DAY
CARE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT
DEFINITION
Under supervision of the Day Care
Assistant, assists in general supervision and management of a
class of children between the ages of 5 and 12. Assists teacher in
parent conferences and home visits.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may
be assigned.
- Assists in planning and
implementing daily program.
- Assists in planning and preparing
the learning environment and in preparing needed
materials and supplies.
- Helps with general housekeeping
tasks, including the serving of snacks.
- Maintains professional attitudes
and loyalty to day care center.
- Treats all children with dignity
and respect.
- Attends all staff meetings and
recommended training programs.
- Participates in professional
organizations that work for the improvement of early
childhood and primary education.
- Oversees and supervises children in
small groups.
- Maintains student records,
attendance and files.
QUALIFICATIONS GUIDE
Knowledge of:
- General concepts of early childhood
growth and development and child behavior
characteristics.
- Techniques used in controlling and
motivating young children.
- Proper English usage, punctuation,
spelling and grammar.
- Routine record keeping.
- General purposes and goals of early
childhood and primary educations.
- Specific subject area content as
required in job assignment.
Ability to:
- Assume responsibility of
supervising children
- Learn and utilize basic methods and
procedures to be followed in instructional settings.
- Perform routine clerical work and
basic arithmetical calculations.
- Demonstrate an understanding,
patient, warm and receptive attitude toward children.
- Understand and carry out oral and
written instructions.
- Maintain cooperative working
relationships with children, staff, parents, and general
public.
Training and experience:
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
- Equivalent to completion of twelfth
grade.
- Some paid or volunteer experience
working with preschool and/or primary children.
- In the process of becoming
professionally prepared to be a teacher of young children
and meet the requirements of the licensing agency.
- Must be able to pass a complete
physical examination of a licensed physician, including
verification of freedom from tuberculosis.
- Three to twelve units of ECE Child
Development or Elementary Education preferred.
- Fingerprinting through licensing
required before employment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are
representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is
regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel
objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee
frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee
is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop,
kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and
frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision
abilities required by this job include close vision, distance
vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and
the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics
described here are representative of those an employee encounters
while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
COMMENTS:
Supervising children's active play
indoors and outdoors, reading to children, developing color and
other concepts and using fine/small motor and visual perception
skills.
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