Daycare Teacher

Full Benefits Provided

• Student Loan Forgiveness
• Vacation, personal & sick time
• 403B Retirement Plan
• no cost to FT employee life insurance $25,000
• Health, Vision, & Dental Insurance
• Free EAP support for you and your family
• KV Educational Financial Assistance Program
• Free meals
  
  

Provide a fun, encouraging environment for children to grow intellectually and

psychologically within the upcoming Assumption Community Care Center (ACCC). The Child Care

Center teacher will teach and supervise children while also motivating them to use their

mental capacities and exercise their imagination. The ACCC teacher will have the

assistance of a classroom aide in daily activities. The teacher will be greatly involved in

parent communication for daily child updates within the classroom.

I. Hours: Monday- Friday 7am-3pm or 9:30 to 5:30 II. Supervised by: Child Center Director

III: Essential Functions:

• Designing and following a full schedule of activities and discovering suitable teaching material
• Balancing your teaching between logical and social exercises
• Providing basic care and caregiving activities
• Use a wide range of teaching methods (stories, indoor and outdoor activities,
  
  

drawing, etc.) to enhance the child’s abilities

• Evaluate children’s performance to make sure they are on the right learning track
• Remain in constant communication with parents and update them on the
  
  

progress of their children

• Observe children’s interactions with peers
• Identify behavioral problems and determine the right course of action with the parent
  
  

involvement

• Collaborate with other colleagues
• Adhere to teaching standards and safety regulations as established by the
  
  

official standards of Illinois

IV. Requirements: Please apply if you have the following credentials

• Early childhood teachers and school-age workers shall have a high school diploma
  
  

diploma or equivalency certificate (GED).

• School-age workers shall be at least 19 years of age and at least five years older
  
  

than the oldest child with whom they work.

• DCFS Standards:
• Thirty semester hours (or 45 quarter hours) of credit from an accredited
  
  

college or university with six semester hours (or nine quarter hours)

related to school-age child care, child development, elementary education,

physical education, recreation, camping, or other related fields; or

• 1560 clock hours of experience in a recreational program or licensed day
  
  

care center serving school-age children or a license-exempt school-age

child care program operated by a public or private school, and six

semester hours (or nine quarter hours) of credit from an accredited college

or a university related to school-age child care, child development,

elementary education, physical education, recreation, camping, or other

related fields; or

• A high school diploma or equivalency certificate plus 3,120 hours of
  
  

experience in a recreational program, kindergarten, or licensed day care

center serving school-age children or a licensed exempt school-age child

care program operated by a public or private school.

• Completion of a training program accredited by the American Montessori Society
  
  

or Association Montessori International may be substituted for the courses

directly related to child care and/or child development required by this Section.

Persons holding a Montessori pre-primary credential may supervise children

through age six. Persons holding a Montessori primary or elementary credential

may supervise children six years of age or older.

V. Additional Skills

• Proven experience as a Child Care / Daycare Teacher
• Excellent knowledge of child development and up-to-date education methods,
  
  

Methodical and creative

• Patience, flexibility and love for children
• Strong communication and time management skills