Early Childhood Educator

3 weeks ago


Hopedale, Illinois, United States Hopedale Medical Complex Full time
About the Job

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate individual to join our team as a Daycare Teacher at Hopedale Medical Complex. As a key member of our childcare center, you will play a vital role in providing a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for young children to grow and develop.

Responsibilities
  • Implement programs that meet the emotional, physical, intellectual, and social needs of each child and classroom.
  • Supervise programs on an ongoing basis in all classrooms, observing and evaluating programming, and providing in-service training as needed for staff development.
  • Prepare and implement weekly lesson plans based on a curriculum outline, interacting with children and encouraging their involvement in classroom activities.
  • Prepare a warm and safe environment that is orderly, clean, appealing, and promotes growth and development.
  • Observe, record, and report significant individual or group behaviors to supervisor, maintaining all records and files.
  • Use appropriate and positive discipline methods, assisting classroom teachers with formal parent-teach conferences twice a year, and through informal daily reports.
  • Recruit children, process applications, confirm residency requirements and income levels of families, determine tuition, place children in appropriate classrooms, establish commencement date for children, and maintain appropriate enrollment numbers.
  • Inform parents of childcare center policies and maintain records of children's starting dates, termination dates, and vacations.
  • Communicate with parents regarding complaints or concerns both verbally and in writing, meeting with parents whose child/children are having trouble within the childcare center.
  • Coordinate purchases/inventory of supplies and equipment, working with dietary staff to ensure the food provided meets all nutritional needs of children.
  • Maintain communication with community agencies, attending monthly staff meetings.
Requirements
  • An Associate's Degree in Child Development or Early Childhood Education, or the equivalent (defined as 64 semester hours in any discipline with a minimum of 21 semester hours of college credit in Child Development, Early Childhood Education or Early Childhood Special Education, and either a gateway to Opportunity Level I Illinois Director Credential or 3 semester hours of college credit or 3 points of credential approved training in administration, leadership, or management).
  • Knowledge of a child's physical, emotional, and developmental patterns, sensitivity to the individual and group needs of children, a joyful approach to teaching children, evidence of emotional maturity and stability, ability to utilize good judgment within a crisis situation, ability to seek supervision and accept constructive feedback, ability to create an atmosphere of positive and appropriate discipline, sensitivity to the individual needs of parents, and ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with parents.
  • Clock hours of experience in a recreational program or licensed day care center serving school-age children or a license-exempt school-age childcare program operated by a public or private school, and six semester hours (or nine quarter hours) of credit from an accredited college or university related to school-age childcare, child development, elementary education, physical education, recreation, camping, or other related fields.
Disclaimer

All HMC employees are required to pass a Federal and State background check and pass a drug and alcohol test. We test for illegal and legal substances, including cannabis (THC).



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