About this role
Overview
Provide quality custodial care for attending children, ensuring the emotional, physical, intellectual, and social needs of children are met, and ensuring compliance with all state regulations and department policies and procedures.Responsibilities
Department Operations
- Supervises group and individual activities, encourages children involvement, and interacts with each child in a caring and supportive manner, whether in structured or free play.
- Provides custodial care to assigned group, maintaining the routine of each child according to prescribed procedures, and attending to the physical and nurturing needs of each child on an individual basis. Ensures smooth transition for child and parent at arrival and departure times.
- Follows established department procedures to ensure consistent and positive child discipline.
- Completes daily/weekly notes for parents. Serves as a resource for parents and is sensitive and responsive to their concerns.
- Assists the Lead Teacher with the preparation and implementation of monthly/weekly lesson plans.
- Contributes to the Center’s monthly newsletter as requested.
- Communicates regularly with Lead Teacher regarding child participation, progress, and development, as well as expressing problems and concerns.
Quality and Safety
- Assists the Lead Teacher in creating a safe and secure environment that is orderly, clean, and appealing, and permits the child to grow and explore.
- Maintains a healthy environment by keeping the children clean and teaching and practicing good hygiene.
- Follows set standards in food preparation and cleanup, and cleans and disinfects toys, furniture, and equipment on a routine basis.
- Adheres to all state regulations and accepted practices and procedures of the Child Care Center.
- Checks children for illness.
- Reports needed repairs of equipment.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent
- One year of experience in early childhood education setting preferred
- Minimum of 6 college credits in early childhood education, including 3 credits in human growth and development.
- Or other acceptable levels of education under NH regulatory requirements.
Other facts
About Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire's only academic health system and the state's largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes its Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 51 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, including the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the state’s only children’s hospital and clinic locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene and New London, NH, and Windsor, VT, and Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.
What you'll do
- The Associate Teacher is responsible for providing quality custodial care to children, ensuring their emotional, physical, intellectual, and social needs are met. They supervise activities, assist in lesson planning, and maintain a safe and clean environment.
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