Ece Educator

**Full Job Description**

**Facility**: Amelia House Playschool

**City**: Lantzville BC

**Type of Care**: Preschool/Daycare

**Qualifications**: ECE

**Required Experience**:

- Minimum 1 year of experience working in a licensed childcare program with children 3 to 5 years old
- Creative, open minded and team oriented
- Valid Early Childhood Educator License issued by the BC ECE Registry
- Special Needs and Infant Toddler ECE an asset
- Valid First Aid/CPR
- Clear CRC upon hire
- Good knowledge and awareness of BC ELF
- Good Knowledge of Reggio inspired practice an asset
- Good knowledge and understanding of child development
- Effective guiding and caring skills
- Good communication skills
- Able to work in a diverse and inclusive environment

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Use team approach to plan, implement and evaluate a developmentally appropriate, Reggio inspired, inclusive and high-quality program for children ages 2.5 to 5
- Ensure the safety, health, and well-being of children
- Guide and assist children in the development of daily care routines
- Establish and maintain good communication and rapport with parents and caregivers
- Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with other community service providers working with children
- Light housekeeping to ensure program facilities and equipment are safe and clean
- Participate in ongoing internal and external professional development

**Salary & Benefits**:

- Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm
- Type: Salary
- Wage: $25-27/hour plus $4.00/hour MCFD Wage Enhancement
- Benefits: paid sick-time, professional development opportunities, Winter break off.

**Additional Notes**:
Amelia House Playschool is moving towards becoming a non-profit society, with the hopes of expanding. This may provide further career opportunities.

We are a small Reggio-inspired preschool/daycare with a daily outdoor component. We are located within walking distance to a beach, children's park, as well as having a large yard/garden on site. We believe that children are capable individuals who observe the world around them, gather information through natural play and rich interactions, and that children develop best at their own pace, in an atmosphere of respect and acceptance. Partnership and collaborative relationships are core values in our approach.

We are committed to providing a workplace that fosters; a sense of belonging, opportunities for learning, collaboration, empowerment, creativity, and innovation.

**Job Type**: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: From $29.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Lantzville, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location

Expected start date: 2023-05-01