Make a lasting impact on young learners' lives while enjoying 48 days of PTO, a free family gym membership, and so much more! This full-time, Monday - Friday position will be housed at our YMCA Four Points Tomorrow Academy, located at 8300 N FM 620, Austin, TX 78726 and opening soon!How you Will Power our Purpose (Job Summary) Are you a passionate, caring, and creative individual who loves working with young children? We are looking for enthusiastic Early Childhood Assistant Teachers to join our team and support our youngest learners in an infant, toddler, or preschool classroom. In this role, you will collaborate with our lead teachers to create a nurturing and engaging environment where children can explore, learn, and grow. We value the importance of secure attachments in early childhood and are seeking someone who can help build strong, trusting relationships with children to support their emotional and social development. If you are compassionate, patient, and eager to make a positive impact in children's lives, we would love to hear from you! Join us in fostering a safe, supportive, and enriching learning experience for every child. Celebrate the Joy of Learning with Us! How You Will Make an Impact (Essential Functions)
- Nurture Little Ones: Provide loving care for our littlest learners, ages 6 weeks (about 1 and a half months) old to 5 years old, by establishing routines, ensuring they're groomed, fed, and diapered, while keeping them happy and secure.
- Safety Steward: Keep our spaces safe, clean, and welcoming by tidying up classrooms, sanitizing toys, and ensuring everything is spotless for a day full of fun and learning.
- Guide Learning: Lead children through engaging, research-based activities that help them grasp new ideas, understand complex concepts, and prepare for their next steps in education or care.
- Family Connector: Build strong, dynamic relationships with families and staff, creating a warm and supportive community that fosters every child's growth and success.
- Snack Time Specialist: Serve up nutritious snacks with care, following sanitation, USDA, and CCR guidelines, ensuring little ones are fueled for their day of discovery.
- Confidence Builder: Focus on nurturing social-emotional development, helping children develop confidence, impulse control, and social skills that will last a lifetime.
- Record Keeper: Maintain detailed and accurate records of each child's activities and progress, ensuring that every milestone is celebrated, and every need is met.
- Safety Guardian: Protect the well-being of each child by adhering to Texas Child Care Regulation directives, ensuring a secure environment for all.
- Security Enforcer: Uphold safety and security standards, creating a safe space for children, staff and families alike, where everyone feels protected and cared for.
- Team Learner: Actively participate in staff development and team meetings, continuously improving your skills and contributing to the team's collective success.
- Values Champion: Promote the YMCA's character values, mission, and wellness philosophy, inspiring others to embrace our role in the community.
- Mission Leader: Embody the Y's mission, vision, and values in everything you do, setting a positive example for program participants, members, staff, and guests.
- Storytelling Ambassador: Share the Y's story with passion and enthusiasm, becoming the ultimate ambassador of our work, culture, and brand, and helping others see the impact we make.
- Flexible Helper: Embrace new challenges by taking on additional duties as assigned, always ready to make a positive impact wherever you're needed.
What You Bring to the Community Enterprise Education & Experience
- Required Qualifications:
- a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential or an equivalent state-recognized qualification or willingness to become CDA credentialed within the first year of employment.
- High School graduate or GED equivalent and 18 years of age or older.
- Relevant experience with young children.
- Experience working with young children.
- Have or be willing to obtain CPR/first aid certification, a criminal background check, and a food handler's license.
- Availability: You have the availability to work Monday - Friday with a flexible schedule.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge or experience with emergent curriculum and best practices in early learning.
- Bilingual in English and Spanish.
Core Competencies
- You are a team player with a positive, service-oriented attitude, and you can work well with others.
- A loving and caring attitude that will extend toward the children in your class and the parents in our program
- Have or be willing to obtain CPR/first aid certification, a criminal background check, and a food handler's license
- You are organized, able to prioritize tasks and handle multiple assignments.
- You listen for understanding and meaning. You speak and write effectively.
- You continue to learn from success and failure.
- You leverage people's differences as strengths.
Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, talk, and occasionally lift and/or move items, including equipment, furniture, and/or children. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.