OLV Student ECE Teacher

OSU Oregon State University; Corvallis (OR); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Retirement savings

Paid leave

Tuition reduction

Job summary

Oregon State University’s Family Resource Center seeks an OLV Student ECE Teacher (part-time) to support OSU families at Milne and Dixon locations. The role involves supervising diverse children, building strong relationships with families, and delivering age-appropriate activities.

Open to academically enrolled students, with required certifications and background clearances. This on-campus position offers shift-based hours and contributes to a caring campus community.

Qualifications

• Eligibility to work in the U.S. as a student employee.
• Must be academically enrolled in a college/university program.
• Must meet academic standing requirements and enrollment minimums.
• Food Handler’s Certification required.
• OSU Background Clearance and CPR/First Aid/AED within 90 days of employment.
• International students may have reduced course loads while remaining full-time for USCIS purposes.

Responsibilities

• Interfacing with parents and building relationships with families.
• Caring for children aged 5 months through 10 years.
• Maintaining a welcoming, inclusive, and safe environment.
• Engaging in age-appropriate activities to support development.
• Performing opening and closing duties; maintaining scheduled hours.
• Changing diapers and feeding babies as needed.
• Adhering to sanitation requirements and safety protocols.
• Problem solving and conflict resolution with children, parents, and staff.

Skills

Communication with families

Relationship building

Multitasking with children

Diversity awareness

Education

High School student

Undergraduate student

Graduate student

Job description

Job Description

This recruitment will be used to fill 10-15 part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week) OLV Student ECE Teacher for the Family Resource Center at Oregon State University (OSU). Our Little Village is a program providing unprecedented service to students and employees with children at two locations, Milne and Dixon. At OLV, student parents can drop off their child(ren) at no charge (student fees fund their participation in the program), while they workout at Dixon, attend a class, complete homework, go to a meeting on campus, etc. Additionally, OSU employees can pay for their child(ren) to attend OLV, so they can go to work on campus.

Position Duties

• Interfacing with parents about their children and building relationships with families
• Caring for a variety of ages of children at the same time
• Creating a welcoming, caring, inclusive, and safe environment for all children, parents, and fellow staff members
• Encouraging growth and development of children by engaging with and offering age appropriate activities
• Working with children, families, and employees from diverse backgrounds
• Performing opening and closing duties
• Maintaining scheduled hours
• Changing diapers
• Making and/or warming up bottles and feeding to babies
• Adhering to sanitation requirements
• Problem solving, conflict resolution and decision making with children, parents, and fellow student employees

Transferable Skill Development

OSU is committed to ensuring students are prepared for success after graduation through intentional skill development as student employees. The competencies students develop while working at OSU are defined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as the essential skills employers seek in their hires. In this position, students learn and build vital career-readiness skills in the primary areas below: Communication, Teamwork, Career & Self Development.

Qualifications

• Full Employment Eligibility Requirements can be found here: https://hr.oregonstate.edu/student-employment-manual/500-employment-eligibility-requirements
• Must be academically enrolled in a high school, community college, or university and pursuing a program or course of study
• Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment
• Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard
• High School student: Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home-schooling program
• Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate student: 6 credit hours per term
• Undergraduate international student: 12 credit hours per term*
• Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School: 5 credit hours per term
• Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School: 9 credit hours per term*
• Prior experience working with children ages 5 months through 10 years old and their families
• Food Handler’s Certification
• Oregon ELC Background Clearance- Criminal Background Registry (CBR) Adult & Pediatric CPR, First Aid, AED within 90 day of employment
• OSU Background Clearance *International students may be allowed to carry fewer hours than specified above and still be considered “full-time” by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A reduced course load is approved by the Office of International Services (OIS), and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.
• This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a Criminal History Check and be determined to be position qualified as per OSU Standard 576-055-0000 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in Youth Programs may have additional Criminal History Checks every 2 years.

Preferred

Working towards a degree in Human Development and Family Sciences or Education.

Working Conditions/Schedule

• Supervise and interact daily with children both indoors and outdoors (for extended periods in varied weather conditions) by maintaining mental and physical alertness and an appropriate level of energy throughout the day.
• Repeatedly lift, reach (overhead, at and below shoulder level), squat, crouch, climb, sit, bend, stretch, twist, grasp/move small objects, push and pull, and engage in all other physical movements needed to fully participate in supervision and curriculum and care delivery activities, which take place while standing, sitting (including on floor or low chairs), and walking.
• Stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to respond immediately and appropriately to multiple or unexpected situations or emergencies, which may include the necessity to take rapid physical actions to assist children and/or evacuate.

Salary Range:

Anticipated Start Date: 2026-09-01

Anticipated End Date:

Facts

Top 1.4% university in the world

More research funding than all public universities in Oregon combined

1 of 3 land, sea, space and sun grant universities in the U.S.

2 campuses, 11 colleges, 12 experiment stations, and Extension programs in all 36 counties

7 cultural resource centers that offer education, celebration and belonging for everyone

100+ undergraduate degree programs, 80+ graduate degrees plus hundreds of minor options and certificates

35k+ students including more than 2.3k international students and 10k students of color

217k+ alumni worldwide

Locations

Oregon State has a statewide presence with campuses in Corvallis and Bend, the OSU Portland Center and the Hatfield Marine Science Center on the Pacific Coast in Newport. Oregon State's beautiful, historic and state-of-the-art main campus is located in one of America’s best college towns. Corvallis is located close to the Pacific Ocean, the Cascade mountains and Oregon wine country. Nestled in the heart of the Willamette Valley, this beautiful city offers miles of mountain biking and hiking trails, a river perfect for boating or kayaking and an eclectic downtown featuring local cuisine, popular events and performances.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Basic Life.
• OSU pays 95% of premiums for you and your eligible dependents.
• Free confidential mental health and emotional support services, and counseling resources.
• Retirement savings paid by the university.
• A generous paid leave package, including holidays, vacation and sick leave.
• Tuition reduction benefits for you or your qualifying dependents at OSU or the additional six Oregon Public Universities.
• Robust Work Life programs including Dual Career assistance resources, flexible work arrangements, a Family Resource Center, Affinity Groups and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Optional lifestyle benefits such as pet, accident, and critical care insurance, giving you peace of mind and the support you need to thrive in all aspects of your life.
• Future and current OSU employees can use the Benefits Calculator to learn more about the full value of the benefits provided at OSU.

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