Flex Classroom Support Professional

JOB SUMMARY

The Flex Classroom Support Professional (Flex CSP) serves all Indianapolis based centers. Each day, the Flex CSP could work out of a different center and/or classroom based on business needs. The successful incumbent will flex to meet the needs of our centers by being highly adaptable, contributing positively to each center’s unique culture, and championing Early Learning Indiana’s approach to teaching and learning. Additionally, the Flex CSP implements pre-planned lessons and maintains already established routines, rituals and structures to support individualized care for each child and steward parent relationships.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate at least daily with the Flex School Leader to understand upcoming schedules and centers’ needs for coverage. Adapts to schedule changes based on Day Early Learning needs, sometimes last-minute.
• When onsite at a center, communicate clearly with the center’s School Leader and other staff to understand how you can be best utilized to support their team and complete the essential responsibilities of a Classroom Support Professional including:
  • Assist in the implementation of developmentally appropriate individual and group lessons to stimulate growth in language, literacy, mathematical, cognitive, physical, and social skills that are responsive to the evolving learning needs of each child.
  • Assist in preparing and managing an engaging environment that encourages children’s independence and self-selection of learning activities.
  • Establish warm and responsive relationships that allow each child to feel recognized, acknowledged and secure.
  • Maintain an environment that is safe and nurturing by aiding children in self-care, implementing a daily schedule and classroom rules and providing support for children to regulate their own behavior.
  • Maintain a healthy, safe and clean environment for children and colleagues.
  • Adhere to all regulatory standards, rules and requirements, including those for NAEYC accreditation, Paths to QUALITY™, CACFP and Indiana child care center licensing.
  • Conduct and document regular, objective observations of children’s learning.
  • Communicate with families to relay information regarding each child’s day and information from the teacher and/or program.
• Other duties as assigned to advance the mission of Early Learning Indiana.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, & OTHER REQUIREMENTS

An individual must have the following education and/or experience.

• High School Diploma (or equivalent) required.
• Minimum six (6) months of Day Early Learning classroom experience. 1 years preferred.
• Child Development Associate (CDA) or higher education preferred.

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS

The successful team member will demonstrate individual competency in the following areas:

• High degree of flexibility and adaptability
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong time management skills
• Creative problem solving
• Ability to build and nurture relationships
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and be detail-oriented
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to work independently, resourcefully seek answers, and remove obstacles
• Having a customer service orientation
• Accountability and taking ownership

WORK CONTEXT

The requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The team member frequently is required to:
  • Stand, walk, sit
  • Use hands and fingers to handle books, paper, technology
  • Use computer and other electronic equipment and technology
  • See and read
  • Communicate with multiple audiences, including children, colleagues, and management
  • Reach with hands and arms
  • Stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl
• The team member must frequently lift children or equipment up to 35 pounds.
• The team member must occasionally lift children or equipment up to 50 pounds.
• This team member will travel up to 100% of the work week, visiting multiple centers within Indianapolis.
  • Access to reliable transportation required.
• Legally able to work in the United States for any employer.

The statements contained herein describe the scope of the responsibility and essential functions of this position but should not be considered an all-inclusive list of work requirements.

Employment with Early Learning Indiana is contingent upon satisfactorily completing pre-employment requirements. Pre-employment screenings include, but are not limited to, criminal background and drug screenings. Employment with Early Learning Indiana is at-will.

ABOUT EARLY LEARNING INDIANA

Early Learning Indiana is a nonprofit organization on a mission to ensure children throughout Indiana are empowered with essential skills to be successful in kindergarten and beyond. We practice what we teach by operating a network of premier, community-based schools – called Day Early Learning centers – where we advance the science of early education, invest in a new generation of teaching, and instill essential skills in over 1,000 children each day. Building on more than a century of experience, Early Learning Indiana also serves as a leading voice and advocate for the transformation of Indiana’s early learning landscape by addressing systemic barriers to access, affordability, and quality. Learn more about us at EarlyLearningIn.org.

Early Learning Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all team members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sex, citizenship status, military status, marital status, amnesty, or other status protected by law.