Early Childhood Educator Ii or Iii

**Position**: Full-Time Early Childhood Educator

**Location**: SSCY Centre (1155 Notre Dame Avenue)

**Schedule**: Monday - Friday, 10:00AM-6:00 PM; 37.5 Hours per week

**Start Date**: ASAP

**What our centre is about**

Here at Inspired by Wonder at SSCY, we are passionate about providing and promoting a high quality program to all children, families, educators, and the community, taking into account the unique individual needs of the children.

Our philosophy is based on the belief that children learn through play and experience. Children, families, and educators’ values and beliefs are an integral part of our program. We believe we must provide a safe, happy, nurturing and stimulating environment where children are able to develop physically, emotionally, socially and intellectually, and that all children including those with additional support needs are entitled to have this equal opportunity to learn, grow and develop.

As Early Childhood Education professionals, we value diversity and include children of all abilities into every aspect of our programming. Our program and the environment are easily adaptable to meet the needs of all children participating. Our core values in providing children with the assistance and care they need are being able to form relationships; inclusion of all ideas, experiences, and individuals; a strong inclusion philosophy, well-being, life-long learning, and communication.

We are seeking a reflective preschool Early Childhood Educator who can contribute to our program through observation, planning and documentation. This individual must have strong communication and written skills who can work collaboratively with the understanding of preschool child development. This educator needs to have an understanding of a Reggio Inspired Curriculum. Our educators are supported with time and space to develop a Reggio Inspired curriculum with a focus on documentation. We are offering wages on the current MCCA pay scale. Benefits such as pension and health insurance provided. All educators are offered 3 weeks paid vacation (accrued), as well as 12 sick days, and 2 discretionary days per year.

The dispositions we value and seek in our Early Childhood Educator:

- Must hold a strong desire to learn and grow, and must be open to the diverse experiences and perspectives of our work place.
- Must have a strong desire to build relationships with children, families, colleagues, and community through daily interactions.
- Must be responsive, have a high image of a child, and a strong inclusion philosophy
- Must be resourceful, nurturing, joyous, curious, and must be a reflective thinker.
- Must have the initiative, flexibility, and self motivation to balance program responsibilities and shared household duties.

The skills and certifications we require for this position are as follows:

- ECE II or III Certified
- Current criminal record check with vulnerable sector search (or willing to obtain)
- Current Child abuse registry clearance
- Current First Aid & CPR

**JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES **Early Childhood Educator
Early Childhood Educators’ primary responsibility is the care and education of children. ECEs present, direct, and assess the positive emotional, physical, social, and cognitive development of children in a child care setting by implementing appropriate activities and programs according to each child’s individual developmental abilities, interests and needs.

The main areas of responsibility for the Early Childhood Educator are as follows:

- **Establish and Maintain a Safe and Healthy Learning Environment**:

- Safety
- Health
- Learning Environment
- Curriculum
- **Advance Physical and Intellectual Competence**:

- Physical
- Cognitive
- Communication
- Creative
- **Build Positive Self-Concept and Individual Strength**:

- **Promote Positive Functioning of Children and Adults**:

- Social
- Guidance and Discipline
- **Coordinate Home and Centre Child-Rearing Practices and Expectations**:

- **Supplementary Responsibilities**:

- Program Management
- Personal and Professional Development

**ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SAFE AND HEALTHY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT**

ECEs develop and implement a program that promotes the child’s needs to learn through safe and healthy practices.

**A. Safety**

ECEs provide a safe environment to prevent and reduce injuries. They ensure indoor and outdoor areas are free of dangerous conditions and materials, and handle emergencies appropriately if they do occur.

Protect children from physical and emotional harm

Specifically, the ECE will:

- regularly check facility, equipment and toys for hazards and respond appropriately
- record cleaning procedures
- supervise children, including:

- indoor play
- outdoor play
- when appliances in use
- during outings and field trips
- know how to use safety equipment, such as fire extinguishers and smoke detectors
- practice emergency procedures such as fire drills
- maintain adequate first aid supplies