Starting Wage Range: $17.15/hr. - $21.95/hr.
Job Summary:
To assist in any area of the Early Childhood Education program as instructed by program supervisors.
Essential Functions:
- Works with staff in the classroom, on the playground, and in field trip supervision during the aftercare programming from 2:15-5:15pm.
- Assists in keeping classroom facilities
- Replenishes materials and supplies for classroom
- Assists staff in preparing
- Assists in craft and culture
- Communicates bus rules prior to boarding and exiting the bus to ensure order and safety
- Maintains discipline on bus at all
- Assists with boarding children onto and off of the bus, making sure each child is secured in his/her safety harness before departure and remains restrained while in travel.
- Enforces child drop-off procedures/policies.
- Assists with any necessary
- Provide childcare during parent meetings and
- Provides support to the nutrition program as needed.
- Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Education, Experience, and Licenses:
- Requires a high school diploma or GED equivalency, and prior childcare experience desired.
- OR equivalent combination of education, training and
Driving Requirements:
- Employees may be required to drive for work-related purposes and must maintain a valid Oregon Driver’s License (ODL), meet company vehicle insurance requirements, and provide proof of personal vehicle insurance.
Qualifications,Registrations, and Certifications:
- Will obtain Oregon Registry Online registration prior to hire.
- Ability to work well with children and staff required.
- Must be dependable and willing to participate in additional training.
- Requires TB and Hep B vaccinations and a physical every three years.
- First Aid certification required.
- Food handler’s card required.
- Knowledge of and sensitivity to Native American culture required. Native American employees preferred.
Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:
- Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
- Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers. Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
- Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
- Continually requires color identification, close vision, far vision, and depth perception.
- The worker is frequently subject to classroom noise.
- Occasionally requires lifting of up to 40 pounds.
- Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
- This position is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.
- Supports a safe work environment by performing all duties in accordance with Tribal safety policies and procedures, and Emergency Management Plan.
- May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during Emergencies.
- Local travel is occasionally required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required.
Background Check:
- Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and may be subject to fingerprinting.
- Must maintain registration in the State of Oregon Central Background Registry.