Job Knowledge, Core Competencies and Expectations

• Help teach children to share toys and to work in groups.
• Provide a comfortable, safe and non-threatening environment for children.
• Firmly but fairly discipline children, help them control disruptive behavior and teach them good habits when necessary.
• Requires being alert to and anticipating situations that would compromise the children’s physical or emotional well-being.
• Knowledge of and ability to perform required role during emergency situations.

Job Tasks/Duties

• Plays games with children.
• Reads to the children.
• Supervises children’s play activities.
• Resolves disputes between children as necessary.
• Maintains safe and clean facility.
• Keeps play areas in safe, tidy and clean condition.
• Changes diapers and pull-ups on younger children and assists with potty training.
• Maintains toys and games.
• Orders food and beverages for children
• Completes other appropriate tasks as assigned.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Requires constant standing, walking, bending over, stooping and lifting to tend to the children’s needs and provide a clean environment.
• Setting may be noisy and cluttered at times.