Infant / Toddler Educator

Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion•Boston, MA

8d•$23 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for you if you want to be part of a mission-driven organization serving the evolving needs of Boston's Puerto Rican and Latino-identified community. You should have experience working with infants and toddlers, be Spanish/English bilingual, customer service oriented, and like working collaboratively to achieve excellence. The role requires the ability to prepare reports for parent meetings.

Requirements

3 years of experience working in early childhood education.
Able to pass EEC Background Record Check.
Certified in First Aid and CPR for children.
Computer literate.
Motivated to learn and work in collaboration with others to achieve excellence.
Ability to work under tight timelines; be flexible and customer service oriented.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Education, Early Childhood Development or related field preferred.
Bilingual Spanish / English preferred.
Knowledge of different curriculum approaches, Teaching Strategies Gold, preferred.
Open to professional development.

Responsibilities

Greet children and parent / guardians in a professional and enthusiastic manner each day.
Guide babies and toddlers through educational / development bilingual curriculum.
Display a patient and calm personality coupled with a loving approach with every child.
Contribute positively to the behavior and social interaction of the children.
Conduct meetings with parents and build secure relationships with the children.
Promote and foster each child's positive self-esteem and individual development to achieve their fullest potential of physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth.
Maintain a happy sanitary and relaxed atmosphere by following daily procedures and routines.
Prepare and execute nap time routine creating a relaxing environment for the infants and toddlers.
Maintain written documentation of each child's daily activities to include but not limited to diapering, feeding and sleeping habits, and forward reports to parent / guardians.
Teach children appropriate curriculum including the alphabet, numbers, colors, shapes, handwashing, and potty training.
Develop and maintain a positive and confidential relationship with the parents of every child; provide thorough communication about the program and each child's progress.
Plan, implement program bilingual curriculum, assessment and instructional models that conform to proven best practices.
Assess the needs and development of individual children to ensure health, safety, education and social development of each child in the group; assess through observation, recordkeeping, progress reports and plans.
Provide daily experiences and activities that stimulate physical, social, emotional and cognitive growth and develop language and literacy skills using developmentally appropriate practices and curriculum based on each child's developmental progress and needs.
Promote positive self-esteem and attitude for learning.
Follow daily routines that help children keep themselves and others healthy and safe i.e. hand washing, toileting, brushing teeth and other classroom management techniques.
Schedules and conducts formal, individual parent-teacher conferences at least 3 times a year.
Maintain progress reports.
Work with the Program Director to obtain the needed services for families and children.
Comply with and consistently follow the National Assoc for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the Dept of Education Guidelines and Standards for Education and practice.
Use the Early Childhood Education Rating Scales (ECERS) for monitoring quality and evaluating programming.
Maintain and oversee all compliance regulatory data for operational and accreditation.
Ensure all children in the program leave safely and child care area remains in order.
Participate in IBA's annual events.
Other duties as assigned.