United Spinal Association Jobs

Job description: Responsibilities: A. Establish and maintain safe, healthy learning environment. 1. Ensures the safety and health of children at all times: a. Checks child?s well-being upon their arrival. b. Maintains an accurate children?s attendance list. c. Implements system in place to keep unauthorized persons from taking children from the program. d. Maintains appropriate supervision of children at all times. e. Ensures that the staff/child ratio for the group to which they are assigned meets Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) supervision requirements at all times and notifies the Center Director or their designee regarding the need for additional staff. f. Provides a safe, hazard-free environment, including reporting conditions of indoor and outdoor facilities, equipment, and material that may be dangerous or unsafe and taking appropriate steps to prevent children from using indoor and outdoor facilities, equipment, and material that may be dangerous and unsafe. g. Provides learning activities in the daily program that focus on health and safety. h. Administers first aid and CPR when necessary. i. Reports known or suspected instances of child abuse and neglect in accordance with agency policy and procedures and state law. 2. Prepares and maintains a stimulating, attractive, clean, orderly, and inviting program environment and keeps equipment sanitary and in good condition. 3. Assists with the food program, including, but not limited to, modeling sound eating patterns on the job. B. Advance physical and intellectual competence. 1. Provides many time blocks and opportunities for children to choose from a variety of materials, equipment, and activities to learn through exploration and active involvement. Increases the complexity and challenges of the learning environment as children develop understanding and skills. Facilitates child-directed activities by encouragement, suggestions, and the provision of materials and other support they need for these activities. Meets the needs of children who display interests and skills that fall outside the normal developmental range. 2. Plans and implements a coherent curriculum of developmental and learning activities. The curriculum plan is designed to: (a) Address all areas of development, including emotional, social, physical, linguistic, cognitive, and aesthetic; (b) Balance active and quiet time, child-initiated and staff-led activities, and indoor and outdoor experiences throughout the program day; and (c) Respond to children?s interests and ideas as they emerge. 3. Uses area cultural and natural resources as opportunities for active exploration and learning. Plans and implements field trips to natural and cultural sites that may not otherwise be accessible to many of the children in care. 4. Manages daily routines and transitions enthusiastically and creatively and in ways that meaningfully involve children in age- and individually-appropriate ways. 5. Encourages children?s developing language and communication skills by talking with them throughout the program day, speaking clearly and listening to their responses, encouraging them to describe their projects and ideas, and providing opportunities for children to talk with one other. Helps children to acquire the English-language competence, while supporting children?s learning in their home language or dialect. C. Support social/emotional development and provide positive guidance. 1. Shows respect, consideration, warmth, and affection to the children in their care. Notices and attends promptly and directly to children?s needs, wants, and messages. Plans experiences to alleviate children?s fears and to reduce stress. Helps each child to know, accept, and take pride in themselves and to develop self-control and independence. Not limited to you can find more details in the like.