Educational Aide - Mary Holland Campus

Child Saving Institute•Omaha, NE

5d•Onsite

About The Position

To foster the healthy development of children by supervising and coordinating daily classroom activities, and providing a safe and nurturing environment for young children to learn and grow. This role also involves providing backup for other staff in various classrooms.

Requirements

A minimum of HS (or equivalent).
Must be at least 19 years of age.
Ability to interact with clients and staff with sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural and socioeconomic characteristics in the service population.
A minimum of 6 months relevant experience.
Knowledge of or ability to learn developmental stages.
Knowledge of or ability to learn effective childcare discipline management.
Knowledge of or ability to learn appropriate parent and child communication.
Knowledge of or ability to learn effective classroom environments specific to ages/stages.
Knowledge of or ability to learn standards for high quality care, and licensing and accreditation requirements.
Knowledge of or ability to learn basic first aid and CPR or ability to attain certificates in those areas.
Patience.
Nurturing.
Flexibility.
Multi-task/strong organizational skills.
Ability to interact with clients with sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural and socioeconomic characteristics in the service population.
Commitment to empowering others to solve their own problems.
Valuing a nurturing family as the ideal environment for a person.
A conviction about the capacity of people to grow and change.
The ability to establish a respectful relationship with persons served to help them gain skills and confidence.
The ability to collaborate with other personnel and/or service providers or professionals.
The capacity to maintain a helping role and to intervene appropriately to meet service goals; and set appropriate limits.
Analytical complexity – requires minimal analytical skills. Need to be able to analyze individual children and make recommendations about care.
Autonomy/Accountability – is accountable for own work and for making educated decisions reflecting the children. Works as a team with lead teacher in classroom.
Impact of position – understanding of significant impact on children and parents served within the childcare classroom. Also has impact on the level of service and quality the classroom offers.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and operation, safety, and program manuals.
Ability to write daily reports and lesson plans.
Ability to speak effectively with parents and other employees of the agency.
Ability to establish effective relationships with children, parents, and co-workers.
Ability to add, subtracts, multiply and divides in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral and schedule form.
Ability to sit, stand, and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and hear and see within normal limits and close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Ability to run after children, reach with hands and arms, bend, stoop, kneel crouch or crawl.
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
Ability to work extensively with children.

Responsibilities

Provide direct supervision of young children, knowing their needs and whereabouts.
Move throughout the classroom and around the playground to effectively interact with children.
Interact with children verbally and physically, both in groups and one-on-one, to provide a safe and supportive environment.
Communicate with children by getting down on their level.
Provide effective and interactive supervision on field trips and in outdoor activities.
Establish and maintain a daily schedule of activities/care times.
Assist in facilitating various hands-on activities using a variety of teaching methods and techniques such as hands-on discussions and supervised role-playing.
Provide activities that promote self-help and independence in children.
Assist in observation and documentation of individual developmental stages and growth.
Utilize family style during mealtimes, using mealtimes as an opportunity to teach self-help behaviors, including proper table manners.
Create individual service plans and goals based on a child’s developmental level and monitor and document progress.
Demonstrate in daily activities the belief that people have the ability to grow and change.
Effectively communicate with parents (verbally and in writing) information regarding the program that is critical to the care of their child.
Provide parents with daily written and verbal information about children.
Communicate issues of concern and strengths to parents, and discuss goals for skill development.
Encourage parents to discuss concerns and provide input regarding their child’s care.
Assist in the facilitation of parent-teacher conferences.
Serve as a resource for further intervention (e.g., referral sources).
Communicate specific parent requests and special instructions to the Coordinator and Director.
Report to shift, meetings, and trainings on time.
Follow agency policy and procedures.
Represent the early childhood education program and the agency to the public in a positive manner at all times.
Promote self-growth by participating in at least 15 hours of childcare in-service per year.
Attend and constructively participate in agency-wide mandatory staff meetings, quarterly childcare meetings, and all other required meetings.
Promote professional growth by being involved in professional organizations (i.e., NAEYC).
Maintain appropriate confidentiality and boundaries at all times.
Follow Child Saving Institute policies and procedures.
Report child abuse and neglect according to policies and procedures.
Conduct housekeeping/sanitation activities consistent with agency expectations/schedules.
Assist with a variety of maintenance activities.
Maintain a well-organized classroom.
Develop and maintain respectful partnerships with children and parents to help them gain the skills and confidence to address any issues and problems they face.
Work collaboratively with other personnel and/or service providers or professionals.
Establish and maintain limits and the helping role of practitioner and intervene appropriately to address the needs of the persons served or other family members.
Maintain a helping role and intervene appropriately to meet service goals.
Demonstrate a commitment to empowering others to solve their own problems.
Demonstrate the belief in a nurturing family as the ideal environment for a person.
Demonstrate a conviction that people have a capacity to grow and change.
Interact respectfully with parents and children.
Complete other responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
Complete training necessary to perform position and necessary for professional growth.
Facilitate a team atmosphere by working in partnership with other agency staff and promote a positive working environment.
Represent the agency and programs in a positive manner to clients, community organizations and the public, in general.
Must maintain First Aid, CPR certification.
Must complete Blood borne Pathogens training, TB test and physical.