Job Summary
- Provide care, exploration, and playful learning experiences for the children in the Eccles Lab School, a NAEYC accredited early childhood model program at Salt Lake Community College.
- Mentor and model culturally responsive and developmentally appropriate interactions and teaching practices to college lab students.
- Establish and maintain a safe, healthy environment.
- Plan and guide classroom and playground activities.
- Assist in preparing weekly lesson plans.
- Set-up the classroom for the daily activities.
- Support and promote the children’s social, emotional, cognitive and physical development.
- Assess the development of children to establish individual goals for each child and incorporate activities that can support the development of these goals on a daily basis.
- Observe and record children’s developmental behavior. Exhibit understanding of principles of child growth and development.
- Establish productive relationships with families, including parent teacher chats.
Essential Responsibilities and Duties
- Ensure cleanliness and the general upkeep of the classroom and playground.
- Complete all needed documentation that pertains to classroom needs.
- Maintain a commitment to professionalism.
- Attend monthly staff meeting and in-service.
- Assist in the writing of newsletters.
- Adhere to Utah’s State Licensing and NAEYC Accreditation standards.
- Other duties as assigned.
Essential Responsibilities and Duties Continued Minimum Qualifications
- Be at least 18 years of age.
- 1 year of Early Childhood coursework equal to 12 credit hours or an earned CDA-Required (or be in the process of completing).
- Have experience in the job assigned and can provide successful work experience documentation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Earned Associates Degree or higher in Early Childhood Development or related field (ECD, FHS, El Ed, or Sp. Ed.)
- 3 years classroom experience.
- Experience working in a NAEYC Accredited Program
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Demonstrate the skills needed to care for children and respond to emergencies.
Be able to read, understand, and follow the policies of the Eccles Lab School Staff Handbook.Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of diverse people, ability, culture, ethnic background, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
Ability to work with all groups in a diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic background of community college students, faculty and staff, including those with disabilities.
Non-Essential Responsibilities and Duties
30+ days ago