Early Childhood Education Associate - Continuous

Employer
State Center Community College District
Location
Fresno
Posted
Dec 06, 2017
Institution Type
Community College


Early Childhood Education Associate - Continuous

Salary
$2,579.20 Monthly

Location
Districtwide, CA

Job Type
Permanent

Division
DO Personnel Commission

Job Number
ECEA-CONT

Closing
Continuous

Definition
Under the direction assist in providing care, guidance and developmentally appropriate learning and socialization experiences for infant, toddler and/or preschool-aged children to encourage and facilitate positive social and cognitive learning. Duties are carried out in a learning laboratory classroom setting with District Early Childhood Education (ECE) students.

Examples of Duties/ Essential Job Functions
Performs a variety of duties for the child development center including, but not limited to:
  • Assists in planning and organizing the daily schedule of learning experiences for the development of children in a children's center learning laboratory environment including those with special needs.
  • Assists in providing care, guidance and developmentally appropriate learning and socialization experiences in language development, physical and motor development, reading and math readiness, art, music, nutrition, health and safety of infant, toddler and/or preschool-aged children.
  • Helps maintain a stimulating and supportive environment for children and encourages positive learning, eating and communication skills by modeling appropriate behaviors.
  • Conducts classroom presentations to include concepts, language, literature, music/movement, and listening skills.
  • Works with groups of children in a variety of activities such as telling and reading stories, singing songs, playing music and preparing materials for arts and crafts and other play activities.
  • Supervise children at play in the classroom and outside area, maintain order and positive redirection, and assures safety and proper adult to child ratio.
  • Provides information, guidance, instruction, and feedback to parents concerning the child's progress, abilities, and areas of concern and explains program procedures and classroom activities as requested.
  • Assists in planning and participates in parent conferences.
  • Helps maintain a variety of records and reports such as attendance, lesson plans, developmental assessments, student performance and accidents.
  • Assists in providing an environment to facilitate physical and emotional development of infant, toddler and preschool children including those with special needs.
  • Assists in preparing and maintaining rooms and play areas in a stimulating, orderly, clean, and safe condition in order to maintain an environment conducive to learning.
  • Assists in preparing laboratory classroom for various setups for children's use and reorganize following class as needed.
  • Assists in ordering supplies, snacks, food and equipment.
  • Operates electronic devices, computer and other media equipment for instructional purposes.
  • Attends staff planning meetings to help assess center needs and program development.
  • Attends conferences and workshops to remain current in the field of early childhood development.
  • Assists children with hygiene procedures as necessary and observes and evaluates health needs of children and takes appropriate action.
  • Provides first aid and CPR as appropriate.
  • Performs clerical support duties as assigned and assists in ordering instructional supplies and equipment.
  • Lifts and carries children and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

    Employment Standards/ Minimum Qualifications
    Education and Experience
    Associate degree preferably in child development, early childhood education or closely related field that is consistent with the state Child Development Permit Matrix and current experience (1 year or more) working in a licensed early childhood education setting.

    Special Conditions for Required Education
    Some positions may require three (3) units in Infant/Toddler Development.

    Licenses/Certificates
    Valid Teacher permit is required or proof of temporary permit is acceptable.
    Valid Pediatric First Aid & CPR certificate is required.
    Proof of successful completion of Health & Safety Certification within 30 days of hire.

    Knowledge
  • Knowledge of current concepts used in Early Childhood Education.
  • Knowledge of basic child psychology and development.
  • Knowledge of curriculum planning for a child development program.
  • Knowledge of health and safety requirements of children.
  • Knowledge of appropriate safety precautions and procedures, First Aid and CPR.
  • Knowledge State and Federal laws, rules, policies, procedures, and regulations regarding child care activities.
  • Knowledge of methods of observing, evaluating and recording child behavior.
  • Knowledge of proper English usage, including spelling, grammar, and punctuation in order to compose items such as correspondence and/or reports.
  • Knowledge of customer service principles in order to appropriately interact with students, staff, faculty, and the public.
  • Knowledge of current computer operating systems, software applications and office productivity software such as word processing, spreadsheets, calendaring, presentation, and database programs.

    Skills
  • Skill to provide a positive classroom and playground environment.
  • Skill to keep a clean and safe classroom environment by reporting any cleanliness, health, or safety concerns to management.
  • Skill to issue, receive and maintain records of equipment and supplies.
  • Skill to demonstrate proper techniques and use of equipment for students.
  • Skill to clean, adjust, operate repair, and maintain lab equipment.
  • Skill to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
  • Skill to give clear and concise instructions.
  • Skill to exercise tact, diplomacy and confidentiality in dealing with sensitive and complex issues and situations.
  • Skill to plan and organize work to meet established timelines and schedules.
  • Skill to operate standard office equipment such as computers, fax machines, copy machines, telephones and other equipment.
  • Skill to utilize word processing, spreadsheets, email, online calendaring and data entry/retrieval from database programs.
  • Skill and ability to rapidly learn and acquire skills in areas and technologies not previously assigned.
  • Skill to type at a sufficient speed to maintain workflow.

