Child Development Teacher Aide (Southeast… at Kennedy… · US-MD-Bal…

CHILD DEVELOPMENT TEACHER AIDE (SOUTHEAST EARLY HEAD START) Vacancy ID 13127 Pos. Category Early Childhood & Child Care Job Location : Street 1101 Valley Street # of Hours 40.00 Job Locations US-MD-Baltimore Pos. Type Regular Full Time Department : Name PACT - Therapeutic Nursery OVERVIEW The Child Development Teacher Aide will be primarily responsible for providing floating support to classroom teachers by assisting with instruction and clerical tasks. Responsibilities may include working with students who need additional instruction, preparing materials and equipment for activities, and contributing to discussions on students' progress with their teacher at the Early Head Start (EHS) center. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring a safe, clean, and comfortable childcare space that is conducive to quality parent/child interactions and exceptional educational experiences.   RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Assist Child Development Teacher (CD Teacher) with interacting and engaging with children through play, age appropriate activities, and modeling. 2. Participate and assist in implementing parent-child attachment interventions (e.g., A Good Good-Bye, Family Tradition Groups, etc.). 3. Assist with meal prep, laundry, to and breakfast count for assigned children at the center. 4. Assist in planning and implementing daily parent/child activities to assigned classroom. 5. Assist the teaching team members as needed with various child-care tasks. 6. Conduct weekly observations on assigned children using the Teaching Strategies Gold online tool under the supervision of CD Teacher as assigned. 7. Meet with the CD Teacher/Child Development Teacher Mentor for weekly planning and discussion about the children, families, classrooms, and quality of instruction and engagement. 8. Provide assistance in stocking and maintaining organization of supplies within the center. 9. Prepare and update bulletin boards. 10. Clean, organize, and maintain materials/equipment, child development rooms, shared spaces, and the playground. 11.   QUALIFICATIONS   QUALIFICATIONS: • Must be eighteen (18) years old or older. • Must obtain ninety-hour Early Childhood Education Certificate within 3 months of employment and maintain certification. • Must obtain forty-five-hour Infant Toddler Certificate within 6 months of employment and maintain certification. • Must obtain Child Development Associate credential (CDA) within 12 months of employment and maintain credential. • Must possess and maintain cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid certification.   EDUCATION: • High School Diploma or GED required. • Undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development is preferred.   EXPERIENCE: • Minimum of one year supervised classroom experience working directly with children ages birth to three years old preferred. • Daycare experience preferred.     PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: 1. Must be able to lift, push, pull, or carry a minimum weight of twenty-five (25) pounds and carry small children as necessary. 2. Must be able to bend, squat, and work with child-sized spaces. 3. Must be able to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. 4. Must be able to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make the discriminations in sound. MINIMUM PAY RANGE USD $15.00/Hr. MAXIMUM PAY RANGE USD $23.00/Hr. OPTIONS Apply for this job onlineApply Share Refer a friendRefer a friend Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later. Share on your newsfeed JOIN OUR TALENT COMMUNITY Not ready to apply? Connect with us Application FAQs Software Powered by iCIMS www.icims.com