Join the Ann Arbor YMCA Child Development Center as an Early Preschool Assistant Teacher for the Maple Room. We're a team that believes in creating spaces for unlikely connections and lasting impact. We're welcoming, genuine, hopeful, nurturing, and determined individuals who strive to make our community stronger.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Associate degree or higher in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Child Development or related field strongly preferred
- Minimum of two years' experience working as an Assistant Teacher in the Child Care program
- Minimum of three years' experience working with children and families
- Previous experience in a NAEYC Accredited program preferred
- Basic Microsoft Office software proficiency required
- Ability to learn and use YMCA specific software within 14 days of hire
- CPR and First Aid Certification strongly preferred
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Flexibility and ability to work in a team setting
- Physical examination, including satisfactory TB test, six months prior to beginning work or 30 days after
- Patient, high energy, and goal-oriented attitude
- Ability to be responsive to the needs, wants, and interests of both the parents and youth enrolled in the Child Care programs
- Multi-lingual ability preferred
- Ability to walk, stand, and sit for long periods of time
- Ability to assist an average size child up to 50 pounds
- Ability to lift and carry food and supplies weighing up to 20 pounds
- Ability to stand or sit while maintaining alertness for several hours at a time
- Ability to speak concisely and effectively communicate
- Visual and auditory ability to respond to critical situations and physical ability to act swiftly in an emergency
- Ability to view/enter data for long periods of time