Child Care Centre Teachers Assistant

McMasters Student Union • Hamilton, ON

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Child Care Centre is a service of the McMaster Students Union which provides educational care for the McMaster student community as well as the community at large. Our staff functions as a team to ensure that every child feels relaxed and secure in their environment. The staff responds to each individual child’s needs while being sensitive to social, cultural or developmental differences. Children receive verbal encouragement and praise to inspire self-esteem and positive behaviour.

The Teachers Assistant supports a group of teachers to provide quality care for toddler, pre-school, and school-aged children. The Assistant relieves teachers for their breaks, assists children during washroom and coatroom routines, and performs various housekeeping tasks to ensure the smooth operation of the center.

The students will work alongside RECE's with groups of children ages 14 months to 4 years. The students will help RECE's with set up and implementation of activities - relief for breaks, getting ready for routines i.e. snack, lunch and rest time. The centre is an integrated program that supports student parents to go to school and community families to have quality educational care for their children.
The students will be supervised and supported by a team of Register Early Childhood Educators. Staff will mentor students in the methods of interaction, behaviour management and encouragement of children in an age appropriate manner. Students will be oriented and will review the centre's Program Statement, Policies and Procedures prior to starting the job.

Priority is given to students interested in pursuing a career working with young children.

Requirements

• Ability to maintain a mature problem-solving attitude while dealing with interpersonal conflict, personal rejection, hostility, or time demands
• Ability to clearly present information through a variety of methods
• Effective listener
• Strong organizational skills
• Effort required to be flexible to quickly adapt a schedule to fit the needs of a given situation
• Responsibility to be a respectful, professional, and motivational member of the team
• Police check
• Immunization record
• Dr's clearance
• First Aid & CPR training

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with and/or supervising children is an asset
• Students interested in pursuing a career working with young children

Responsibilities

• Supports a group of teachers to provide quality care for toddler, pre-school, and school-aged children.
• Relieves teachers for their breaks.
• Assists children during washroom and coatroom routines.
• Performs various housekeeping tasks to ensure the smooth operation of the center.
• Helps RECE's with set up and implementation of activities.
• Provides relief for breaks.
• Assists with getting ready for routines (snack, lunch, rest time).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed