Assistant Teacher - Floater

Job Description

Job Description

About This Role

St. Joseph Children’s Home provides inclusive and compassionate care to ensure a safe home and bright future for every child in our diverse community. We do this through our core values of caring, compassion, relationships, and teamwork.

As leaders in the child and family welfare arena, St. Joe’s continues to grow through the strategic visioning of our 4 core programs: Residential Treatment Program, Therapeutic Foster Care, Child Development Center, and Behavioral Health Services. Our new Behavioral Health Services includes mental health therapy, targeted case management, and comprehensive community support services.

The annual Picnic For the Kids in August has raised over $1Million for the past two years with help from over 1,500 volunteers each year.

In 2023 the organization celebrated the Council of Accreditation’s (COA) expedited report with outstanding outcomes and zero deficiencies across all programs and departments employing approximately 180 individuals. Our 2023-2026 strategic plan focuses on Families, Community Partners, Volunteers, Staff and Governance(Board).

As a St. Joe's Assistant Teacher - Floater, you will assist the Senior Classroom Teacher with the implementation of daily routines and activities that promote physical, social, emotional and cognitive development of young children in a group care setting.

Essential Functions:

• Maintains confidentiality about issues regarding staff, children and families at St. Joseph Children’s Home, Board

of Directors, and/or Center operations.

• In cooperation with the Team Leader, completes an annual self-assessment using the ITERS/ECERS, meets with team leader and the coaches to review the self-assessment and sets achievable goals for the year based on the results of the self-assessment.
• Knows the whereabouts and number of children in care, keeping all children within sight and sound supervision at all times.
• If not familiar with an adult who is picking up a child, check photo ID and ensure that all adults picking up children are on the list of approved escorts in the CDC database.
• Completes Name-to-Face attendance checks multiple times daily as per policy and procedure.
• Assists with maintaining a classroom environment that is clean, tidy, and promotes age-appropriate physical and emotional comfort and educational development of all children in care.
• In the absence of the Senior Teacher, the Assistant Teacher follows the lesson plans provided by the Teacher .
• Limits the use of screen time in the classroom as directed by the Senior Teacher / Team Leader.
• Engages in age-appropriate play with children.
• Provides positive guidance, direction, and encouragement for each child using principals of Positive Discipline
• Monitors the development of children in care. Documents any behavior and/or developmental concerns for individual children in their assigned classrooms and reports behavior and development concerns to the Senior Teacher and/or Team Lead for next steps.
• Greets children and families upon arrival and departure.
• Promotes a trusting relationship between children, parents, and staff.
• Ensures that all pertinent information regarding a child’s day, including important paperwork, is passed on to

the responsible staff member if the Senior Teacher or Assistant Teacher will not be present at pick-up.

• Completes an incident report for any illness, injury and incident and notifies the Team Leader. With guidance from the Team Leader or Teacher, the Assistant may be asked to share information about an incident report with a child's family as applicable.
• Keeps the Team Leader and Senior Teacher informed of any problems concerning children, staff, or families.
• Informs Team Leader and Senior Teacher of any urgent matters, including but not limited to serious illness or injury to a child, staff or family requiring medical attention, staff misconduct potentially requiring disciplinary action, or licensing violations that put the health and safety of children and staff at risk.
• Assists the Senior Teacher with maintaining assigned classroom consistent with the vision for a unified, clean, Reggio-inspired environment throughout the Center.
• Utilizes Center materials and supplies in a manner that is responsible, purposeful, safe and engaging for children.
• Returns materials to their proper location for storage when not in use. Ensures that materials have been cleaned and sanitized prior to storage is if applicable.
• Seeks the assistance of a Team Leader or Curriculum Coach for any questions related to materials use or storage.
• Requests needed supplies from Team Leader at least 1 week prior to the date materials are planned to be utilized.
• Serves meals and snacks to children in compliance with CACFP guidelines and KY childcare regulations. Cleans up after meals (including but not limited to cleaning and sanitizing tables, chairs and floors).
• Is aware of all children’s allergies and/or medical alerts in assigned classrooms.
• Communicate with Senior Teacher and Team Lead any changes in allergies and/or medical alerts for individual children.
• Reads and responds to all electronic communications from CDC leadership in a timely manner, including but not limited to checking email at least once weekly and responding to the Director's weekly email.
• Assists with implementation of at least one CDC family event per school year.
• Assistant Teachers are encouraged to work a 4 hour shift in the CDC area at the SJCH Annual Picnic in addition to attending a family event.
• Obtains all required staff development and training.
• Attends all CDC department meetings and contributes to the decision-making process at meetings.
• Safely evacuates all children from the building in case of emergency and during emergency drills. Completed a NAME TO FACE count prior to, during, and after any drill or evacuation that involves moving children from one place to another, as per Name to Face policy and procedure.
• All Assistants Teachers are expected to be flexible in regard to their daily classroom placement. For the consistency of care for children, Assistant Teachers are placed in their regularly assigned classrooms and/or roles whenever possible. However, at the discretion of the Director, Assistant Director, or their designee, an Assistant Teacher may be temporarily assigned to a different classroom or role within the CDC if needed to maintain state ratios, meet specific staffing needs for the day, or to otherwise meet an agency need.
• Reports any urgent building maintenance, repairs, or custodial upkeep to the Team Leader.
• Keeps the classroom and all shared spaces within the center clean, safe and free of clutter.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and/or Experience:

• High School Diploma (or equivalent) required.
• Experience working with children ages 0-5 preferred but not required.

• Typically either (1) Monday through Friday 8.5 hour shifts, between 7 AM and 6 PM, or (2) 7:30 AM – 6 PM up to 4 days per week.
• $500.00 Retention Bonus ($250 after 90 days and $250 after 6-months of satisfactory service)

• Full benefits package including:
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• 401K/403b Plan
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Paid Vacation Days
• Paid Sick/Personal Days
• Child Care Discount