Cardinal Childcare Worker

Child care worker in the Melissa ISD daycare center / early childhood classrooms.

Education/Certification:

• High school diploma or GED

• Ability to work with children
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
• Ability to communicate effectively

• 1. Help teacher.
• 2. Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom.

• 3. Help manage behavior of students.
• 4. Work with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher.
• 5. Help supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom.

• 6. Maintain confidentiality.

• 7. None.

• 8. Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
• 9. Maintain emotional control under stress.
• 10. Frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing, and pulling
• 11. Regular heavy lifting of students.
• 12. Biological exposure to bacteria and communicable diseases.

Experience with children in a day care or early childhood setting preferred.

$26,695 to $33,500 commensurate with experience; $350 for district contribution toward benefits: $125 toward TRS Active Care medical insurance only, $225.00 toward qualified benefits $20,000 district paid life insurance policy

10 Months from 07/27/2026-05/26/2027