Department/Unit:

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Salary Range: $15.00 - $23.79

Our Day Care Center is seeking a caring and compassionate Daycare Teacher to join our team!
The Daycare Teacher is responsible for the overall planning and implementing of the curriculum, supervision and management of a Pre-kindergarten classroom.

Responsibilities:

• Interacts with each child in the group in a warm, loving way on a daily basis.
• Implements positive, supportive methods of behavior management to nurture and foster each child’s feelings of confidence, competence, and self-direction.
• Responsible for monthly, weekly and daily planning and implementing of all indoor and outdoor activities for the classroom.
• Plans are to reflective of established Albany Med Kids curriculum and lesson planning procedure and policy.
• Ensures the preparation of supplies and materials are prepared on a daily basis.
• Ensures that the health, welfare and safety of each child in the class are maintained.
• Immediately reports all accidents involving a child to the teacher, and a member of the administrative team.
• Accurately records all details of the accident on an incident report, as outlined in Albany Med Kids’ Employee Handbook.
• Participates in all aspects of custodial care of children as well as classroom.
• Responsible for each child’s development of self-help skills through adequate supervision and encouraging children to accept gradually more responsibility in the areas where appropriate.
• Maintains parent classroom boards and other channels of communication with parents.
• Responsible for clear communication with parents and appropriate notification of administration.
• Serves as a positive role model for the children and co-workers.
• Attends and contributes to monthly and weekly staff meetings.
• Attends workshops, conferences or and in-service training on an annual basis. (15 hours professional training per year as required by NYSOCFS)

Qualifications:

• Associate degree in Early Childhood Education or related field, or a Child Development Associate Credential
• Pre-K classroom experience minimal of 1 year
• Able to communicate with parents, children and staff on routine matters for the purpose of supplying information related to performing job.
• Ability to effectively present information in a one-on-one session to parents.
• Must exercise tact and discretion to obtain cooperation and understanding on routine matters.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of NYSOCFS regulations
• Knowledge of kindergarten requirements
• Must have working knowledge of early childhood development.
• Ability to organize resources for effective utilization. Able to prioritize tasks and performs work effectively with frequent interruptions.
• Ability to exercise judgement in the analysis of facts and circumstances to determine actions to be taken in accordance with standard policies and practices.
• Ability to plan and perform diversified duties working from detailed instructions and under standard procedures.
• Ability to work and plan with other teachers in a team setting.
• Able to withstand some degree of prolonged standing and walking.

Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center!

Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.