Early Learning Assistant - Shingwàkons PS - After School, 3:30-6:00pm - TERM

Simplication; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 26,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board invites applications for an Early Learning Assistant (Extended Day Program). Working under the direction of the Early Childhood Educator, you will assist in providing childcare after school, including professional activity days and school breaks, while promoting positive play and behavior guidance.

Strong English skills required. Pay is $19.79 per hour plus 4% vacation pay.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• At least 1 year post-secondary experience providing childcare in a group setting.
• Valid Standard First Aid/CPR Level C required.
• Police Record Check for the Vulnerable sector within 6 months for new employees; within 5 years for current employees.
• Immunization records for MMR and Tdap required.
• Declaration of chickenpox or chickenpox immunization required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing childcare to students after school and during professional activity days and school breaks.
• Enhance child-based play, guide and model appropriate behaviour.
• Support the Early Childhood Educator in achieving program objectives and goals.

Skills

Childcare

English communication

Safety awareness

Education

High School diploma

Post-secondary childcare experience

First Aid/CPR Level C

Police Record Check (Vulnerable sector)

Immunization (MMR and Tdap)

Chicken pox declaration

Job description

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking creative, dynamic, committed educational leaders

to join the following initiative:

Early Learning Assistant - TERM

Overview

Working under the direction of the Early Childhood Educator, the Early Learning Assistant (Extended Day Program) assists in the provision of childcare to students after school (including professional activity day and school break periods); enhancing child-based play; encouraging and guiding, and modeling appropriatebehaviourtechniques. Performs other duties to support the overall objectives and goals of theprogram. Aworking knowledge of English is required.

Required Qualifications

• Completionof a High School diploma, and;
• Minimum one (1) year post-secondary experience providing childcare to school age children in a group setting;
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may also be considered.
• Valid Standard First Aid certification/CPRLevel C from a WSIB approved provider is required.
• Police Record Check for the Vulnerable sector,valid within the last 6 months is required for new employees to the OCDSB. Valid within the last 5 years for current OCDSB employees
• - Immunization Record with MMR and Tdap vaccination is required.
• - Declaration of previously having the chicken pox (or chicken pox immunization) is required.

Pay Expectations

$19.79 + 4% vacation pay/hour.

OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.

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