QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be EEC Lead Teacher qualified. Degree in early childhood education or related field and at least 2 years of relevant experience.
- Must demonstrate enjoyment of children and solid understanding of child growth and development.
- General knowledge of nutrition, health, safety and first aid.
- Knowledge of NAEYC developmentally appropriate practices for early childhood programs.
- Ability to plan and implement nurturing, stimulating, and developmentally appropriate preschool curriculum activities that conform to the EEC frameworks and guidelines.
- Ability to communicate clearly, tactfully, and respectfully with children, parents, coworkers and supervisors as well as community members, both orally and in written form.
- Ability to supervise children through good vision and hearing capabilities.
- Must demonstrate a commitment to value diversity and contribute to an equitable and inclusive working and learning environment including the ability to establish rapport with persons of different ethnic, cultural, economic, and sexual orientation backgrounds.
- Ability to report to work on time and demonstrate regular attendance.
- Must be able to provide documentation of good physical and mental health, freedom from communicable diseases and tuberculosis, and evidence of up-to-date immunizations.
- Ability to calmly handle 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 must demonstrate good decision-making skills concerning program policies and procedures.
- Must be able to follow general classroom cleaning and sanitization procedures.
- Must be able to complete a background record check successfully.
GENERAL EXPECTATIONS:
- Demonstrate regular, dependable and punctual attendance, including attending staff meetings and trainings. Full time staff are responsible for attending workshops, conferences, in-service trainings a minimum of 2 hours per month. Staff are responsible for making sure any training documentation is added to personnel files.
- Demonstrate friendliness, politeness and cooperation with other staff members, clients, supervisors, vendors and members of the community.
- Adhere to policies of CCB, as stated in the Personnel Policies, including dress code, confidentiality, boundaries and Employee Standard of Conduct.
- Willingness to accept constructive criticism and where appropriate, change behavior.
- Full time staff are responsible for maintaining current certification in First Aid and CPR.
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 for extended periods of time 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; use hands repeatedly to finger, handle and operate standard office equipment; reach with both hands and lift up to 50 pounds.
WORK SCHEDULE AND HOURS: Our centers are open from 7:00am until 5:00pm, Monday through Friday. Schedule will be based on an 8-hour opening or closing shift.
SALARY RANGE: $21-$22.50 per hour commensurate with education and experience. Benefits include vision, and dental insurance, sick and vacation time as well as paid holidays, paid closure days, and retirement plan.
CHILD CARE OF THE BERKSHIRES IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER, WITH A LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO INCREASING THE DIVERSITY OF THE EMPLOYEE COMMUNITY.
