Child Development Assistant (19 hours Job San Bernardino area,California USA,Education / Teaching

Position: Child Development Assistant (19 hours)

Class specifications are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by employees in the class. Specifications are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job; however, any additional duties will be reasonably related to this class.

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Assists in the instruction, health, and safety of young children 0 to 60 months of age enrolled in the Child Development Center programs.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

Receives general direction from appropriate supervisor; checks with Child Development Teacher or supervisor regarding non-routine assignments. May provide technical and functional direction to assigned student workers.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES

The following duties are typical for this classification.

Assists in the implementation of developmentally appropriate programs for assigned children that promote development of language, communication, emergent literacy, social, cognitive, play, and creative skills.

Assists the Child Development Teacher in supervising indoor and outdoor activities, adhering to all health and safety procedures to ensure a safe and healthy environment; engages with groups of children in a variety of activities.

Assists the Child Development Teacher in maintaining a clean, healthy, safe, and orderly indoor and outdoor environment by following Center policies and procedures for health and safety related issues.

Performs general housekeeping duties such as laundry, cleaning snack preparation areas, checks expiration dates on supplies, maintains a list of needed items.

Assists with all daily activities such as toileting, diaper changing, hand washing, health checks, and related classroom transition activities.

Assists in supervising and feeding children during all snack and/or mealtime activities.

May perform tasks to prepare and distribute a variety of light snacks, such as juice, cereal, toast, and yogurt, to classrooms.

Assists in providing a quiet and peaceful atmosphere for children to sleep.

Assists in preparing children to attend and perform at special events.

Observes each individual child’s growth and development on a continuous basis; assists in the documentation of each child’s growth and development through pictures, anecdotal notes, and sample work.

Assists in preparing and maintaining accurate and complete records and reports in accordance with program and state requirements.

Provides feedback regarding observation to Child Development teacher for parent conferences as needed.

Performs other duties related to the primary job duties.

The following generally describes the knowledge and ability required to enter the job and/or be learned within a short period of time in order to successfully perform the assigned duties.

CORE COMPETENCIES Environmental Exposure Tolerance

Performing under physically demanding conditions
Accepts and endures the necessity of working in unpleasant or physically demanding conditions
Shows established adaptation and performance under unpleasant or physically demanding conditions

Safety Focus

Showing vigilance and care in identifying and addressing health risks and safety hazards
Maintains high level of conscientious safety practice

General Physical Ability

Using strength, endurance, flexibility, balance and coordination
Applying motor and perceptual abilities requiring no specific technique, training or conditioning

Professional and Technical Expertise

Applying technical subject matter to the job
Knows the rudimentary concepts of performing the essential technical operations

Adaptability

Responding positively to change and modifying behavior as the situation requires
Accept and adjust to changes and the unfamiliar

Innovation

Imagining and devising new and better ways of doing things
Fix what is broken; find solutions and fixes with resources at hand
Finds new approaches to performing familiar tasks
Create and invent new ideas; envision the unexpected, unexplored, untried

Critical Thinking

Analytically and logically evaluates information to resolve problems
Follow guide, SOP or other step by step procedures for locating the source of a problem and fixing it
May detect ambiguous, incomplete, or conflicting information or instructions

Informing

Proactively obtaining and sharing information

Mechanical Insight

Chooses the right tool for the job
Applies principles of mechanical advantage to get the work done
Follows step-by-step assembly procedures, troubleshooting guides, and simple diagrams

Customer Focus

Attending to the needs and expectations of customer
Seeks information about the immediate and longer term needs of the customer
Anticipates what the customer may want or expect in a product or service
Works across organizational boundaries to meet customer needs

Attention to Detail

Focusing on the details of work content
Shows care and thoroughness in adhering to process and procedures that assure quality
Applies knowledge and skill in recognizing and evaluating details of work
Applies skilled final touches on products

Using Technology

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