Associate Teacher

Expected Hourly Pay Rate :

$21.00

Work where your work matters. Work at CCRC.

CCRC prides itself as a workplace of choice for passionate talent, driven by our mission to cultivate child, family and community well-being. Whether the position works directly with the public or supports our programs, every position is vital to our mission's success and reputation as a leader. We are not your typical non-profit. We are 900+ people strong and growing!

Anticipated Pay Rate : $24.72 per hour

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Within the team structure, Associate Teacher provides quality preschool services for children enrolled in the Early Care and Learning program, which include the following responsibilities :

Interactions with Children and Families (70%)

• Assist with child management in the classroom, outside, transitions, and sign in and sign out process.
• Assist with providing age-appropriate activities using the chosen curriculum and supplemental materials.
• Assist with supporting all children, addressing their individual capabilities and requirements.
• Assist in establishing weekly goals that promote individual and group educational plans.
• Partner with parents to provide care for all children, including feeding and diapering.
• Partner with families and teachers to encourage guided experimentation, exploration, problem solving, cooperation, socialization, choices, and ways to ask open-ended questions with their children.
• Support the implementation of age-appropriate professional practices, effective teaching strategies, and other applicable policies and regulations.
• Prepare classroom materials to support developmentally appropriate activities and ensure that learning environments, equipment, eating, diapering, and napping areas are clean, safe, and sanitized.
• Assist with food service and other classroom needs as requested.
• Communicate regularly with parents regarding each child's progress and provide parents with resources.
• Conduct home visits and parent conferences to establish individual goals, communicate class progress, and provide educational strategies for caregivers to implement
• Develop and maintain well-defined lines of communication and professional boundaries parents, caregivers, and families

Staff Relationships (15%)

Administrative Functions (15%)

Non-Essential Duties and Responsibilities

These duties include tasks that are required and comprise less than 5% of daily functions for this job :

Job Specifications

Minimum Required

6 months of external experience or 1,000 hours of Early Care and Learning classroom experience working with families and children in a preschool or childcare setting.

Ability to supervise children and ensure a safe environment, including the ability to monitor and respond to events going on at all times in the classroom, outdoor play areas and on field trips.

Preferred

All minimum requirements above met, plus :

Bilingual preferred . Ability to converse, read, write and / or translate in English and Armenian / Spanish

At CCRC, passion and meaningful work is rewarded! We offer employees :

We have doubled in size over the past 10 years. We provide child development and early education, workforce development opportunities, child care financial assistance, Head Start preschool and Early Head Start services and more for close to 50,000 parents, children, and child care providers each month in Northern Los Angeles County, including Antelope Valley, and the entirety of San Bernardino County, including an office in Victorville, serving a total geographic area of 22,500 square miles.

Child Care Resource Center is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Accommodations : If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact a Human Resources Representative at or email them at .