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About the Role

The Daycare Teaching Assistant assists in the daily operation of the infant or toddler classroom, working under the direction of the Daycare Teacher. This role involves sharing in planning and daily programming, ensuring a nurturing and developmentally appropriate atmosphere, and maintaining the safety and well-being of children.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a nurturing, orderly, predictable, and safe classroom and center environment.
• Assist with planning and implementing developmentally appropriate activities.
• Maintain awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of all children in the room at all times.
• Actively engage with children through conversation and play.
• Complete all daily functions of the classroom, including setting up activities, feeding, toileting, and cleaning.
• Utilize positive behavior management strategies.
• Develop professional, positive, and productive relationships with children, families, agency staff, visitors, outside agencies, and the general public.
• Express a supportive and caring demeanor.
• Assist the Daycare Teacher to monitor children's development with periodic developmental assessments.
• Communicate effectively with parents regarding their children.
• Cooperate with other staff members to maintain standards of professionalism.
• Attend training/conferences for continuing professional development.
• Follow all State Education regulations and OCFS Daycare licensing regulations, as well as Elmcrest program policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Ability to lift 50 pounds without assistance.
• Ability to sit, squat, crouch, and stand for elongated periods of time.
• Ability to lift arms over head in upward reaching motion.
• Ability to walk up and downstairs up to several times per day.
• Experience with young children.
• Ability to present with warmth, nurturing, and kindness.
• Willingness to be a team player and work in a collaborative teaming environment.
• Knowledge of child development.
• Knowledge of OCFS Daycare regulations preferred.

Skills

• Child development
• Positive behavior management
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Nurturing demeanor

Location

• Main Campus - Syracuse, NY 13224

Work Type

• Full Time
• Day Shift

Education Level

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Associates degree or Bachelor’s degree in early childhood or other related field preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $17.00 - $17.00 Hourly

About the Company

• Elmcrest Children’s Center prohibits discrimination of any kind based on race, color, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
• Elmcrest Children’s Center will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to Elmcrest Children’s Center.
• Your employment with Elmcrest Children’s Center is at will.

Equal Opportunity

• Elmcrest Children’s Center prohibits discrimination of any kind based on race, color, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
• Elmcrest Children’s Center will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to Elmcrest Children’s Center.