Infant Afternoon Assistant Teacher

Are you ready for everyday hugs and smiles and stories that sometimes never end?! Do you want to work with children and experience the wonder that they see? To help children explore their world and watch them learn new things each day?

Shepherd's Care is a Christian Childcare Center located in Maple Grove, this position requires you to assist the teachers in providing a warm and nurturing environment for children to meet their physical, mental, spiritual, social and emotional needs. Responsible for performing duties in accordance with policies and procedures.

• A High School diploma or equivalent
• College credits or experience hours as required by Childcare Licensing

• Early Childhood Infant to Pre-K experience (preferred)

• CPR Certification or willingness to obtain
• First Aid Certification or willingness to obtain

• Loves working and playing with children
• Develop positive relationships with children and families
• Ability to anticipate and diffuse problems and disruptive situations
• Implements daily lesson plans and classroom activities
• Helps with necessary housekeeping duties of the classroom, common use areas and playgrounds
• Works effectively in a team
• Ability to adapt to frequent changes in activity, priorities, and/or work schedules
• Supervises a classroom of children and gives direction to the aide as needed
• Ability to exercise patience at all times
• Ability to communicate sensitive information
• Must be physically able to use a tablet with basic proficiency
• Must be able to get up and down off the floor, see and hear well enough to keep children safe, and engage in activity with children
• Be able to communicate with children and their parents in English