Child Care Assistant II - Merritt
Position Information
Job Title: Child Care Assistant II - Merritt
Time Base: 40 hrs/week 12 months/year
Compensation: Salary Range: $3,446.57 - $4,340.32/mo. Hiring Range: $3,446.57-$3,774.12/mo. The maximum initial placement is Step 3 depending on experience.
Position Type: Classified
Department: Child Care (411)
Job Description Summary
Under immediate supervision, performs a variety of early childhood education-related duties.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Participates with the Child Care Specialist in planning and implementing the educational program for a group of children ages two (2) months to five (5) years of age.
- Participates in developing curriculum plans, and identifying instructional materials that focus on individual instructional activities.
- Participates in providing age-appropriate language arts, social studies, cognitive arts, computers, science, art, music and physical development educational experiences for children in the group.
- Participates in in-service education meetings and conferences provided for the Center staff.
- Implements educational program for children during hours the Child Care Specialist is not on duty.
- Participates in evaluation and planning sessions with supervisory and/or Center staff.
- Assures that safety precautions are adhered to.
- Supervises and interacts with the children in the classroom and on the playground.
- Completes State and Center paperwork as assigned by the Child Care Specialist.
- Follows and carries out all State, District and Center policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Performs other related duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- Possession of a Child Development Associate Teacher Permit or a Regular Children’s Center Instructional Permit is required as a condition of employment.
- Completion of a minimum of twelve (12) semester units of course work in early childhood education/child development (exclusive of field work) including at least one course in each of the following core areas: child/human growth and development; child, family and community, or child and family relations; infant/toddler; programs/curriculum
- Fifty (50) days of experience in an instructional capacity in a child care and development program, working at least three hours per day within the last two years.
- Knowledge of early childhood education as related to child development and infant/toddler or nursery school programs.
- Ability to work effectively, within a team structure and relate to parents, students and staff of various ethnic backgrounds.
- Possession of valid certification in Pediatric CPR, First Aid and health & safety practices.
- Applicant must have demonstrated cultural competency, sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college staff, faculty, and student
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