    Abilities
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with District administrators, management, staff, diverse community, business and industry contacts, and the public.
  • Ability to understand, be sensitive to and respect the diverse academic, socio-economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, disabilities and sexual orientation of students, parents, teachers, administrators and staff.
  • Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with preschool and school aged children, students and parents.
  • Ability to review and evaluate the work of students assigned by instructors.
  • Ability to provide hands-on academic support to students as a supplement to their classroom teaching.
  • Ability to plan, develop and implement educational experiences for children.
  • Ability to evaluate and assist students in a lab setting.
  • Ability to follow school safety procedures and ensure students are supervised at all times.
  • Ability to provide a clean and safe classroom environment by reporting any cleanliness, health, or safety concerns to management.
  • Ability to keep accurate records and maintain accurate inventory of laboratory equipment and supplies.
  • Ability to track center supplies and anticipate expenses.
  • Ability to remain current with research developments in the area of early childhood education.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with individuals for whom English is not a primary language.
  • Ability to employ proper English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
  • Ability to receive and follow instructions.
  • Ability to learn and apply college and district policies and procedures.
  • Ability to operate computers and their peripherals.
  • Ability to use current common software applications and accurately enter and retrieve data.
  • Ability to maintain consistent, punctual and regular attendance.
  • Ability to lift and carry children and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.

    Examples of physical ability requirements necessary to perform the above job duties
  • Hear and understand human speech in a relatively noisy environment such as hearing someone speak to you while in the presence of loud equipment. (Speech Intelligibility in Noise)
  • Muscular effort (or strength) needed to lift, push, pull or carry an object. (Muscular Tension)
  • The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with the body, arms, and/or legs to perform a task such as sitting on the floor and standing from floor seated position. (Flexibility)
  • Coordinated movements of the arms, legs and torso while the whole body is in motion. (Whole Body Coordination)
  • Keep balanced and stay upright when in an unstable position such as squatting to speak at a child's eye level. (Whole Body Equilibrium)
  • Coordination of two or more limbs (arms and legs) while seated or standing in one place. (Multi-Limb Coordination)
  • Have coordinated, precise movement of the fingers of one or both hands to perform tasks such as typing, writing and taking notes. (Finger Dexterity)
  • See clearly objects and close surroundings that are 36 inches or closer to perform tasks such as looking at computer monitors. (Near Visual Acuity)
  • See clearly objects and close surroundings that are six feet or further away such as seeing children across the playground. (Far Visual Acuity)
  • Distinguish between shades of one color or the difference between two or more colors such as working with art materials. (Color Discrimination)
  • Part of vision that occurs outside the very center of gaze allowing the individual to see objects, movement or sharp contrasts toward the edges of the visual field. (Peripheral Vision)
  • Hear and understand human speech in a relatively quiet environment such as hearing someone speak in quiet office or library setting. (Speech Intelligibility in Quiet)
  • Hear and understand human speech in a relatively noisy environment such as hearing someone speak to you while in the presence of loud equipment. (Speech Intelligibility in Noise)
  • Tell from what direction a sound is coming from. (Sound Localization)

    Examples of mental ability requirements necessary to perform the above job duties
  • Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. (Oral Comprehension)
  • Come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. (Originality)
  • Arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern, according to a specific rule or set of rules such as patterns of numbers, letters, words, or pictures. (Information Ordering)
  • Identify or detect a known pattern, such as a figure, object, word, or sound that is hidden in other distracting material. (Flexibility of Closure)
  • Generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. (Category Flexibility)
  • Focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. (Auditory Attention)
  • Quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. (Speed of Closure)
  • Concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. (Selective Attention)
  • Shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information; multi-task to work on different projects simultaneously. (Time sharing)
  • Remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. (Memorization)
  • Clearly communicate information and ideas through spoken words so others will understand. (Oral Expression)
  • Identify and understand the speech of another person. (Speech Recognition)
  • Recognize when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. (Problem Sensitivity)
  • Combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions such as finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events. (Inductive Reasoning)
  • Apply general rule, a premise, which is known to be true to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. (Deductive Reasoning)
  • Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. (Written Comprehension)
  • Communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. (Written Expression)

    Examination Process

    The examination process will include screening to ensure applications are complete and meet all minimum qualifications. The application requires the completion of Supplemental Questions to evaluate your education, training and experience relative to the required knowledge, skills and abilities for the position. Answers should be as complete as possible, as no additional information will be accepted from applicants once the application has been submitted. Responses to the supplemental questions will be reviewed and scored in a Competitive Rating evaluation process based on pre-determined rating criteria (pass/fail). The examination process will also include a competency examination (pass/fail). Passing score is 75% out of 100%. Candidates who are unsuccessful in an examination will be eligible to retest after 90 calendar days.

    To move forward in the selection process, you must complete an online application through this web site. Please attach to your application a copy of your degree or transcripts (including when degree was awarded) or your application may be considered incomplete. Resumes may also be uploaded but cannot be used in lieu of a completed application.

    To begin the process to obtain the necessary permits, you may visit the following websites:
    Child Development Permit http://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/CREDS/child-dev-permits.html
    Fresno County Department of Education for a temporary permit http://www.fcoe.org/departments/credentials/credential-applications

    The continuous district wide eligibility list will be used to fill both full-time and part-time positions in this classification.

    To Apply, visit: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/scccd/jobs/1291353/early-childhood-education-associate-continuous

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