Assistant Teachers at Mount Prospect KinderCare

KinderCare•Mount Prospect, IL

About The Position

Assistant Teachers at Mount Prospect KinderCare support children and their education every day, helping create a positive early-learning experience for children and families. KinderCare invests in teachers’ careers and recognizes their commitment to children and families. The role involves implementing KinderCare’s curriculum in ways that meet each child’s unique needs, creating a safe and nurturing environment for play and learning, and partnering with parents to provide quality care and education. Assistant Teachers also work with center staff and leadership to support goals related to enrollment, accreditation, and engagement, while building positive relationships with families, teachers, state licensing authorities, community contacts, and corporate partners. The position requires meeting state-specific qualifications or a willingness to obtain them, as well as CPR and First Aid certification or a willingness to obtain it. Employees must be able to lift at least 40 pounds, work indoors or outdoors, assume low-level postures to interact with children, and see and hear well enough to keep children safe and engage in physical activity with them. English reading, writing, comprehension, and speaking skills are needed to communicate with children and parents. The listed pay is $15.75 per hour. In Illinois, hourly employees at centers participating in the Illinois Smart Start Workforce Grant currently receive a 15% premium in addition to the listed pay range. Benefits include discounted child care, medical, dental, and vision coverage, employee assistance programs, health and wellness programs, paid time off, and discounts on work necessities such as cell phones.

Requirements

Outstanding customer service skills.
Strong organizational skills.
Ability to multitask and handle multiple situations effectively.
Meet state-specific qualifications for the role or be willing to obtain them.
CPR and First Aid certification or willingness to obtain it.
Ability to lift a minimum of 40 pounds.
Ability to work indoors or outdoors.
Ability to assume low-level postures to allow physical and visual contact with children.
Ability to see and hear well enough to keep children safe and engage in physical activity with children.
Ability to read, write, understand, and speak English to communicate with children and parents.

Responsibilities

Implement KinderCare’s curriculum in a way that is consistent with each child’s unique needs.
Create a safe, nurturing environment where children can play and learn.
Partner and connect with parents to provide the best care and education for their children.
Partner with center staff and leadership to achieve goals related to enrollment, accreditation, and engagement.
Cultivate positive relationships with families, teachers, state licensing authorities, community contacts, and corporate partners.
Communicate with children and their parents in English.
Keep children safe and engage in physical activity with them.