Early Learning Substitute

Looking for passionate brain builders to join us in impacting children during the critical 1st 2,000 days! At The Centers, we recognize that 90% of the brain is formed before a child even steps into a kindergarten classroom. As part of the Early Learning team, your work with infants to preschoolers will provide life-changing solutions to the children and families we serve.

About The Centers

The Centers fights for equity by healing, teaching, and inspiring individuals and families to reach their full potential. We provide health, family, and workforce services at 11 locations throughout Greater Cleveland, creating life-changing solutions for people to lead healthier and more successful lives.

Our Early Learning Centers and programs provides high-quality care for children during the critical first 2,000 days of life by operating seven high-quality early learning centers, serving children birth through five years old, in Cleveland and the inner-ring suburbs. Because of our high standards, all sites achieved a 5-Star rating on the Step-Up-To-Quality Rating and been recognized and selected to be part of Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) and PRE4CLE.

We strive to be an equitable, anti-racist, and service-oriented workplace that pioneers and co-creates solutions while fostering an inclusive community where our team members thrive.

Wellbeing and Benefits

Providing quality benefits to our staff is important to us. Just as important is our staff's well-being. That's why we offer a number of choices from medical to dental to vision plans to meet the different needs of our staff.

• Choice of medical and dental plans · Health Savings Account · Flexible Spending Account for Health and Dependent Care · Vision · Support for continuing education and credential renewal · Life Insurance · Retirement Savings (401k) with a company contribution · 457(b) Savings · Mental Health Support · Employee Assistance Program · Calm Subscription · Short and Long term Disability

Location

Substitute Teacher Assistants and Substitute Teachers may be asked to work at any one of the six (6) facilities in Cuyahoga County where The Centers provide Early Learning programs and services.

Job Summary

• Under the guidance of the classroom teachers, facilitates indoor and outdoor educational activities and child care routine to meet the identified needs of individuals and groups of children.

• Independently works one-on-one with children with special needs who are assigned to the classroom

• Assists with delivery, final preparation and distribution of daily meals, materials, and equipment to classroom as needed

• Cleans eating areas in the classroom after each meal is completed

• Completes accurate and timely paperwork related to assigned children including daily activity plans, attendance records, meal counts, heights and weights, and classroom observations

• Takes point of service meal counts at all meals/snacks

• Assists with the serving and cleanup of meal service

• Takes steps to ensure children have adequate time to eat, and are encouraged but not forced, to eat or taste food

• Holds any child who is still receiving a bottle at any meal time

• May assist with screening and assessments of individual children

• May provide support to other classrooms to maintain target staffing levels

• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Childhood Development Associate (CDA) or Associate degree in Early Childhood Education or equivalent preferred. High school diploma with experience and trainings may be considered. Students currently enrolled in a CDA or Associates degree program will also be considered.

The Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Other details

• Job Family Education

• Pay Type Hourly

• Min Hiring Rate $15.84

• Max Hiring Rate $16.33

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• Midtown Administration, 4500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America