Daycare Teacher(ASSOCIATE S)

Job ID: 1214137
Employment Status: Full-Time
More Information:

For more than 130 years, St. Louis Children's Hospital has provided exceptional care for children in all 50 states and 80 countries around the world. With its academic partner, Washington University School of Medicine, Children’s is consistently ranked among the nation’s best pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. A member of BJC Healthcare, St. Louis Children’s Hospital follows one simple mission – to do what’s right for kids. That mission comes to life through medical discovery, innovative therapies and compassionate care. In 2018, Children's expanded with a state-of-the-art, 12-story medical tower. To learn more, visit StLouisChildrens.org, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Overview

Role Purpose

Provides and maintains a safe and healthy environment with a developmentally appropriate curriculum designed and implemented in accordance with the center's philosophy and guidelines for high quality early childhood education.

Responsibilities

• Communicates effectively by being friendly, nurturing, and building bonds with children, by providing daily written documentation and keeping children’s portfolios current to keep parents informed of their child’s progress, and by building positive relationships with families.
• Organizes learning centers and provides activities and materials to support children’s developmental and educational needs, stimulating creativity and curiosity, and giving children a sense of security. Will also write and implement developmentally appropriate lesson plans pertinent to the goals established for the needs of individual children while always maintains a global view/supervision of children and child/staff ratio at all times.
• Facilitates an environment of healthy social and emotional development by using positive guidance techniques and redirection, encouraging and modeling responsibility and respect, by recognizing and supporting children’s personalities, learning styles, and individual differences.
• Builds positive working relationships with team as a model of appropriate behavior for children and obtaining clock hour training per accreditation/licensing requirements.
• BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

Minimum Requirements

Degree

• Associate's Degree

• Education/related

Experience

• 2-5 years

Licenses & Certifications

• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Benefits Statement

Note: not all benefits apply to all openings

• Comprehensive medical, dental, life insurance, and disability plan options
• Pension Plan*/403(b) Plan
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition Assistance
• Health Care and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
• On-Site Fitness Center (depending on location)
• Paid Time Off Program for vacation, holiday and sick time
• Pension does not apply to Memorial Hospital, Memorial Hospital East, Alton Memorial or Parkland Health Center

Legal Statement

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Equal Opportunity Employer