Child Care Support Staff

Job Description

Job Description

About This Role

Kid Angles is looking for the right candidate who is flexible and able to work with children aged 6 weeks to 5 years. Our support staff member will work alongside Team Teachers as well as covering breaks, days off, and teacher prep times. Communication between the classroom's Lead Teachers and parents is an important aspect of this job. Our program is a play-based, Reggio Emilia-inspired childcare facility. Educators work alongside children to develop a deeper understanding of the world around them by providing child lead learning and project-based provocations.

This position is Monday- Friday, 8 am- 5 pm, with a 1-hour lunch break.

Duties include but are not limited to...

• Engaging with children on their level through intentional play based experiences
• Singing and reading with children
• Modeling communication and mediating conflict resolution
• Serving formula or breastmilk bottles
• Preparing/serving/cleaning up meals
• Changing diapers every 2 hours OR as needed
• Observing/documenting children's development and behaviors
• Daily cleaning and sanitation of classroom / classroom materials
• Communicating effectively and professionally with children, families, co-workers

Pre-employment requirements

• 1 year of experience working in a licensed childcare setting
• High school diploma or equivalent

Employment Requirements

• Background check
• Drug test
• Physical
• CPR & First Aid
• 30 hours of training annually
• Must be able to work full-time Monday-Friday 8am-5pm

• 2+ years of experience working in a licensed childcare setting
• CDA

• Paid time off
• 11 Paid holdays a year
• Employee Discount
• Professional Development Fund
• Suplimental Insurance

Play and learning at Kid Angles is about the process, not the product. Children are able to reach their potential in each domain of development through our play-based, Reggio Emilia-inspired practices. We believe that children are capable of complex thinking, curious, independent, full of possibilities, and competent. They are capable of exploring and constructing their own findings. Children are wonders: they question everything, develop a deeper understanding, make predictions, and communicate their discoveries. The environment is meant to be a third teacher, playing an important role by sparking a child’s interest and inspiring wonders. The environment will provide learning experiences in response to children’s interests with intentional materials that promote deeper thinking skills. The materials provided will enrich the environment by allowing them to bump into literacy and math throughout the day.

An educator’s role in this type of classroom may look very different than most. (And it takes some time to get used to this idea!) Said by Loris Malaguzzi, “Stand aside for a while and leave room for learning, observe carefully what children do, and then, if you have understood well, perhaps teaching will be different from before.” This quote says it all. An educator’s role is to work as a partner in learning. We are to provoke children’s ideas, model questioning and researching attitudes, and listen.

The Director’s role in our facility is to manage day-to-day operations, working closely with educators and families to ensure a successful program. The Director adjusts and implements effective policies and procedures that promote the program's philosophy.

The Classroom Mentor’s role in our facility is to onboard and guide educators in classroom management, curriculum development, and implementation of Reggio Emilia-inspired practices.