Assistant Infant/Toddler Teacher

Assistant Infant/Toddler Teacher

Under the supervision of the Campus Director or Campus Supervisor, and in accordance with Head Start (HS) Federal Program Performance Standards, California Department of Education (CDE), California Department of Social Services (CDSS), Childcare Licensing Division (CLD), and MNC Inspiring Success (MNC), the Assistant Infant/Toddler Teacher will primarily assist the teachers in providing quality, comprehensive child development services to infant / toddler children and their families. The Assistant Teacher contributes to a safe, healthy, nurturing, and culturally relevant classroom environment that supports children's social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and nutritional development.

Location: MNC Bayview Children's Campus

Essential Functions / Responsibilities

• Under the direction of the Lead Teacher, facilitate intentional, child-led learning through small group activities, routines, classroom interactions, and transitions to meet individual and group needs.
• Assist children with personal care routines, including feeding, diapering, toileting, hand washing, tooth brushing, and safe sleep, while following written policies and procedures to model proper hygiene.
• Assists in organizing age-appropriate indoor, outdoor, quiet, active, and field trip activities, actively engaging children in the learning experiences.
• Supports teachers with implementation of academic, behavior, family events, health, and nutrition plans for the purpose of achieving program objectives.
• Assists teachers in instructing children and parents to support child development and parenting skills, and helps ESL learners acquire and expand English language skills and vocabulary.
• Prioritizes children's health and safety by maintaining required adult-child ratios and ensuring active supervision at all times.
• Works across classrooms, as assigned, to provide adequate coverage in the teacher's absence, break periods and planning time.
• Counts children during and after transitions and throughout the day, communicating and documenting on the board.
• Monitors children's conversations, manners, cleanup, listening, and other interactions for the purpose of demonstrating appropriate social behavior.
• Observes children across all developmental domains and documents observations according to policies and procedures within the required timelines.
• Uses positive discipline techniques, including CSEFEL and co-regulation strategies, to guide children's behavior and support them in managing strong emotions and behaviors.
• Maintains flexibility to adjust planned activities based on children's interests.
• Tracks and completes daily forms, including infant/toddler information forms, infant safe sleep checklist, and other health and safety related documentation.
• Assists in measuring children's height and weight twice a year, following policies and procedures within designated timelines.
• May assist with maintaining student files and records to ensure information is organized, accurate, and readily accessible.
• May assist in completing daily meal counts and attendance records for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) in accordance with MNC policies and procedures.

· May conduct developmental assessments for up to three children.

• May assist with developing Individualized Learning Plans (ILPs) for each child based on observations, screenings, parent input, and DRDP-2015 assessment results.
• May conduct parent-teacher conferences and home visit packet, as needed, following program policies and procedures.
• Assist the campus team in ensuring the provision of specialized services for children with identified special needs in the classroom.
• Builds strong relationships with children and their families and encourages parent involvement in the program.
• Keeps parents informed about daily classroom routines, expectations, policies, and volunteer opportunities.
• Communicates with parents about incidents observed and documented on-site regarding their child.
• Partners with families to integrate children's home practices and traditions into classroom experiences that support each child's identity and development.
• Assists volunteers, substitutes, and parents in working with children in the classroom, ensuring proper health practices, food handling, and appropriate interactions and supervision.
• Maintains and cleans classroom spaces, equipment, refrigerators, work areas, and playgrounds to ensure availability of items and to provide a safe, sanitary environment.
• Keeps classroom areas and materials organized and labeled, rotating a variety of materials on low shelves for children to use independently.
• Sets up and serves meals and snacks to meet children's nutritional needs and checks and signs for food and food service supplies upon delivery.
• Checks and logs food temperatures and follows procedures for heating and storing food according to MNC's policies and procedures.
• Carries out Health & Safety Checklists, identifies and corrects deficiencies, performs minor classroom repairs as needed, and reports major repairs to the Campus Director or Supervisor.
• Understands and follows emergency and safety procedures
• Responds to emergency situations to resolve immediate safety concerns and assists in maintaining emergency equipment and supplies.
• Follow Head Start/Early Head Start/CDE/CLD policies and procedures in reporting suspected child abuse in accordance with federal and state laws.
• Participate in professional development trainings, in-service sessions, and other opportunities
• Partners with education coaches to engage in practice-based coaching cycles to improve teaching practices rooted in CLASS, CSEFEL, DRDP and the Program for Infant Toddler Care (PITC) framework.
• Complete DRDP 2025 training and receive rater certification within 30 days of start date and enroll in additional DRDP Instrument and Meaningful Observation training if necessary.
• Enroll in annual CA Social-Emotional Foundations in Early Learning (CSEFEL) training when available.
• Participate in PITC Curriculum Framework training within 1 year of start date.
• Must follow timekeeping policies and procedures and approve your timesheet following payroll schedule.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support classroom, campus, and program needs.

Customer Service

• Provide exceptional customer service
• Always representing the company in a professional manner

Safety

• Maintain personal safety, use personal protection equipment (PPE) and follow Company policies.
• Report all and any safety issues, accidents or injuries to your manager as a matter of priority.
• Use safety walk and carry one child at a time up and down stairs.

Effective Team Member

• Ability to interact positively with team members.
• Ability to facilitate positive change.
• Partner with supervisor when necessary to address department issues or concerns.
• Punctuality and attendance is a high priority.

Position Qualification Requirements

Education: A High School Diploma or GED is required. An Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Development or a related field, or enrollment in an Associate's Degree program, is highly preferred. A minimum of 3 units in Infant Care is also required.

Experience: At least 6 months of professional experience working with Infants or Toddlers.

Requirements:

• Must have a 16-hour certification in training and experience in the principles of child health, safety, and nutrition.
• State of California Child Development Assistant Teacher Level Permit
• Fingerprinting Clearance (DOJ & FBI)
• Clearance of Child Abuse Index (CACI)
• Current Physical Health Screening (every 2 years thereafter)
• Current Immunizations (Influenza, MMR, Pertussis) (every 2 years thereafter)
• Tuberculosis (TB) Clearance
• Current CPR & First Aid Certificate (every 2 years thereafter)
• Must be registered with the Early Care & Education Workforce Registry
• Must attend trainings that are required by funders (might be an evening or Saturday)

Language(s): Bilingual, bi-literate preferred; English/Spanish or other language ability based on program needs.

Skills and Abilities:

• Thorough understanding of, or ability to quickly learn, the office equipment, recordkeeping systems, management information systems, and related protocols used in the organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Professional and tactful interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with a variety of personalities.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with proven ability to meet deadlines.