Daycare Teacher

Job Description

The North Penn YMCA is hiring Daycare Teachers for our Lansdale Area Family YMCA Branch. (DHS Group Supervisor designation)

Responsibilities:

• Greets each child and parent daily; communicates often and professionally with families, children and staff
• Supervises the children, classroom, and all activities always maintaining child/staff ratios
• Develop and maintain lesson plans
• Conducts and documents all state required emergency drills
• Provide and maintain a safe and healthy environment for children and staff
• Maintain daily open communication with parents
• Assesses each child’s developmental needs both formally and informally using designated assessment/ screening tools. Makes referrals as needed. Establishes/ monitors individual goals for children. Documents evidence to be used for curriculum planning and assessment including ongoing, systematic observations on each child.
• Collects, records and maintains all necessary information/documentation for student records, funding and other projects; enters data into appropriate systems in a consistent and timely fashion
• Assists in ensuring compliance with all YMCA, PA DPW licensing, and STARS requirements
• Maintain quality service by following organization standards
• Must maintain harmonious relations with all outreach facilities/sites
• Ability to process, understand and respond appropriately to emergency situations
• Supervise teaching assistants and volunteers
• Hold parent conferences, as required
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed (i.e. participation in branch-wide activities and events as a team leader)
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications.
• Perform any other functions necessary for the smooth and efficient operation of the North Penn YMCA
  
  

Qualifications:

• Requires Associate or Bachelor Degree from accredited institution in child development, elementary education, or related field
• Requires 2 years previous experience in an early care and education setting; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Requires Pediatric First Aid, CPR, AED certification
• Effective Communication; written, oral and through presentations
• Must have strong collaborative work ethic
• Ability to interact with people of all ethnic backgrounds, ages, and lifestyles
  
  

Benefits:

• 8% employer contribution to your YMCA pension plan
• YMCA Membership
• Discount on programs and childcare
• Exceptional growth potential for your role and career
  
  

Contact Bella Carlo at bellac@Northpennymca.org for more information.

YMCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer All Qualified Women, Minorities, Persons with Disabilities, and US Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Company Description

The Y is a powerful association of men, women and children of all ages and from all walks of life joined together by a shared passion: to strengthen the foundations of community. At the Y, we are for YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, HEALTHY LIVING and SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

It is the mission of the North Penn YMCA to make the community we serve a better place to live. Through programs and activities, we strive to enrich and strengthen families; provide wholesome, supervised recreation; offer positive learning, leadership and character development opportunities; and promote wellness for all people, regardless of ability to pay.

Established in 1955, we have a long history of providing programs and services for children, teens, seniors, families and those with special needs in the North Penn, Indian Valley, and Perkiomen Valley communities. We service 20,000 members at three facilities located in Lansdale, Harleysville, and Franconia Township. Plus, we provide on-site childcare at schools in two local school districts and offer outreach programs in multiple locations.

Our YMCA programs teach the core values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility and continue our tradition of emphasis upon youth, health and wellness, and meeting needs in the community we serve. We have always grown from within its community and is a reflection of the community itself in diversity and values. We are an open and inclusive organization and welcomes people of all races, religions, incomes and abilities.

No one is turned away because of an inability to pay at our YMCA. To offer the broadest possible access to YMCA programs and to provide for those individuals and community groups who may not be able to afford the full cost of our programs, services and facilities, we engage in fundraising through an annual campaign, special events at the branch and association levels, grants, bequests, or individual, corporate or foundation support.

The Y is a powerful association of men, women and children of all ages and from all walks of life joined together by a shared passion: to strengthen the foundations of community. At the Y, we are for YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, HEALTHY LIVING and SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. It is the mission of the North Penn YMCA to make the community we serve a better place to live. Through programs and activities, we strive to enrich and strengthen families; provide wholesome, supervised recreation; offer positive learning, leadership and character development opportunities; and promote wellness for all people, regardless of ability to pay. Established in 1955, we have a long history of providing programs and services for children, teens, seniors, families and those with special needs in the North Penn, Indian Valley, and Perkiomen Valley communities. We service 20,000 members at three facilities located in Lansdale, Harleysville, and Franconia Township. Plus, we provide on-site childcare at schools in two local school districts and offer outreach programs in multiple locations. Our YMCA programs teach the core values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility and continue our tradition of emphasis upon youth, health and wellness, and meeting needs in the community we serve. We have always grown from within its community and is a reflection of the community itself in diversity and values. We are an open and inclusive organization and welcomes people of all races, religions, incomes and abilities. No one is turned away because of an inability to pay at our YMCA. To offer the broadest possible access to YMCA programs and to provide for those individuals and community groups who may not be able to afford the full cost of our programs, services and facilities, we engage in fundraising through an annual campaign, special events at the branch and association levels, grants, bequests, or individual, corporate or foundation support.