Child Development Assistant Teacher

Details: Multiple Positions

Posted: August 1, 2024
Level: Educational Assistant
Hours: Part-time up to 17 hours per week.  Approximate hours below. 

• M-F 8:00am-1:00pm
• M-F 1:00pm-5:00pm-Current Need

This position is on continuous recruitment, and are filled on an as-needed basis, depending specific department needs. You will only be contacted if there is a current need at the campus you indicated on your application and have met the qualifications/skills and experience that are required for the position.  Your applications will stay active for 1 year.

Location:

CT State Norwalk
188 Richards Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06854
**This position is not remote**
For more information, please visit the campus website or www.ct.edu/hr/jobs

CT State Community College Mission:

Connecticut State Community College provides access to academically rigorous and innovative education and training focused on student success. The college supports excellence in teaching and learning, makes data-informed decisions, promotes equity, and advances positive change for the students, communities and industries it serves.

CT State Community College Vision:

Connecticut State Community College is recognized for exceptional student success, educational leadership and transformative collaboration with business and industry, government, educational and key stakeholders while advancing diverse opportunities for Connecticut’s citizens and communities.

CT State Community Equity Statement:

Connecticut State Community College commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.

Anticipated Start Date: 

Continuous open recruitment

Position Summary:

Individual colleges within the Community College system provide child development centers, offering childcare, child development, nutrition and related services for the pre-school children of students, staff and citizens of communities in their respective service areas.  The colleges also offer academic programs in early childhood education.  The child development centers provide the collateral function of serving as laboratories for practical experience by early childhood education students.

The Child Development Assistant Teacher assists and participates in teaching, protecting and providing care for pre-school children in a Community College child development center.

Example of Job Duties:

Under the direction of the Director of Child Development Center or other administrator, the Child Development Assistant Teacher is accountable for contributing to the development, protection and care of children enrolled in the College’s Child Development Center through effective performance in these essential functional areas:

• Teaching, protecting and caring for children.
  • accountable for contributing to the learning and safety of assigned children in the College’s Child Development Center.
• Parent communication.
  • accountable for providing useful information to parents on their children’s progress.
• Center operation.
  • accountable for contributing to the operation of the Child Development Center.

This posting includes qualifications, experience and skills but is not limited to the full specifications stated in the job description.

Minimum Qualifications:

Associate’s degree in an appropriately related field. Experience in a related field is desirable. Or a combination of education, training and experience which would lead to the competencies required for successful performance of the position’s essential duties.

Incumbents are required to have demonstrated advanced knowledge and abilities in the following: 

• Early childhood education.
• Child development and learning principles and applications
• Child protection and care.

Candidates must possess proven ability to effectively work with culturally, linguistically, and ethnically diverse faculty, staff, and students. They are expected to have excellent oral and written communication skills along with strong Information technology literacy skills such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams etc.).

Special Requirements:

• Hold a valid First Aid, CPR, and Medication Administration Certificates approved by the OEC Division of Licensing; Health & Safety Training, Mandated Reporter Training or be willing to obtain one.
• Incumbents must be fingerprinted through the Office of Early Childhood and approved to work in a childcare setting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two (2) years of related experience working with preschool children and child development.
• Experience interacting with parents, children, student teachers, and staff.

Salary:

$34.06 hourly.

Application Instructions:

To apply you must submit a cover letter and resume. The cover letter may be entered as text in the corresponding box, or it can be uploaded as a combined file with the resume.  

Incomplete applications or those submitted after the closing date will not be considered and links to other sources to view resumes are not acceptable.

For more information or to apply via our website at www.ct.edu/hr/jobs

Background Screening:

All employment, if offered, is contingent upon proof of citizenship or employability under the requirement of the Immigration and Control Act (IRCA) and the successful passing of a background check, including granting permission to contact current and previous employers for verification. CSCU is committed to providing a safe campus community. Background investigations include reference checks, a criminal history record check and, when appropriate, a financial (credit) report or driving history check..

Continuing Notice of Nondiscrimination

CSCU does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, marital status, ancestry, present or past history of mental disorder, learning disability or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or criminal record. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas, PhD, MSW, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, (jchaisson-cardenas@commnet.edu).

CSCU IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER, M/F

Salary : $34