Trauma-Informed Child Development Aide (Early Head Start)

Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc.; Baltimore, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc. seeks a Child Development Teacher Aide for the Southeast Early Head Start center in Baltimore, MD.

The role provides floating support to CD Teachers, assists with instruction, prepares materials, and helps maintain a safe, engaging environment for children under three. Responsibilities include implementing parent-child attachments, observing progress, stocking supplies, and collaborating with the teaching team to support high-quality early education and family

Qualifications

• Must be eighteen (18) years old or older.
• Must obtain ninety-hour Early Childhood Education Certificate within 3 months of employment and maintain certification.
• Must obtain forty-five-hour Infant Toddler Certificate within 6 months of employment and maintain certification.
• Must obtain Child Development Associate credential (CDA) within 12 months of employment and maintain credential.
• Must possess and maintain CPR and First Aid certification.
• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development is preferred.
• Minimum of one year supervised classroom experience with birth to three years old preferred.
• Daycare experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist Child Development Teacher with interacting and engaging with children through play, age-appropriate activities, and modeling.
• Participate and assist in implementing parent-child attachment interventions (e.g., A Good Good-Bye, Family Tradition Groups).
• Assist with meal prep, laundry, and breakfast count for assigned children at the center.
• Assist in planning and implementing daily parent/child activities to assigned classroom.
• Assist the teaching team members as needed with various child-care tasks.
• Conduct weekly observations on assigned children using Teaching Strategies Gold under supervision.
• Meet with the CD Teacher/ mentor for weekly planning and discussion about children, families, classrooms, and instruction quality.
• Provide assistance in stocking and maintaining organization of supplies within the center.
• Prepare and update bulletin boards.
• Clean, organize, and maintain materials/equipment, rooms, shared spaces, and the playground.

Skills

Communicates with children

Team collaboration

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development (preferred)

90-hour Early Childhood Education Certificate

45-hour Infant Toddler Certificate

Child Development Associate credential (CDA)

Tools

CPR certification

First Aid certification

Job description

Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc. seeks a Child Development Teacher Aide for the Southeast Early Head Start center in Baltimore, MD.

The role provides floating support to CD Teachers, assists with instruction, prepares materials, and helps maintain a safe, engaging environment for children under three. Responsibilities include implementing parent-child attachments, observing progress, stocking supplies, and collaborating with the teaching team to support high-quality early education and family