Warrensville Y Club - Child Care Assistant Teacher YMCA
$31,200–$31,200 year
On-siteWarrensville Heights, Ohio, United States
Job Summary
Supervise a group of children in licensed Before and Afterschool Enrichment or Early Learning programs while creating positive, nurturing relationships with youth and cooperative partnerships with parents. Implement developmentally appropriate curriculum in a safe, inclusive environment that encourages play, exploration, and the growth of cognitive, social, emotional, and physical motor skills. Identify individual differences in personalities and learning styles to support diverse needs, while fostering critical thinking, decision-making, and goal-setting skills through peer-to-peer connections. Maintain appropriate emotional and physical boundaries, communicate respectfully with families from varied backgrounds, and adhere to all health, safety, and child abuse reporting regulations. Monitor weekly lesson plans, document observation and assessment data, and model healthy lifestyle practices including nutrition and swimming safety.
Required Qualifications
- High school Diploma or GED
- At least 18 years old
- CPR and First Aid certification
- Safety training
- Ability to lift/move up to 50lbs
- Ability to perform frequent amounts of sitting, standing, waling, reaching, stooping, kneeling, bending and or instructing others for the duration of their shift
- Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction
- Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound
- Close visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, and extensive reading
- Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word
- Ability to perform frequent amounts of sitting, standing, monitor swimming in bathing suit in shallow water, walking, reaching, stooping, kneeling, bending and or instructing others for the duration of their shift
- Ability to occasionally travel to other locations/programs/administration offices
- Willingness and ability to be a mandated reporter for any signs or suspicion of child abuse and neglect
- Completion of Suspected Child Abuse/Neglect reporting form
- Calling children protective services (696-Kids)
- Notifying immediate supervisor, branch executive, risk management and human resources department
Desired Qualifications
- 1 year of experience working with children in a licensed child care center
- Previous experience working with diverse populations
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