6:15am - 6:00pm

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

To successfully provide children with a nurturing, safe and healthy environment while supporting the Early Childhood Educator.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Knowledgeable in the Developmental Milestones for your classroom.
• Communicate with all parents on the development of their child.
• Follow weekly lesson plans, including: sensory, stories and music, art, science, math, small and large motor stimulating learning in developmental areas, physical, social, emotional and intellectual.
• Assist in ensuring the best interests of all the children are being met.
• Follows the Bay City Public Schools Early Childhood Centers Employee Handbook.

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``` - Follows all Licensing Rules for Child Care Centers through the State of Michigan Department of Human Services. - Knowledgeable in the Bay City Public Schools Early Childhood Centers Program Guide and Health Policies and Procedures.

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``` - Have current Adult and Pediatric CPR/AED and First Aid certification. - Follow the proper OSHA procedures for blood-borne pathogens. - Participate in mandatory continuing education staff meetings so to improve and expand on their knowledge. - Staff have knowledge of all emergency procedures and practice them routinely. - Arrive to work on time, organized, prepared and ready to meet the children's needs. - Staff limit their conversations to child friendly, respectful conversations - Staff maintains professional attitudes in their demeanor and in their personal relationships while on the job. - Staff contributes to joint responsibilities. - Staff is patient with children, interacting in a positive manner at the children's level while engaging in play.

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``` - Staff greets parents, children, visitors and other staff in a friendly and pleasant manner. Note any pertinent information or instructions. - Staff keeps an open communication with the parents that builds mutual understanding and greater consistency for children. - Staff shares ideas and accepts suggestion to help contribute to the total program. - Staff consistently respond to children's needs for food or comfort, this enabling the children to develop trust. - Children are praised for their accomplishments and helped to feel increasingly competent. - Staff respect children's curiosity about each other. At the same time, adults help to ensure that children treat each other gently. - Staff send daily notes home to inform the parents of the child's day in the infant, wobbler and Toddler classrooms.

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``` - Staff model language through communication, singing and reading books. - Staff encourage brain development through touch, sound, movement, sensory exploration, and visual experiences. - Staff view each child as a unique person with an individual pattern and timing of growth and development. - Have an overall awareness of what all children in the classroom are doing at any given time - Ability to follow an established plan for group instruction. - Assist with keeping the room clean and orderly - Staff record feedings, diaper changes, medicine, and sleep patterns on children under one (1) year of age on the child's weekly sheets. - Toys that are mouthed are put in the dirty toy bin when a child is finished playing with it.

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``` - Staff place infants in their cribs on their back to sleep. Cribs are the only approved sleeping equipment. - After meals, all high chairs/chairs are washed with the three step cleaning process. Floors are to be swept after each meal. High chairs are taken apart minimally on a weekly basis. - Staff enjoy working with children.

DEMENSIONS OF PO