Early Learning Center Assistant Teacher/Floater

Church Of The Resurrection • Overland Park, KS

5h

About The Position

The Early Learning Center Assistant Teacher/Floater assists teaching staff and program directors as needed to support a consistent, smooth program day and help plan for future events. The role supports classroom operations, child safety and learning, staff coverage, and general program and office needs.

The position requires working in an early childhood environment and meeting the physical, health, and professional readiness requirements needed to protect children’s health, safety, and welfare. The employee is also expected to attend provided professional development and support the church’s purpose, values, and theological direction.

Requirements

• A flexible, dedicated, dependable, and highly motivated personality.
• Ability to safely perform the physical and health-related duties required in an early childhood environment.
• Ability to perform duties without physical, mental, or emotional conditions that would prevent protection of children’s health, safety, and welfare.
• Emotional maturity, sound judgment, and understanding of children’s developmental needs.
• Ability to perform job duties without impairment due to alcohol, prescription or non-prescription drugs, or other substances.
• Compliance with applicable health documentation requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience working in a childcare center is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Attend provided professional development training.
• Assist in creating a safe and healthy physical learning environment using curriculum room-arrangement guidelines.
• Assist with inventory, cleaning, and organization of classrooms and resource rooms.
• Help teachers prepare classroom materials and assist with classroom projects as assigned.
• Provide breaks to teaching staff as needed during the program day.
• Substitute in classrooms as needed.
• Assist office staff with various tasks.
• Help set up or close the program each week as needed.
• Advocate for the needs and rights of young children, their families, and people working in early childhood education.
• Serve as a mediator and role model, guide children’s behavior, and teach conflict-resolution skills.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Follow Jesus and engage in the five essential practices of Christian life: worship, study, serve, give, and share.
• Support the church’s purpose of building a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people become deeply committed Christians.
• Exemplify the church’s values and support its theological direction as a United Methodist Church.
• Actively supervise children and participate in daily indoor and outdoor childcare activities.
• Stoop, bend, kneel, sit on the floor, and frequently get up and down from the floor to interact with children.
• Lift, carry, and assist children weighing up to approximately 40 pounds when necessary for caregiving, safety, or classroom activities.
• Safely navigate stairs when applicable and stand for extended periods, up to one hour at a time.
• See, hear, and respond quickly to children and environmental situations to maintain safety and supervision.
• Respond appropriately during high-stress or emergency situations and follow facility safety procedures.
• Maintain required classroom and program documentation and records.
• Meet applicable health documentation requirements, including tuberculosis screening if required by the role.

What This Job Offers

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