Assistant Teacher-Child Dev-PT

ASSISTANT TEACHER, CHILD DEVELOPMENT 2ND – PT

DALEY COLLEGE

Since 1911, City Colleges of Chicago has been connecting
students from across Chicago’s neighborhoods to economic
opportunity. By offering a quality education at an unprecedented
value, City Colleges provides our students and alumni with a
pathway to upward mobility. City Colleges of Chicago is the city’s
most accessible higher education engine of socioeconomic mobility
and racial equity—empowering its students to take part in building
a stronger and more just city. As Illinois’ largest community
college system, City Colleges is comprised of seven colleges and
five satellite sites across Chicago.

The Child Development Laboratory Schools will lead the City
of Chicago in providing high-quality, comprehensive programs, as
well as demonstration and training sites that serve faculty,
students, and children of college staff and the greater Chicago
community. Our mission is to provide superb Early Learning services
for preschool children and their families. This means a commitment
to implementing practices based on established standards and
research in the fields of Early Care and Education. Finally, this
also means a commitment to providing support to City Colleges of
Chicago students, staff and the broader community. The program’s
approach to Child Development and Education is developmentally and
linguistically appropriate and demonstrates the understanding that
children have individual rates of development, interests,
temperaments, languages, cultural backgrounds, and learning styles.
Families are considered the child’s first teachers and partners in
their children’s education.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

Under the supervision of the Teacher – Child Development Center,
and in addition to a primary Assistant Teacher-Child Development
Center in the classroom, the Assistant Teacher – Child
Development Center (2nd) PT provides
instructional, clerical and non-instructional support in the Child
Development Center classroom, in order to implement a
developmentally appropriate curriculum that is aligned with the
educational and philosophical goals of the program. Performs
related duties as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

· Adheres to the National Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC) Code of Ethical Conduct, demonstrating a
professional attitude and work ethic, and respect for children,
families, and colleagues.

· Provides a safe, healthy environment for children, with a focus
on classroom health, hygiene, nutrition, and safety. This includes
maintaining a clean and orderly environment for children; ensuring
children attend to personal hygiene/hand washing; teaching children
about health and nutrition; and reporting accidents, injuries, and
illnesses to parents and supervisors.

· Assists the teacher and primary Assistant Teacher-CDC in the
development and implementation of an environment and curriculum
that provides for a variety of developmentally appropriate
activities to promote children’s development in the areas of
language and literacy, cognition, social-emotional well-being, and
physical health. Meets with the teachers to discuss and consider
the Center’s goals, educational philosophy, and general curriculum
plans.

· Ensures children’s safety through constant supervision, storage
of dangerous materials, arrangement and maintenance of classroom
and equipment.

· Works with other teaching staff to provide a nurturing,
stimulating, non-punitive, and culturally sensitive environment
that encourages language, self-expression, exploration, creativity,
imaginative play, thinking skills, and the development of positive
relationships.

· Participates in any quality enhancement initiatives that the
center may undertake.

· Participates in staff meetings, planning, and professional
development and shares information gained from coursework or
attendance at professional development workshops and
conferences.

· Adheres to requirements put forth by funding, licensing, and
accreditation agencies.

· Performs other duties as required and maintains classroom
atmosphere and requirement in the absence of the regular
teacher.

· Adheres to CCC Customer Service Excellence standards.

QUALIFICATIONS

· High school diploma or equivalent plus 30 semester hours or 45
quarter hours of credit from an accredited college or university,
with 9 semester hours or 12 quarter hours in courses directly
related to Child Development, Early Childhood Education, or a
related field from birth to age six (6).

· A minimum of one year of work experience working with young
children birth to 5 years required. Attainment of Illinois Gateways
to Opportunity Level 2 Early Childhood Education or Infant/Toddler
Credential within one year of hire.

· Candidate must be registered with Illinois Gateways to
Opportunity and actively pursuing their Level 4 credential in
Infant/Toddler (IT) or Early Childhood Education (ECE).

· Must have and maintain a warm, supportive attitude towards
children.

· Must be flexible in receiving assignments and adapting to changes
in the program.

· Must be willing to accept supervision and continue professional
development in the field in order to improve work
performance.

· Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with children,
parents, and other staff members, as well as for documenting
children’s growth and learning.

· Should be able to assist in the creation and implementation of
developmentally appropriate lessons, interact positively with
children and other staff, and understand and attend to the
physical, social, cognitive, health and safety, and emotional needs
of the children.

· Must be able to work well within a culturally diverse environment
with the ability to handle situations with tact and
diplomacy.

· Ability to operate computers and use applicable software
required.

Other information - This position is represented by: Local 1600
CCCTU.

The salary for this position is $21.31-$24.59/hr. Offered salary
will be determined by the respective collective bargaining
agreement and applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills
and abilities. Benefits information is found at
https://www.ccc.edu/departments/Benefits/

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action
employer.

Thank you for your interest in CCC!

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