Infant Guide

Bandwidth•Raleigh, NC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Ohana Child Development Center provides the highest quality Montessori/RIE based programming for children 4 months to 5 years of age. Ohana Child Development Center serves the families of Bandwidth employees, and is located in the Bandwidth Raleigh NC Headquarters. Ohana is looking for qualified, passionate guides and caregivers who are dedicated to providing respectful, encouraging and cognitively stimulating programming for the children in their care. We are recruiting teachers who are open to learning and continuing education, and who want to work in a collaborative environment (sharing their knowledge and learning from others). Ohana guides will partner with Bandwidth families to provide encouragement and support that best serves the children, and give continuous feedback to families regarding their children’s development and individual needs.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred
Experience: 3 years working in an early childhood program, preferably with infants
Knowledge: Child development, Montessori/RIE caregiving techniques
Skills: Skilled in observation techniques and documentation, Communication skills (oral and written)

Nice To Haves

Education: B.A. or B.S. early childhood education or child development, MACTE accredited Montessori certification
Experience: 5+ years working in Montessori infant/toddler environment
Knowledge: Positive Discipline
Skills: Fluency in languages other than english.

Responsibilities

Coordinates with a lead guide to plan and prepare the environment using Montessori/RIE principles.
Managing physical care of children (including diapering and toileting) using Montessori and RIE techniques.
Ensure the daily care of every child by following all school/ classroom procedures and standards as well as all licensing guidelines.
Ensure visual supervision and child safety at all times.
Observing and documenting observations regularly for each child.
Preparing and maintaining the environment based on observations of the needs of the children.
Maintaining a safe, clean and organized classroom environment
Provides daily reports to parents documenting diapering, sleeping and eating.
Models appropriate pro social behavior and redirects children when appropriate using positive discipline strategies.
Form relationships with families, children, and co-teachers that are respectful of individual differences and culture, family styles and cultural/socioeconomic diversity.
Meets regularly with co teachers to discuss observations, environmental design, curriculum planning, and challenges to ensure all guides are coordinating and collaborating.
Provides developmental reports to parents and conducts parent conferences three times per year
Communicates important information to co teachers regarding aspects of the children and classroom.
Maintain a professional self-image and project the values of Ohana and Bandwidth at all times.
Keep up with required training hours & certifications according to licensing
Be open to applying new teaching, learning strategies as directed by the Director and the Ohana Board
Attend faculty meetings regularly

Benefits

100% company-paid Medical, Vision, & Dental coverage for you and your family with low deductibles and low out-of-pocket expenses.
All new hires receive four weeks of PTO.
PTO Embargo. When you take time off (of any kind!) you’re embargoed from working. Bandmates and managers are not allowed to interrupt your PTO – not even with email.
Additional PTO can be earned throughout the year through volunteer hours and Bandwidth challenges.
“Mahalo moments” program grants additional time off for life’s most important moments like graduations, buying a first home, getting married, wedding anniversaries (every five years), and the birth of a grandchild.
90-Minute Workout Lunches and unlimited meetings with our very own nutritionist.

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