Assist Early Head Start Teachers to prepare child development materials and arrange a physical environment to meet the changing needs of infants and toddlers.
• Utilize positive guidance strategies to redirect young children. • Engage in developmentally appropriate activities with children as assigned.
• Use the appropriate skills to meet social, emotional, physical and developmental needs of individual infants and toddlers.
• Observe children in order to make sure that they are playing safely with each other.
• Assist in ongoing communications with each child and their family.
• Assist in home visits and parent teacher conferences as applicable.
• Supervise and guide children during mealtime, toileting, hand washing, rest periods and play activities.
• Maintain a clean and sanitary classroom area. • Participate in all staff development activities, in-service training and workshops.
• Engage in a 120 hour Child Development Associate Credential Class.
• Create a Professional Portfolio for the CDA Professional Development Specialist visit.
• Receive a passing grade on the CDA Exam (taken on a computer).
• Perform other related duties as required
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must complete CDA class and receive credential within 8 months of employment.
• Ability to read a textbook, create a professional portfolio, and participate in a Child Development Associate Credentialing Class
• Must demonstrate an understanding of human behavior and have expressive and receptive language abilities.
• Possess a special ability to maintain positive relationships with children, co-workers and parents.
• Ability to work with infants and toddlers warmly, calmly and in an unhurried way.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment and/or periodic physical examination, annual TB skin test, and complete background check every 24 months.
Child Care Associates offers a competitive benefits package that is provided to all fulltime employees that include health, dental and life insurance coverage. Additional voluntary benefits are offered to all fulltime employees in addition to the core benefits package. After completing one (1) year of service, the company contributes 4% of the employee’s earnings to the retirement plan. If the employee also elects to make a contribution to the plan, Child Care Associates will match half (50%) of the employee’s contribution up to 4% of base salary. Child Care Associates provides other benefits, outlined in the Staff Handbook, such as paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).
Child Care Associates reaches more than 14,000 children across Tarrant County. We're one of the largest child development organizations in North Texas.
WE SERVE THE WHOLE CHILD AND FAMILY by providing academic and social/emotional growth through quality early education and child care programs. Our early education programs provide much more than instruction - we ensure that each child has a family doctor, a dentist, and is up-to-date on all immunizations and screenings. We ease the burden on low-income families by offering no-cost CCA campuses or offsetting the high cost of child care. As a result, parents are able to work or finish school while learning important parenting and life skills.
