Position: Child Development Center (CDC) Teacher Aide
Opening date: September 20, 2021
Closing date: October 4, 2021
Department: Child Development Center
Reports Directly To: Center Director
Status: Non-exempt; Full-time
Salary: $14.00-$18.27
Summary Of Duties:
- Greet children, parents, and staff in a friendly manner and maintains a good working relationship with parents.
- Maintain a positive and constant interaction with the children.
- Assist in serving breakfast, lunch, and snack to the children daily.
- Assist children during activities that are appropriate to their age and development using a variety of creative materials.
- Responsible for weekly lesson plans.
- Evaluates and records children’s progress.
- Helps children develop social-emotional and self-help skills.
- Ability to work with children ranging from infants and toddlers to preschool. May be assigned from one center to another as the need arises.
- Certify hours of county – approved training hours.
- Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None.
Working Conditions:
- Normal working hours are from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. (with possibility of working outside normal hours)
- Monday through Friday.
- One-hour unpaid lunch break.
- Additional hours may be required.
Physical Demands:
- Must be able to lift at least 40lbs.
- Must be able to perform activities that require you to sit on the floor.
- Requires lifting, stooping, crawling, and bending.
- Be able to perform daily cleaning duties.
- There may be a possibility of coming in contact with communicable diseases and a possibility of reporting child abuse and neglect.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Experience with children.
- Applicants must successfully pass a background check.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Must be able to make good rational decisions regarding the safety of children at all times.
- Ability to be a mentor for childcare providers.
- Must like children, have patience working with children, be punctual and dependable.
- Must be motivated and energetic.
Required Documents:
- UTTC Application