HS Floater

Regina Coeli Child Development Center

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The HS Floater assists and cooperates in a supportive role with relieving teaching staff for breaks and planning time. This role promotes the health, safety, nutrition, and education of children in the classroom. The position requires adherence to Head Start Program Performance Standards, State of Louisiana licensing requirements, the RCCDC written work plan, and agency policies and procedures. The HS Floater must maintain professional relationships with staff and families, participate in program assessments, and ensure the confidentiality of children's records. Specific duties include adapting activities for special needs children, performing caregiving tasks, providing breaks for teachers, assisting with individualized programs and behavior plans, and fostering parental engagement. The role also involves preparing classroom supply inventories and attending meetings and professional development activities.

Requirements

High School Degree or GED.
Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions.
Ability to supervise children (birth to five) and ensure a safe environment.
Ability to monitor and respond to events going on at all times in classroom, bus, outdoor play areas and on field trips.
Physical ability to move quickly in order to respond to children who are very active and may need redirection in order to insure their safety or the safety of others in the environment.
Ability to respond appropriately to an emergency or a crisis situation.
Pass a criminal background check.
Pass a physical examination every three years.
Complete Tuberculosis (TB) test every three years.
Maintain a current First Aid, CPR, and CPI certification.
Maintain a valid driver's license with a driving record in compliance with RCCDC's insurance carrier requirements.
Lift up to 50 lbs.
Daily kneeling, stooping, bending, and sitting on the floor to attend to children's needs.
Perform duties in an active environment with changes in climate and noise level.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with Children in a group setting preferred.
Bilingual English/Spanish skills highly desirable.
If necessary, sits with children during family style meal times and eats the same "Head Start" lunch as the children, providing a model for good nutritional habits.

Responsibilities

Assist and cooperate in a supportive role with relieving teaching staff for breaks and planning time.
Promote health, safety, nutrition, and the education of the children in the classroom.
Be familiar with and adhere to the Head Start Program Performance Standards, State of Louisiana licensing requirements, the RCCDC written work plan, and agency's policies and procedures.
Maintain an open, friendly, professional relationship with all staff and families, respecting culture, diversity, and ethnicity.
Participate in annual program self-assessment and continuous quality improvement initiatives.
Monitor and ensure confidentiality of children records.
Adapt planned activities, materials, and equipment to facilitate participation by special needs child/children.
Perform required care-giving activities for child/children, i.e. feeding, toileting, dressing etc.
Work in each classroom or on the outdoor learning center on an assigned basis to provide breaks for all teachers and teacher assistants.
Become familiar with the individualized programs or behavior plans for each child.
Assist with teacher-implemented behavior management plans and behavior plans for each child.
Utilize disciplinary measures appropriately as defined in the RCCDC Discipline Policies and Procedures.
Assist the teacher in providing an atmosphere that promotes and reinforces parental engagement.
Assist the teacher in preparing an annual inventory of all classroom supplies and equipment.
Attend meetings, trainings, and professional development activities.
Generate In-Kind.
Perform other duties as requested.