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A Team Member Teacher will work closely with the Team Lead Teacher, and other members of the classroom team in performing daily caregiving responsibilities such as preparing and serving meals, changing diapers or helping children with toileting, assisting putting children to sleep, writing daily reports, engaging in play and learning activities, supervising children, and creating a clean, safe environment.

Special Skills and Qualities:

• Passionate about the development and well-being of young children and School-Agers
• An awareness of the unique needs of young children and School-Agers and have appropriate expectations of their abilities
• Know and implement Michigan Child Care Licensing Rules for Child Care Centers
• Know and implement Great Start to Quality's quality indicators and validation tools for child care centers
• A positive role model in language and attitude for all caregiving staff and children
• Accepts and honors differences in children, families, and coworkers
• Service orientated and professional
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Possess a strong work ethic, be punctual, prepared and have consistent attendance
• Value continuing education and professional development
• Mentally, physically, emotionally, and psychologically capable of caring for multiple children at a time
• Able to kneel, bend, squat, push, pull, and lift up to 50 lbs.
• Flexible availability to work- covering team members shifts or going home early as needed. Available to work as early as 5:00 am or as late as 9:00 pm
• Ability to take direction while at the same time being able to take initiative with responsibilities
• In coordination with classroom team, complete all classroom cleaning tasks

Qualifications:

• Be at least 18 years of age

Education:

• Associates Degree in Early Childhood, or Child Development Associates Certification preferred
• CPR, First Aid certified or obtain certification upon hire
• Documentation of completed Tuberculosis Test and the ability to physically meet the job duties
• Completed Fingerprinting and Background Checks

Experience:

• One-year of experience working in an early childhood classroom preferred

Specific Tasks

Program Implementing:

Follow all legal, licensing, quality, and procedural requirements

Collaborate with the classroom team, following the direction of the Team Lead Teacher in

Designing the classroom environment

Planning and implementing daily lesson plan activities, setting up materials, supervising children during the activities, and cleaning up afterward

Conducting child assessments and keeping all children's portfolios and individual development plans up to date and use them to inform and guide in lesson planning

Team Member Teachers may become Primary Caregivers of a small group of children. This includes increased responsibilities in this category as well as consistent, positive, professional communication with the children's families

ensure that all daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly documents are complete and accurate

Maintain a neat, organized classroom by putting materials and supplies in their places, sweeping floors, wiping tables after use, and other assigned cleaning tasks

Interact with children using positive, age-appropriate language, using open-ended questions rather than directives

Continually scan the environment for safety and security of all materials, watching for hazards, spills, and unsafe behavior

Supervise children at all times while they are playing, saving adult conv