MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be EEC Group Leader qualified; at a minimum, 9 months of previous experience working with school age children, 3 months which must be in a licensed school age program. Prefer degree in early childhood education or related field or advanced training and relevant experience.
- Ability to implement nurturing, stimulating, and developmentally appropriate curriculum activities.
- Ability to supervise children through good vision and hearing capabilities.
- Ability to establish rapport with persons of different ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds.
- Ability to deal tactfully and respectfully with parents, staff and persons in the community.
- Ability to report for work on time and demonstrate regular attendance
- Able to provide documentation of good physical and mental health, freedom from communicable diseases and evidence of up to date immunizations.
- Ability to walk, stand, sit, stoop, lift, and carry children weighing up to 50 lbs.; ability to engage in a variety of physical activities with the children.
- Ability to handle calmly stressful and emergency situations.
- Ability to accept constructive feedback and direction and to implement changes as needed for continued professional growth.
- Ability to process, analyze and integrate information and make appropriate decisions concerning program policies and procedures; must demonstrate good decision-making skills.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT:
Must have good physical health to meet demands of teaching: ability to walk, stand, sit, stoop, and lift and carry children weighing up to 50 lbs as needed; ability to move quickly, maintain visual contact with broad area, and get up and down from the floor, and engage in a variety of physical activities with the children. Must be mature and have good mental health in order to meet the mental demands of working with children.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Employees work in a classroom setting, and the noise level is sometimes high. Employees are regularly required to sit, walk, stand, talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; reach with both hands and lift up to 50 pounds.
WORK SCHEDULE AND HOURS: This is a 40 hours per week, year round non-exempt position. The center is open Monday through Friday, schedule will be based on an 8 hour opening or closing shift.
