Childcare Specialist

Indiana University; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

Health savings account contributions

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

IU retirement contributions

Tuition subsidy for IU courses

Paid holidays & generous PTO

Parental leave & volunteering benefits

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Indiana University Indianapolis Center for Young Children seeks a dedicated educator to plan and implement developmentally appropriate activities for enrolled children. You will assess progress, document goals, and maintain a safe classroom in line with state licensing standards.

Responsibilities include supervising assistants, attending staff meetings, and pursuing ongoing professional development in a fast-paced environment. Bachelor's degree in education or related field is required.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor’s degree in education or related field.
• Proficient communication skills required.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Plans and implements developmentally appropriate activities for enrolled children.
• Assesses children’s progress through meetings and goal-setting.
• Maintains a safe, clean, and orderly classroom meeting licensing standards.
• Attends staff meetings and pursues ongoing professional development.
• Supervises and evaluates classroom assistants and aids; documents performance issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned by childcare leaders.

Skills

Proficient communication

Professionalism

Time management

Quality focus

Flexibility

Knowledge in area

Education

Bachelor's degree in education or related field

Job description

Department

CHILD CARE CENTER (IN-CHCR-IUINA)

Department Information

Indiana University Indianapolis (IUI) Center for Young Children partners with families to provide a nurturing, play-based learning environment that fosters social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development. The Center strives to be the standard for quality center-based childcare.

Job Summary

Plans and implements developmentally appropriate activities for children enrolled. This includes physical needs, classroom activity participation, goal writing, lesson plans, preparation, etc.

Assesses children's individual needs, tracks, and records progress through parental meetings, developmental goal-setting, and routine assessment.

Maintains the classroom in a safe, clean, and orderly environment through maintaining licensing standards as set forth by the state and supervising children during free play, naps, learning, and outdoor time.

Attends staff meetings and participates in ongoing professional development.

Supervises and evaluates classroom assistants and aids. This includes observing and documenting job performance and potential disciplinary and performance issues.

Performs other duties as assigned by childcare leaders.

Education

• Required: Bachelor's degree in education or a related field.

Work Experience

• Preferred: Some experience in childcare or a related field.

Licenses and Certificates

• Preferred: Indiana teaching license.

Skills

• Required: Proficient communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.

Working Conditions / Demands

• This role regularly requires the ability to effectively communicate.
• This role frequently requires the ability to handle equipment.
• This role frequently requires the ability to remain stationary and ascend/descend ladders/stairs.
• This role requires the ability to move objects weighing up to 40 pounds.
• The role requires the ability to detect items in close proximity as well as far away; discern between colors; detect objects in peripheral space of self; discern items in detail; and to have good depth perception.
• The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Work Location

This is an in-person position.

Advertised Salary

Starting salary $43,284.96 per year

Benefits Overview

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Job Classification

• Career Level: Core
• FLSA: Exempt
• Job Function: Educational Resources & Tech
• Job Family: Childcare Services

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