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Daycare teacher

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Français
  • Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • College/CEGEP
  • Education, general
  • Early childhood education and teaching
  • Child development

Work site environment

  • Non-smoking

Work setting

  • Urban area
  • Day care centre or nursery school

Tasks

  • Assess the children's development in order to prepare a learning plan tailored to his needs.
  • Bathe, diaper and feed infants and toddlers
  • Develop and implement child-care programs that support and promote the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children
  • Maintain daycare equipment
  • Storytelling
  • Synthesize the overall situation of the children and communicate the information to the parents
  • Lead activities by telling or reading stories, teaching songs and taking children to local points of interest
  • Encourage children to express creativity through the media of art, dramatic play, music and physical activity
  • Guide and assist children in the development of proper eating, dressing and toilet habits
  • Prepare snacks and arrange rooms or furniture for lunch and rest periods
  • Observe children for signs of potential learning or behavioural problems and prepare reports for parents, guardians or supervisor
  • Discuss progress and problems of children at staff meetings
  • Establish guidelines for behaviour
  • Attend staff meetings to discuss progress and problems of children
  • Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with co-workers and community service providers working with children
  • Plan and maintain an environment that protects the health, security and well-being of children

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Food allergy and anaphylaxis training
  • CPR Certificate

Target audience

  • Children

Area of specialization

  • Pre-school education

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Vulnerable sector check

Transportation/travel information

  • Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Manual dexterity

Personal suitability

  • Punctuality
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Creativity
  • Ability to multitask

Experience

  • 1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

  • Day

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • On-site daycare available
  • Team building opportunities
  • Parking available