skills
Ability to react quickly in emergencies to keep children safe
Basic computer knowledge (Outlook Email, Microsoft Word, Internet navigation, uploading documentation) to maintain records, complete required training, communicate with parents/staff, plan curriculum
Minimum Qualifications
Six months experience working in an early childhood program
Pediatric CPR, First Aid Certification within 60 days of hire
Food Handlers Permit within 60 days of hire
Preferred Qualifications
Associate degree in Early Childhood Development/Education or a closely related field (Elementary Education, Family-Life Studies, Child Psychology). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
Certificate in Early Childhood Development (CDA – Child Development Associate)
Physical Requirements
Ongoing need for employees to see and read information, documentation, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and to be able to assess children’s needs.
Frequent interactions with children, colleagues, clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy.…