Description
Summary
Under the supervision of the Office Manager, the floater will perform the duties assigned to her by the Lead Teacher. Employees may be asked to work in any of Ibero’s childcare programs.
Essential Functions:
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Reports directly to the Education Specialist
- Establishes and maintains good working relationships with Ibero staff, staff from related agencies, community representatives and parents
- Assists Primary Caregivers and/or Head Teachers in implementing a developmentally appropriate program
- Follows Ibero’s policies and procedures, NYS regulations, UPK, Head Start and Early Head Start standards
- Speaks positively and respectfully to children
- Supervises and ensures children’s safety during all activities
- Socialize with children during activities and at mealtimes using family style dining
- Quietly speaks and guides children for a calm transition
- Maintains the classroom to ensure that the environment is pleasant and safe
- Assists with minor cleaning duties as assigned
- Complete all work in a timely manner
- Attends scheduled staff meetings, parent meetings, trainings and daycare center events as assigned
- Keeps knowledge of children and families confidential
- Continue to develop professionally
- Performs all other duties as assigned by supervisor and/or delegates
Authority:
The individual must be resourceful and able to display initiative regarding classroom activities and implementation of lesson plans as assigned.
Requirements
Position Qualifications:
Competency Statement(s)
- Analytical Skills - Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
- Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
- Customer Oriented - Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures.
- Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
- Diversity Oriented - Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or job type.
Competency Statements Continued:
- Ethical - Ability to demonstrate professionalism conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
- Leadership- Ability to Motivate, influence, and support others to accomplish team and organizational goals.
- Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
- Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
- Communication, Written - Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
Skills and Abilities:
- High School Diploma and/or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated knowledge of child development, early childhood education and appropriate discipline methods.
- Experience working with infants, toddlers or preschoolers.
- Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.
- Must have clearance through the NYS Central Registry, good police record and good health.
- Ability to work alternative work schedule to support program/parent evening and weekend activities.
- Must show creativity and flexibility.
- A combination of training and experience other than the specified, if judged to be adequate for the job, may be accepted by the President and CEO
Physical Demands:
The position does require occasional standing, squatting, lifting of up to approximately 40 lbs. And frequent sitting.
Employee Signature: ___________________________________ Date: _________________________
Ibero American Action League is committed to the policy of equal employment opportunity. This policy expressly prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic predisposition or carrier status, gender identity or expression, domestic violence victim status, veteran status or status as a member of any other protected group or activity.
Revised 10/2013;9/2014
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of child development, early childhood education, and appropriate discipline methods
- Experience working with infants, toddlers, or preschoolers
- Bilingual English and Spanish ability
- Clearance through the New York State Central Registry
- Good police record
- Good health
- Ability to work alternative schedules, including evening and weekend activities
- Creativity and flexibility
- Ability to stand, squat, and lift up to approximately 40 pounds
What We Do
Ibero is a dual-language human services agency that provides programs to individuals and families of all ethnic backgrounds with the unique ability to target the Latino community. Through our programs in our main divisions (Children, Youth, Family, Developmental Disabilities) we prepare children for school, provide academic, social and health support to youth, offer job readiness/training programs and programs that ensure a high quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities. In every one of our programs, we work with every individual in the family unit to ensure the entire family is learning to identify and execute important goals. We also offer a fee-for-service program that includes: translations, interpreting, and organizing focus groups.
