Part-Time Child Care Center Teacher

Santa Fe College; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 19,286 - 23,419; Full time

Job summary

Santa Fe College Little School seeks a Child Care Center Teacher to foster growth in toddlers and preschoolers within a nurturing learning environment. You will plan and implement age-appropriate activities, support transitions to preschool, and model positive social skills daily.

The role involves documenting child development data, communicating with families, and participating in ongoing professional development. A background check is required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma with experience with young children.
• Must obtain CDA or FCCPC within first year or be pursuing an AS in Early Childhood.
• Criminal background check and FL Clearinghouse screening required.

Responsibilities

• Plans and implements weekly lesson plans with colleagues centered on age appropriate developmental goals.
• Helps children acquire potty training, self-help, and language skills.
• Teaches violence prevention, empathy, impulse control, and emotion management.
• Records observational and developmental data for each child in each domain.
• Communicates with parents daily and in conferences; informs Director of concerns.
• Participates in weekly staff professional development meetings.

Skills

Child development understanding

Communication with parents

Observation & record keeping

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma

CDA or FCCPC or AS in Early Childhood (in progress)

Job description

Job Description Summary

At the Santa Fe College Little School, toddlers and preschool children thrive in a nurturing and engaging learning environment, which also serves as a supervised training ground for aspiring childhood educators. As the Child Care Center Teacher, you play a pivotal role in fostering the positive growth and development of these young learners.

The hourly rate for this position is $15.29.

Job Description

Responsibilities and Duties

• Plans and implements weekly lesson plans with colleagues centered on age appropriate developmental and educational goals.
  • Uses teaching strategies that build on and extend what children already know.
• Helps children acquire the necessary skills for transitioning to preschool, such as potty training, self-help skills, and language skills.
  • Facilitates child-child interactions with the goal of teaching and modeling problem solving skills.
  • Demonstrates appropriate and safe teacher-child interaction.
• Teaches and practices the violence prevention curriculum, including empathy building, impulse control, and emotion management.
• Helps children gain self-control, self-confidence, and positive self-esteem by using relationship building techniques.
• Builds developmental skills with children across social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language domains.
  • Records observational and developmental data for each child in each domain of development.
• Communicates well with parents daily and in formally arranged conferences.
  • Informs Director of any concerns regarding children or parents.
• Participates in weekly staff professional development meetings as scheduled.
• Keeps the bulletin boards appealing and appropriate.
• Maintains classroom materials in an organized, clean and accessible manner.
• Provides service excellence through courteous, informed, accessible, and professional engagement.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Reports to: Director, Little School

QUALIFICATIONS

Required: A high school diploma with previous experience working with young children. Must obtain a CDA or FCCPC within the first year of employment or be working toward an A.S. in Early Childhood.

Preferred: A.S. in Early Childhood with at least six (6) months of experience working with young children.

Additional Requirements: A criminal background check and FL Clearinghouse screening will be conducted. For more information on FL Clearinghouse screenings, please visit https://info.flclearinghouse.com.

General Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work successfully in a multi-cultural environment.
• Adaptability to Change – able to be flexible and supportive, able to positively and proactively assimilate change in rapid growth environment.
• Communication – able to effectively communicate in a professional, diplomatic, empathetic, and tactful manner using preferred method and level as applicable to the job.
• Ethics – able to demonstrate integrity, professionalism, civility, and a high degree of ethics in all job-related actions.
• Organization & Time Management – able to plan, schedule, and organize tasks related to the job to achieve goals within or ahead of established time frames.
• Problem Solving – proven skills in identifying issues, determining their cause, developing creative solutions, and following through with implementing resolutions.
• Detail Oriented - Proven accuracy and attention to detail.

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re‑employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.

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