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Job Description: A. Establish and maintain safe, healthy learning environment. 1. Ensures the safety and health of children at all times: a. Checks child?s well-being upon their arrival. b. Maintains an accurate children?s attendance list. c. Implements system in place to keep unauthorized persons from taking children from the program. d. Maintains appropriate supervision of children at all times. e. Ensures that the staff/child ratio for the group to which they are assigned meets state Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) supervision requirements at all times and notifies the Site Director or their representative regarding the need for additional staff. f. Provides a safe, hazard-free environment, including reporting conditions of indoor and outdoor facilities, equipment, and material which may be dangerous or unsafe and taking appropriate steps to prevent children from using indoor and outdoor facilities, equipment, and material which may be dangerous and unsafe. g. Provides learning activities in the daily program that focus on health and safety. h. Administers first aid and CPR when necessary. i. Reports known or suspected instances of child abuse and neglect in accordance with agency policy and procedures and state law. 2. Prepares and maintains a stimulating, attractive, clean, orderly, and inviting program environment and keeps equipment sanitary and in good condition. 3. Assists with the food program, including, but not limited to, modeling sound eating patterns on the job. 4. Serves as bus monitor as assigned, ensuring the safety and well-being of children and other passengers being transported: a. Enforces safe riding practices, including, but not limited to, ensuring the use of car seats and/or seat belts. b. Maintains appropriate supervision of children being transported. c. Assists those children, parents, and other passengers who require assistance in entering and leaving the vehicle. d. Releases children only to persons designated by the parents in a written authorization. e. Communicates in a timely, accurate manner with program staff and children?s families. B. Advance physical and intellectual competence. 1. Plans and implements a program of developmentally-appropriate activities to meet the needs of the children in their care and in accordance with the agency?s policies, procedures, and philosophy. Ensures a balance of staff-led and child-initiated activities, allowing children long blocks of time to plan and carry out their self- selected projects. Facilitates child-directed activities by discussing what materials and other support they need for these activities. 2. Manages daily routines and transitions enthusiastically and creatively and in ways that meaningfully involve children in age- and individually-appropriate ways. Not limited you can find more details in the link. 3. Encourages children?s developing language and communication skills by talking with them throughout the program day, speaking clearly and listening to their responses, encouraging them to describe their projects and ideas, and providing opportunities for children to talk with one other. Helps children to acquire the English-language competence, while supporting children?s learning in their home language or dialect. C. Support social and emotional development and provide positive guidance. 1. Shows respect, consideration, warmth, and affection to the children in their care. Notices and attends promptly and directly to children?s needs, wants, and messages. Plans experiences to alleviate children?s fears and to reduce stress. Helps each child to know, accept, and take pride in themselves and to develop self-control and independence. 2. Helps newly enrolled children adjust to the program by introducing them to the other children in care and adults, acquainting them with the program environment and daily routines, and being sensitive to their individual needs.