Daycare Teacher - Christian Hospital

Daycare Teacher

Join Christian's team as a Daycare Teacher! Our daycare is available to all BJC & Wash U employees and cares for children ages 0-6 years. Full time (40 hours) Expected Shift: Monday – Friday from 9 am to 7:30 pm No weekends Located at the Child Development Center - 11133 Dunn Rd, St. Louis, MO 63136 Paid time off Tuition Assistance 401K Health, dental and vision start within 30 days

Christian Hospital has been serving St. Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903. U.S. News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No. 5 in St. Louis for overall clinical excellence and No. 9 in Missouri, which puts us in the top 6% of all hospitals in the state! The U.S. News adult methodology ranks clinical specialties and rates common care procedures and conditions. Christian was nationally ranked as "high performing" in the clinical specialty of geriatrics and in the following seven of 21 common procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia and stroke. High performing in a specialty means we were in the top 10% nationally of all evaluated hospitals for that specialty or procedure and condition. Northwest HealthCare, six miles west of Christian, offers 24-hour emergency care, the Sleep Disorders Center and a variety of outpatient diagnostic and imaging services. The Child Care Center develops and maintains a professional early childhood education program. The department is responsible for the general classroom management of children creating a "hands on" learning environment that addresses the child's individual needs - socially, emotionally, cognitively and physically.

Role Purpose

Provides nurturing and supportive interactions with children and assists teachers in implementing a developmentally appropriate program designed to encourage each child's social, emotional, physical and intellectual growth.

Responsibilities

• Builds positive working relationships with team as a model of appropriate behavior for children and obtaining clock hour training per accreditation/licensing requirements.
• Communicates effectively by being friendly, nurturing, and building bonds with children, assist in providing daily written documentation and helping to keep children's portfolios current and by building positive relationships.
• Assists teachers in providing a child-centered learning environment by organizing learning centers and providing activities and materials to support children's developmental and educational needs, stimulating creativity and curiosity, and giving children a sense of security. Contribute to writing and implementing developmentally appropriate lesson plans using a variety of resources, of interest to the children, and pertinent to the goals established for the needs of individual children and always maintains a global view/supervision of children and child/staff ratio at all times.
• Helps facilitates an environment of healthy social and emotional development by using positive guidance techniques and redirection, encouraging and modeling responsibility and respect, by recognizing and supporting children's personalities, learning styles, and individual differences.

Minimum Requirements

Education: High School Diploma or GED

Experience: <2 years

Preferred Requirements

Licenses & Certifications: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we're committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date Disability insurance* paid for by BJC Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution 401(k) plan with BJC match Tuition Assistance available on first day BJC Institute for Learning and Development Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time Adoption assistance

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer