Assistant Teacher-ChildDev

ASSISTANT TEACHER - CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

OLIVE-HARVEY COLLEGE

Olive-Harvey's College's Child Development Center is looking for a Full - Time Assistant Teacher to provide instructional, clerical and non-instructional support in the Child Development Center classroom, in order to implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum that is aligned with the educational and philosophical goals of the program.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Adheres to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Code of Ethical Conduct, demonstrating a professional attitude and work ethic, and respect for children, families, and colleagues.
• Provides a safe, healthy environment for children, with a focus on classroom health, hygiene, nutrition, and safety. This includes maintaining a clean and orderly environment for children; ensuring children attend to personal hygiene / hand washing; teaching children about health and nutrition; and reporting accidents, injuries, and illnesses to parents and supervisors.
• Assists the teacher in the development and implementation of an environment and curriculum that provides for a variety of developmentally appropriate activities to promote children’s development in the areas of language and literacy, cognition, social-emotional well-being, and physical health. This should be done with consideration of the Center’s goals, educational philosophy, and general curriculum plans.
• Assists in the maintenance of required paperwork, logs and records, as well as documentation to assess individual children and the class as a whole.
• Ensures children’s safety through constant supervision, storage of dangerous materials, arrangement and maintenance of classroom and equipment.
• Works with other teaching staff to provide a nurturing, stimulating, non-punitive, and culturally sensitive environment that encourages language, self-expression, exploration, creativity, imaginative play, thinking skills, and the development of positive relationships.
• Ensures parents are greeted warmly and receive adequate information about their child’s experience at the center through daily contact, scheduled conferences, and written documentation as required.
• Participates in any quality enhancement initiatives that the center may undertake.
• Participates in staff meetings, planning, and professional development and shares information gained from coursework or attendance at professional development workshops and conferences.
• Adheres to requirements put forth by funding, licensing, and accreditation agencies.
• Performs other duties as required and maintains classroom atmosphere and requirement in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Adheres to CCC Customer Service Excellence standards.

QUALIFICATIONS

This position is represented by the Local 1600 Professional Employee Union.

Chicago residency is required for all full-time employees within 6 months of hire.