Job Description
Summary Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play. Teacher supports the children and the Director by helping to create a caring and safe environment for the children and assisting in activities to improve the overall care and quality of education. S/he must be able to communicate, listen and work well with others in a team environment. Assisting all staff in in implementing a quality educational program and in developing positive relationships with the children and their parents, the Teacher observes and documents children's interest and progress, and relays that information back to parents and staff. Teachers are responsible for implementing developmentally appropriate activities based on children's interests and needs under the direction of the Director.
Duties - Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
- Care for children in institutional setting, such as group homes, nursery schools, private businesses, or schools for the handicapped.
- Sanitize toys and play equipment.
- Discipline children and recommend or initiate other measures to control behavior, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books.
- Identify signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to parents' or guardians' attention.
- Observe and monitor children's play activities.
- Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered.
- Instruct children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits.
- Read to children and teach them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs.
- Organize and store toys and materials to ensure order in activity areas.
- Operate in-house day-care centers within businesses.
- Sterilize bottles and prepare formulas.
- Dress children and change diapers.
- Help children with homework and school work.
- Perform housekeeping duties, such as laundry, cleaning, dish washing, and changing of linens.
- Accompany children to and from school, on outings, and to medical appointments.
- Place or hoist children into baths or pools.
- Maintain a safe play environment.
- Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.
- Assist in preparing food and serving meals and refreshments to children.
- Create developmentally appropriate lesson plans.
- Regulate children's rest periods.
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as taking attendance, editing internal paperwork, and making phone calls.
- Organize and participate in recreational activities and outings, such as games and field trips.
- Provide care for mentally disturbed, delinquent, or handicapped children.
- Perform general personnel functions, such as supervision, training, and scheduling.
Requirements - Arrange childcare or educational settings to ensure physical safety of children.
- Discuss child development and behavior with parents or guardians.
- Prepare foods or meals.
- Develop educational or training programs.
- Develop daily schedules for children or families.
- Perform administrative or clerical tasks.
- Organize recreational activities or events.
- Care for patients with mental illnesses.
- Train service staff.
- Assign duties or work schedules to employees.
- Perform human resources activities.
- Provide counsel, comfort, or encouragement to individuals or families.
- Assist individuals with special needs.
- Clean tools or equipment.
- Teach daily living skills or behaviors.
- Monitor health or behavior of people or animals.
- Discuss child development and behavior with parents or guardians.
- Maintain client information or service records.
- Teach health or hygiene practices.
- Teach daily living skills or behaviors.
- Arrange items for use or display.
- Clean tools or equipment.
- Teach daily living skills or behaviors.
- Perform housekeeping duties.
- Accompany individuals or groups to activities.
Nice To Haves - Alarms
- Baby bottles
- Child car safety seats
- Climbing structures
- Desktop computers
- Dryers
- Educational software
- Educational toys
- Emergency first aid kits
- Fire extingushers
- Kitchen stoves
- Laptop computers
- Medicine dosing syringes
- Microsoft Word
- Microwave ovens
- Mobile telephones
- Passenger cars
- Personal computers
- Photocopying equipment
- Scheduling software
- Strollers
- Toy block sets
- Vacuum cleaners
- Washing machines
- Water tables
- Web browser software
- Wet mops
About Us Patches Daycare and Academy is a premier, full time educational facility located in Spring Hill, TN. Our mission is to develop lifelong learners through a multicultural academic approach in early childhood development. Our core values include:
1. Safety- Our focus is to allow children to thrive is a safe and loving environment.
2. Imaginative Play- We believe children learn best through imaginative exploration where they are able to create and grow.
3. Hands-On Experiences- Children are able to build on applying what they know when they can use a variety of learning styles including hands on experiences.
4. Social Emotional Learning- Children must develop an understanding of their own needs and wants as well as the environment around them. We believe a strong focus on teaching children social emotional connections is important.
5. Flexibility- Today's world is everchanging and children need to learn how to be flexible with a creative environment and strive to show their strengths.
6. Relationships- Our focus is to build lasting relationships of trust, security and learning for all.
Job Tags
Full time, Flexible hours,