City Colleges of Chicago · 5 hours ago
Assistant Teacher-Child Development (Birth-3)
Chicago, Illinois
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$47K/yr - $47K/yr
1+ years expCity Colleges of Chicago is seeking a Full-Time Assistant Teacher for their Child Development Center. The role involves providing instructional and non-instructional support to implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum for children aged Birth to 3, ensuring a safe and healthy environment while fostering children's development across various areas.
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Responsibilities
Adheres to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Code of Ethical Conduct, demonstrating a professional attitude and work ethic, and respect for children, families, and colleagues
Provides a safe, healthy environment for children, with a focus on classroom health, hygiene, nutrition, and safety. This includes maintaining a clean and orderly environment for the children; ensuring children attend a personal hygiene/hand washing; teaching children about health and nutrition; reporting accidents, injuries, and illnesses to parents and supervisors
Assists the teacher in the development and implementation of an environment and curriculum that provides for a variety of developmentally appropriate activities to promote children’s development in the areas of language and literacy, cognition, social-emotional well-being and physical health. This should be done with consideration of the center’s goals, educational philosophy and general curriculum plans
Assists in the maintenance of required paperwork, logs and records, as well as documentation to assess individual children and the class as a whole
Ensures children’s safety through constant supervision, storage of dangerous materials, arrangement and maintenance of classroom and equipment
Works with other teaching staff to provide a nurturing, stimulating, non-punitive, and culturally sensitive environment that encourage language, self-expression, exploration, creativity, imaginative play, thinking skills, and the development of positive relationships
Ensures parents are greeted warmly and receive information about their child’s experience at the center through daily contact, scheduled conferences, and written documentation as required
Participates in any quality enhancement initiatives that the center may undertake
Participates in staff meetings, planning, and professional development and shares information gained from coursework or attendance at professional development workshops and conferences
Adheres to requirements put forth by funding, licensing, and accreditation agencies
Performs other duties as required and maintains classroom atmosphere and requirement in the absence of the regular teacher
Required to adhere to CCC Customer Service Excellence standards
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Associate's Degree from an accredited college or university in Child Development, Early Childhood or a related field, plus at least one (1) year of experience with infants and toddlers is required
Illinois Gateways to Opportunity Infant Toddler Credential, Level 4
Must have and maintain a warm, supportive attitude towards children
Must be flexible in receiving assignments and adapting to changes in the program
Must be willing to accept supervision and continue professional development in the field in order to improve work performance
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with children, parents, and other staff members, as well as for documenting children's growth and learning
Should be able to assist in the creation and implementation of developmentally appropriate lessons, interact positively with children and other staff, and understand and attend to the physical, social, cognitive, and emotional needs of the children
Must be able to work well within a culturally diverse environment with the ability to handle all situations with tact and diplomacy
Ability to operate computers and use applicable software required
Company
City Colleges of Chicago
City Colleges of Chicago is a school.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.6MKey Investors
U.S. Department of Education
2023-01-20Grant· $0.6M
Leadership Team
CM Winters
Assistant Professor & Department Chairperson
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