Infant / Toddler Educator (Part-Time)

Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion • Boston, MA

8d • $23 - $25 • Onsite

About The Position

IBA empowers individuals and families to improve their lives and achieve socio-economic mobility through high-quality affordable housing, education, financial and resident empowerment and arts programs. 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, have experience working with infant and toddlers, are Spanish/English bilingual, customer service oriented, and like working collaboratively to achieve excellence. The role involves guiding babies and toddlers through an educational/developmental bilingual curriculum, contributing positively to their behavior and social interaction, conducting meetings with parents, and promoting each child's positive self-esteem and individual development. The educator will maintain a happy, sanitary, and relaxed atmosphere, prepare and execute nap time routines, and maintain written documentation of each child's daily activities. Responsibilities also include teaching appropriate curriculum, developing positive relationships with parents, planning and implementing program bilingual curriculum, assessing children's needs and development, and providing daily experiences that stimulate growth. The role requires following daily routines for health and safety, conducting parent-teacher conferences, maintaining progress reports, and working with the Program Director to obtain needed services for families. Compliance with NAEYC and Dept of Education Guidelines, use of ECERS for monitoring quality, and maintaining regulatory data are also key aspects of the position. Ensuring children leave safely and the childcare area remains in order, and participating in IBA's annual events are also expected.

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
• Highly positive and enthusiastic style, capable of motivating children

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

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance (80/20 premium cost share)
• Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) provided by the company ($10,000 or $20,000 based on single and family coverage)
• 403b plan with annual employer contribution
• Generous paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level