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Position
Early Childhood Educator
Wage/Salary
per wage scale & education/experience
Employment Terms: Part Time
Employment Length: Permament/Casual
Experience: No Experience
Job Description
Away We Grow Child Care Centre in Melville, SK is currently seeking
energetic, enthusiastic educators to join our team. Casual positions
are available immediately.
Consideration will be given to applicants with no formal training
provided they are willing to obtain ECE Level 1 Certification. ECE
Certification is available through Parkland College and education
funding is available for those currently working in
Away We Grow Child Care Centre in Melville, SK is currently seeking
energetic, enthusiastic educators to join our team. Casual positions
are available immediately.
Consideration will be given to applicants with no formal training
provided they are willing to obtain ECE Level 1 Certification. ECE
Certification is available through Parkland College and education
funding is available for those currently working in the child care
field.
The right person will have strong communication skills, a creative
nature and interest in on-going learning and professional
development. A wage scale is in place depending on education. A
Criminal Record Check, TB test and Standard First Aid/CPR are also
required.
Away We Grow Child Care Inc. is an inclusive child care centre
offering care and education to children from 6 months - 12 years of
age. We believe that children learn about the world through play,
through active involvement with other children, adults, and
materials. Our program is child-centred and play-based. Our
curriculum is emergent. We believe the educator's role is to create
an environment that supports children's ideas and experiences and
invites them to observe, be active, make choices, and experiment.
We work together with children and families to create a safe, warm,
and nurturing environment enriched through play-based
curriculum, recognizing and promoting development according to
each child's individual needs.
How to Apply: Please submit resume and cover letter to:
Email (preferred): awaywegrow@sasktel.net
Mail: Box 248 Melville, SK S0A 2P0 or phone 306-728-4170
Skills and Abilities
- Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
- Children'S Ages
- 5 years
- 1 year
- 2 years
- 3 years
- 3-11 months
- 4 years
- Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Early Childhood Education Assistant Certificate
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate
- Food Safe Certificate
- Early Childhood Education Skills
- Provide opportunity for creative expression through the mediums of art, dramatic play and music
- Provide supervision and guidance of daily activities, field trips and special activities
- Prepare progress reports and discuss with parents and other staff members
- Plan and develop child care and nursery school programs
- Assess the developmental level of children
- Knowledge of licensing regulations
- Additional Skills
- Supervise staff, trainees or volunteers
- Maintain day care supplies and equipment
- Assist in housekeeping duties
- Assist in maintaining records of children
- Early Childhood Educator Assistant Skills
- Prepare craft materials and assist children to use them
- Prepare and serve snacks
- Observe children and report on observations to supervisor
- Guide children in development of proper eating, dressing and toilet habits
- Discuss progress and problems of children at staff meetings
- Conduct and monitor activity programs designed for young children
- Bathe, diaper and feed infants and toddlers
- Arrange transition periods such as lunch and rest for children
- Experience With Children Who Have Special Needs
- Children with a physical disability
- Children with behavioural issues
- Work Setting
- Day-care centre
- Before and after school programs
- Ability to Supervise
- Work Location Information
- Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Child abuse registry check