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**Job Summary**:
The Early Childhood Educator will provide a quality caring and supportive child care program that addresses their unique child care needs. Successful applicant will meet all regulatory standards required by federal, provincial and municipal governments, and operates within the Child Care Practitioner Occupational Standards and Code of Ethics as defined by the Canadian Child Care Federation.

This position reports to the Manager of Swetexel Daycare and Preschool.

**Qualifications / Assets**
- Diploma in Early Childhood Education
- Current BC License to Practice
- Documentation in accordance with Community Care Facilities Branch licensing requirements
- An Understanding of the issues that affect children and their families
- Excellent interpersonal skills with parents, co-workers and community members
- Mature and responsible attitude towards work.

**Duties & Responsibilities**
- Willingness to work flexible hours
- Plan, carry out, and assess developmentally appropriate activities and experiences in harmony with the Swetexel Daycare and Preschool vision and mission
- Provide a daily balance of active/quiet, indoor/outdoor, and individual/group activities
- Establish and carry out a daily activity schedule that incorporates child-directed activity, care routines and transition times
- Organize space, equipment and materials before activities.
- Assist children in expressing themselves by listening and responding with questions or comments that extend conversations.
- Use a variety of teaching techniques including modeling, observing, questioning, demonstrating, and reinforcing
- Encourage and assist children to practice self-help daily
- Plan and carry out experiences that foster an understanding of a variety of cultures and value systems
- Provide opportunity each day for each child to be alone
- Provide opportunity for child-directed play experience
- Plan and carry out activities that encourage problem-solving
- Provide experiences and play materials that actively promote diversity and acceptance in interactions and attitudes
- Participate in short and long term planning and evaluation and staff program reviews
- Learn and use the activities and skills provided to assist children in developing the necessary coping skills for addressing unique life issues.

**Individualize the Curriculum**
- Observe how children use materials and interact with each other and adults
- Initiate referrals or additional services for parents and children
- Ensure guidance of children’s behavior that encourages positive self-concept
- Set reasonable behavior expectations consistent with center’s philosophy and policies.

**Provide positive guidelines such as redirecting, positive language, and positive reinforcement**
- Immediately address problem behavior without labeling the child
- Follow behavior guidance and policies established by the center and consistent with accepted practice in the field
- Maintain knowledge and understanding of the services offered for referral to parents.

**Ensure the child’s environment is healthy and safe**
- Follow the center’s procedures for administering medications and maintaining health records.
- Report all accidents, injuries and illnesses to the manager or delegate and record such incidents in the daily log book and as a serious occurrence if necessary
- Monitor the environment for hazards
- Update self-daily on children’s allergies and other special conditions
- Establish daily eating routines that are fun for children
- Attend to children’s physical needs for toileting, diapering, eating and sleeping as promptly as possible
- Report all incidents of child abuse to the supervisor and follow center procedure and government regulations
- Release children only to authorized persons.

**Ensure positive communication with parents**
- Discuss the programs daily events and the child’s daily progress with parents
- Accommodate the parent’s instructions for daily routines when possible within group routines
- Encourage parents to participate whenever possible.

**Contribute to the ongoing operations of Swetexel Daycare and Preschool**
- Follow licensing requirements
- Carry out the responsibilities assigned to you
- Attend regular staff meetings
- Maintain confidentiality of all information related to the center’s children, their parents, and staff
- Participate in an annual performance review process
- Contribute to annual plan for the center
- Plan and carry out annual personal development
- Keep up to date with early childhood advocacy developments
- Maintain regular attendance and punctuality.

**Promote Swetexel Daycare and Preschool within the community**
- Actively participate in Read Right Society staff activities whenever possible
- Maintain a positive working relationship with staff and others who work within the organization and community partners.

**Desired Competencies & Behaviors**
- Believes in and practices the vision, mission and goals of the p