Child Care Assistant Ii - Laney ( 2 Positions)

Under immediate supervision, performs a variety of early childhood education-related duties.
This is normally a full-time position with a work schedule of five days and 40 hours/week. Duties are normally performed 10 months a year. May be required to work some evenings and Saturdays during peak periods, such as registration, audits, fiscal year-end, graduation, etc.

Possession of a Child Development Associate Teacher Permit or a Regular Children’s Center Instructional Permit is required as a condition of employment.
OR
2. Completion of a minimum of twelve (12) semester units of course work in early childhood education/child development(exclusive of field work) including at least one course in each of the following core areas:

• Programs/curriculum
• Child, family and community, or child and family relations; infant/toddler;
• Child/human growth and development;

AND
3. Fifty (50) days of experience in an instructional capacity in a child care and development program, working at least three hours per day within the last two years. (Experience may include paid and/or volunteer work.)
4. Knowledge of early childhood education as related to child development and infant/toddler or nursery school programs.
5. Ability to work effectively, within a team structure and relate to parents, students and staff of various ethnic backgrounds.
6. Possession of valid certification in Pediatric CPR, First Aid and health & safety practices.
7. Applicant must have demonstrated cultural competency, sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college staff, faculty, and student