FRC ECE Aide

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When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

For additional information please contact:
Tania Henry at tania.henry

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per OSU Standard  et seq. Incumbents are required to self‑report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.

Note:

All job offers are contingent upon Human Resources final approval.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

This recruitment will be used to fill fifteen (15) part‑time (a maximum of 24 hours per week) FRC ECE Aide positions for the Family Resource Center at Oregon State University (OSU). The Student Early Care and Education Aide supports the lead and assistant teachers at any of the Family Resource Center’s Early Care and Education (ECE) centers on the OSU Corvallis campus.

The Aides will be on‑call to fill in during staff absences and vacations. Campus ECE centers are committed to discovering, creating, and sustaining a teaching and learning environment that supports inquiry, diversity, and equity.

Aides are responsible for the areas to which they are assigned and the young children in their care. This position supports the full‑time teacher(s), the Center Directors, and helps with other center‑wide duties. Aides report to the lead and assistant teachers of their respective classrooms. The position requires knowledge of child development, excellent communication skills, and tremendous patience to provide a safe, emotionally secure, and nurturing environment for the healthy development of young children.

The primary duties involve assisting with day‑to‑day classroom operations.

OSU is committed to ensuring students are prepared for success after graduation through intentional skill development as student employees. The competencies students develop while working at OSU are defined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as the essential skills employers seek in their hires. In this position, students learn and build vital career‑readiness skills in the primary areas below:

Communication, Critical Thinking, Teamwork, Career & Self‑Development

95% Classroom Assistance
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• Assist in the implementation of a developmentally appropriate, play‑based, culturally responsive, and equity‑oriented educational program with an emergent curriculum for an assigned program and age range of children.
• Prepare and maintain a safe, attractive, neat, and functional environment, both indoors and outdoors, and utilize the environment as a teaching tool.
• Support lead and assistant teachers with daily documentation.
• Assist program staff with lunch and break time schedules.
• Assist with bottle preparation and preparing snacks.
• Form a positive, supportive team atmosphere with other program teachers and staff members.
• Supervise and interact daily with children both indoors and outdoors (for extended periods in varied weather conditions) by maintaining mental and physical alertness and an appropriate level of energy throughout the day.
• Repeatedly lift, reach (overhead, at and below shoulder level), squat, crouch, climb, sit, bend, stretch, twist, grasp/move small objects, push and pull, and engage in all other physical movements needed to fully participate in supervision and curriculum and care delivery activities, which take place while standing, sitting (including on floor or low chairs), and walking.
• Stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to respond immediately and appropriately to multiple or unexpected situations or emergencies, which may include the necessity to take rapid physical actions to assist children and/or evacuate.
• Must be…