Assistant Teacher - Braeside
About The Position
The Early Childhood Educator (ECE) is an equal member of a collaborative teaching team responsible for the care, supervision, and development of a consistent, assigned group of children. This is a group-based role rather than a room-based role; each ECE remains accountable for their cohort across all daily routines, environments, and transitions. The junior program emphasizes predictable rhythms, relationship-based care, guided play, and growing independence through daily routines and self-help skills rather than formal lessons. All ECEs share responsibility for routines, safety and ratios, activity planning, active supervision, developmental documentation, and family communication. Educators work peer-to-peer without lead or assistant designations, coordinating decisions together and involving campus leadership only when required. Group assignments remain stable except for enrollment or age-based transitions.
Requirements
- ECE certification meeting provincial and campus licensing requirements.
- Current Child Care First Aid and CPR, or willingness to obtain within three months.
- Criminal record check with vulnerable sector search.
- Experience in licensed childcare or early learning settings preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to support care routines and child independence.
- Experience collaborating within a multi-educator team.
- Strong knowledge of early childhood development and play-based pedagogy.
- Warm, attentive, and responsive interactions with children.
- Clear, professional communication with families and colleagues.
- Ability to work collaboratively without hierarchical supervision.
- Organized, reliable, calm, and adaptable.
- Supports predictable routines and smooth, safe transitions.
- Physically able to engage in floor play, move quickly, and lift up to 40 lbs.
- Comfortable working indoors and outdoors in all seasons.
- Flexible availability for varying shifts and occasional events or extended coverage.
- Willingness to move between environments and remain with the assigned group throughout the day.
- Growth mindset, flexibility to work in new environments.
Nice To Haves
- Early Childhood Education or related study (asset).
Responsibilities
- Build secure, responsive relationships with each child.
- Maintain consistent daily routines that support emotional regulation and independence.
- Support toileting, dressing, eating, tidying, rest, and transitions.
- Provide close supervision indoors, outdoors, and during all transitions for all children in your classroom.
- Respond to individual developmental needs with appropriate guidance and expectations.
- Create daily routines, guidelines to ensure the group schedule is followed.
- Facilitate developmentally appropriate, play-based experiences that engage the child for at least 20 minutes.
- Embed short, hands-on activities into daily routines.
- Model and guide cooperation, independence, and self-regulation.
- Set up and reset shared learning environments with colleagues.
- Suggest materials and provocations that promote engagement and executive function.
- Share full responsibility for supervision, safety, developmental support, documentation, and family communication for the assigned group.
- Maintain continuity of care for the same children across all environments throughout the day.
- Observe children’s social, emotional, and cognitive development in daily play and routines.
- Record milestones, progress, and emerging needs using centre systems.
- Maintain accurate, up-to-date developmental records collaboratively.
- Contribute to written reports and parent meetings as required.
- Share daily updates and highlights with families on Fueling Brains application and in-person.
- Participate in orientations, meetings, and interviews.
- Offer practical strategies to support consistency between home and program.
- Maintain confidentiality and professionalism.
- Coordinate child movement between environments to maintain ratios and safety.
- Make real-time peer decisions about coverage and routines.
- Provide clear handovers during breaks, naps, and shift changes.
- Support substitute and float staff to follow group routines and safety needs.
- Follow all licensing regulations and centre policies.
- Maintain attendance, health checks, and required records.
- Implement hygiene, sanitation, allergy, and medication procedures.
- Conduct regular safety checks and document incidents promptly.
- Complete 1Place checklists daily.
- Prepare, organize, and maintain safe, inviting learning spaces.
- Ensure materials are accessible for independent child use.
- Share cleaning, sanitizing, and general upkeep responsibilities.
- Learn teaching practices in new environments to engage the children.
- Follow the cleaning schedules and procedures during the day when leaving any learning environment to ensure it is organized for the next group of children.
- Attend meetings, training, and professional development.
- Stay current with best practices in early childhood and play-based learning.
- Contribute to a respectful, collaborative workplace culture.
- Support centre-wide events and initiatives.
- Complete the assigned LMS modules within the prescribed time frame.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
