SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide a safe and healthy environment for children.
- Meet or exceed all policies and procedures mandated by all internal and external agencies.
- Plan, implement and participate in educational activities for children that promote the development of cognitive, social, emotional, physical and language development of each child.
- Supervise and manage the classroom with the purpose of following the company’s goals and values.
- Develop, encourage and maintain positive relations with parents and co-workers.
- Provide ongoing assessments of children’s progress to communicate development milestones.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Supervision/Health and Safety
- Supervise and monitor the children at all times.
- Implement all activities in a safe efficient manner.
- Use positive redirection, positive language and positive reinforcement to guide the children in your care.
- Recognize, document and take appropriate action of suspected child abuse and neglect, illness or accident.
Program
- Plan, develop, prepare, and Implement educational activities including a variety of themes and subjects, such as language development, math development, diversity, gross and fine motor skills development, self-help skill development, science, art, music, health and hygiene and self-esteem.
- Individualize one-to-one and group activities to reflect the unique needs and strengths of all in each group.
- Follow a consistent schedule which includes small and large group experiences for each child.
- Enhance the program using a variety of techniques which include modeling, observing, questioning, demonstrating and reinforcing for the children.
- Observe, assess and evaluate each child’s progress in your group keeping written records.
Parent Relations
- Respect and communicate in a professional manner with parents to build long term relationships with families.
- Communicate with parents on a regular basis on each child’s progress and the activities of each area (daily notes home, what we did today, notes posted to door, etc.)
- Maintain confidentiality concerning child issues and handle this information in an appropriate manner.
Staff Relations
- Promote and maintain good working relationships with other staff members as well as members of the management team.
- Participate in scheduled staff meetings
