Early Childhood Educator

Primrose Place Family Centre; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Primrose Place Family Centre in Edmonton is seeking an educator for our Out of School Care program for ages 6-12. This is a 40-hour per week role aimed at supporting daily programming and activities.

Responsibilities include planning and implementing daily and weekly experiences, supervising students, and maintaining positive communication with children, families, and staff. A collaborative, growth-minded approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Warm, empathetic personality fostering rapport with children, parents, and staff.
• Strong communication and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Be punctual and dependable.
• Attend workshops, courses, and in-services.
• Work as a team member.
• Research current educational trends in Early Childhood.
• Supervise and evaluate Early learning and child care students.
• Maintain personal hygiene and appropriate dress.
• Attend staff and parent meetings.
• Plan daily and weekly experiences for children.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Punctuality

Job description

We are looking for an educator in our Out of School Care with ages 6-12years.

40hour/week

Tasks include (but not limited to):

1. walking children to school or bus.
2. programming for Kinders when not in school during the day.
3. going to daycare in AM and covering educators for planning.
4. programing for larger group after school hours.

Personal Attributes:

A warm empathetic personality, capable of establishing rapport with children, parents, educators and the community. Good communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities.

Professional:

1. Be punctual and dependable.
2. Attend workshops, courses, and in-services.
3. Work as a team member.
4. Research current educational trends in the Early Childhood field.
5. Supervise and evaluate Early learning and child care students.
6. Maintain an acceptable level of personal hygiene, appropriate dress and tidy.
7. Attend staff and parent meetings.

Communication:

1. Maintain open communication with co-educators.
2. Use problem-solving skills to deal with difficulties.
3. Relay information given from parents regarding children to co-educators and office staff when appropriate.
4. Use proper grammar in oral and written communication.
5. Ensure the whiteboard is up to date with daily programming.

Parent Communication:

1. Maintain open communication with parents.
2. Inform parents of experiences through use of learning stories, updating binders, and documentation on walls.
3. Provide parents with resources and information as required.

Program Development:

1. Maintain observations, respond to them with experiences, document, and reflect with a co-educator.
2. Research further information and gain knowledge using outside sources. This can be done by using the iPad and all the early learning resources.
3. Plan and implement daily and weekly experiences for the children that encourage growth, and discovery both indoors & outdoors.
4. Utilize planning books and or planning maps and webs to ensure follow through of experiences. Planning time is given weekly as a team.
5. Create a stimulating and challenging environment. Change the environment to create defined spaces that support growth and discovery and variety of centers (ie. Block, dramatic, art, discovery, science, manipulative, miniature).
6. Plan room and Centre experiences that involve the parents to celebrate their children. This may include celebrating rolling after exploring it with the children for several weeks. Showcase the children’s learning.