Infant Assistant Teacher PT - Part-time

p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;text-align:left;"span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"strongspan style="font-size:10pt;"span style="color:#5c2e91;"Schedule:/span/span/strong/span/span/p p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;text-align:left;"span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="color:#000000;"Monday, Wednesday and Friday 2:30-6:30/span/span/span/span/p p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;text-align:left;"span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"strongspan style="font-size:10pt;"span style="color:#5c2e91;"POSITION SUMMARY:/span/span/strong/span/span/p p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="color:#000000;"This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit, charitable organization committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. The Assistant Infant Teacher at the Whatcom Family YMCA maintains a supportive, positive atmosphere that welcomes and respects all individuals, promotes the potential of all youth, and provides a quality experience to both youth and their families./span/span/span/span/p p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"strongspan style="font-size:10pt;"span style="color:#5c2e91;"DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES/span/span/strong/p ul lispan style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="color:#000000;"Supervises the children, classroom, and all program activities./span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="color:#000000;"Follows all procedures and standards as established by the law or the Y; makes ADA accommodations where appropriate; maintains the program site, equipment, and required program records./span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"span style="font-size:10pt;"Work alongside the Lead Teacher and other classroom teachers to engage children in singing, conversation, reading books, and simple learning activities./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"span style="font-size:10pt;"Follow infant daily schedules of feeding, diapering, and napping using best practices in early childhood learning and development./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"span style="font-size:10pt;"Assists the Lead Teacher in collecting documentation for use in child assessment and portfolios./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="color:#000000;"Provides and welcomes ongoing dialogue with parents and caregivers about their childs needs and progress; connects families to the Y./span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="color:#000000;"Attends and participates in family nights, program activities, staff meetings, and staff training./span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"span style="font-size:10pt;"Completes and records daily cleaning list, consistently cleaning, sanitizing, and organizing classroom materials and surfaces./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"span style="font-size:10pt;"Administers first aid, completes accident forms, and notifies the Lead Teacher, Program Supervisor, or Director./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"span style="font-size:10pt;"Follows organizations policies and procedures regarding protecting youth from abuse; including screening and selection, training and supervision, and responding to allegations. Communicate to all staff and volunteers the organizations commitment to protect youth from abuse. /span/span/span/li lispan style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"span style="font-size:10pt;"Follows mandated reporting requirements./span/span/span/li /ul p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"strongspan style="font-size:10pt;"span style="color:#5c2e91;"OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY:/span/span/strong/span/span/p p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"span style="font-size:12pt;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="background-color:#ffffff;"span style="color:#000000;"Everything we do at the YMCA is based on the ideal that everyone should have the opportunity to reach their full potential, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or identity, diverse abilities, age, religion, socioeconomic status or any other statuses or identities. Our work is focused on eliminating barriers to access, eliminating disparities in health, providing educational support, supporting working families, and growing our next generation of changemakers for our country./span/span/span/span/span/p p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"nbsp;/p p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"span style="font-size:14px;"span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"strongspan style="color:#5c2e91;"YMCA COMPETENCIES (Leader):/span/strong/span/span/p p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"span style="font-size:14px;"span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"emuAdvancing Our Mission amp; Cause/u:/em Engaging Community/span/span/p p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"span style="font-size:14px;"span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"emuBuilding Relationships/u:/em Collaboration, Communication amp; Influence, Inclusion /span/span/p p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"span style="font-size:14px;"span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"emuLeading Operations/u:/em Critical Thinking amp; Decision Making, Innovation/span/span/p p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"span style="font-size:14px;"span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"emuDeveloping amp; Inspiring People/u:/em Developing Self amp; Others, Emotional Maturity /span/span/p