Daycare Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

As Staten Island’s premier Early Childhood Education Center, our mission is to foster a safe, nurturing, and fun school environment that provides a strong educational foundation for students.

WHAT YOU WILL DO
To provide a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment in which the children can grow physically, socially, emotionally and intellectually using the educational philosophies and goals of the program as guidelines.

OUR REQUIREMENTS
Create and maintain a safe, clean and physically appropriate environment

 

• Provide and ensure appropriate and sensitive interaction with the children at all times
• Provide and ensure appropriate supervision of the children at all times
• Provide and ensure appropriate language and positive methods of disciplinary intervention as defined by our staff policy
• Ensure that the Department of Health, Bureau of Day Care regulations are followed in all areas of care regarding health, nutrition, diapering and supervision
• Plan, develop and implement daily activities that stimulate growth in all areas of development (motor, language, social, emotional, cognitive, behavioral)
• Assist in planning school wide events
• Establish and maintain professional communication with parents while keeping them informed of their child’s daily activities, progress and development
• Maintain and respect confidentiality of child, parent, staff and other center issues
• Assist in planning school wide events
• Attends weekly staff meetings, in-service training and on and offsite professional development workshops, as determined by the school calendar
• Keep Director or Assistant Director informed of incidents relating to accidents, concerns about child’s progress, or extra ordinary circumstances
• Appropriately represent the Center in all forums
• Report to the Director or in his/her absence the Assistant Director

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:
Associates Degree or BA in Early Childhood or approved related fields
One year of child care experience in an early childhood day care setting preferred

Additional Requirements:

• Fingerprint Clearance
• NYS Clearance
• Medical Clearance

SALARY
38,000-40,000 annually

BENEFITS
The JCC of Staten Island is committed to keeping you and your family healthy and happy through a comprehensive benefits program. Offerings include: subsidized options for Medical; offerings for Dental and Vision coverage, FSA and Dependent Care. We also offer free LTD, STD, Life Insurance, a Pension, 403B, generous program discounts, free membership, ample time off and much more!

ABOUT US
The Jewish Community Center of Staten Island was founded in 1929 with the goal of creating a home for the Jewish community by offering social, recreational, and educational activities. Over time, that mission expanded to help anyone who walked through the doors of any of our facilities. The JCC has become a true community center—not just for the Jewish community, but for the entirety of Staten Island.

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