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Description

Job Title: Floater Associate Teacher

Location: Fairwood, all sites help as needed

Reports To: Site Supervisor

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt, Full time

Job Purpose:

The Floater Teacher is responsible for providing essential, flexible support to the Master Teachers and classroom teams across all age groups (infant, toddler, preschool, and school-age) at California Young World, Inc. This position ensures continuous, high-quality care and supervision for all children by covering teacher breaks, absences, and staffing gaps. The Floater Teacher assists with classroom organization, setup, cleaning, and actively engages with children, providing positive behavior support.

• Support the implementation of curriculum and assessments under the direction of the Master Teacher or Site Director.
• Comply with California Department of Education (CDE), Community Care Licensing (Title 22), and agency policies and procedures.
• Classroom Coverage and Support:
  Provide continuous supervision and care for all children in assigned classrooms during teacher breaks, planning time, or absences, ensuring legal teacher-to-child ratios are maintained.
• Health and Safety:
  Conduct daily health inspections as necessary and ensure the maintenance of a safe, organized, clean, and inviting classroom environment.
• Routine Care:
  Assist children with self-help skills, toileting, and diaper changing as needed, modeling respectful and responsive caregiving practices.
• Curriculum Support:
  Assist classroom teams with general preparation and implementation of daily activities, ensuring practices align with agency teaching models (e.g., PITC, The Teaching Pyramid, The Creative Curriculum, CDE Foundations/Frameworks).
• Data Collection (As Directed):
  Collect anecdotal data, assist with screenings (ASQ-3/ASQ:SE), and support the DRDP (Desired Results Developmental Profile) process as directed by the Master Teacher or Site Director for children across various primary care groups.
• Meal Service:
  Encourage and support Family Meal Service for all meals and snacks in the assigned classroom.
• Communication:
  Maintain professional and positive communication with classroom teams, Master Teachers, Site Director, and parents, providing positive daily feedback about the child’s day as appropriate.
• Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Attend and participate in team meetings as required to discuss individual child plans, classroom routines, and overall program support.
• Professional Representation:
  Represent CYW in a professional manner at all times and encourage parents to participate in PAC (Parent Advisory Committee) sponsored activities.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Predominant Condition:
  The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions:
  Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• Occasional Conditions:
  The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions:
  No effective protection from weather.

• Extensive knowledge of early childhood development principles and developmentally appropriate educational practices.
• Enthusiastic personality that will engage preschool and elementary age children.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with adults and children.
• Ability to educate with age-appropriate language and teaching methods.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate with teachers, support staff, parents, and students in a positive and constructive way.
• Bilingual and Bi-literate strongly preferred.
• Ability to exercise or act with patience, optimism, compassion, enthusiasm, and empathy.
• Mediation skills for resolving conflicts between children.
• Exc…