20 – 29 Hours | Hours may vary each semester dependent upon enrollment and ages of the children. Flexible schedule to meet department needs.  Hours will be Monday through Thursday between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.; and Fridays between 7:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

Target Hiring Rate

Responsible for teaching/supervising in all preschool curricular areas and providing for the needs of the children while in the care of the MCC Children's Learning Center 

• Attend and participate constructively at staff meetings
• Implement teaching methods consistent with the Center’s curriculum model and the methods taught in the Early Childhood Education Program
• Assist in maintaining DCFS licensing standards and the national accreditation guidelines
• Report child abuse as mandated by law
• Resolve conflicts with children and with parents, when appropriate
• Decide upon and use behavioral techniques appropriate for educational needs of children
• Promote and supervise activities for children which encourage healthy emotional, social cognitive and physical development
• Be responsive to children
• Interact, when appropriate, in children’s activities
• Maintain a clean and orderly environment
• Communicate with parents in a positive manner
• Set up and clean up in the classroom as necessary
• Serve as a professional role model for ECE students and the childcare community at large
• Must maintain and document 15 clock hours of professional activities each year to meet DCFS standards
• Use computers (in the office and classroom), laminator, copy machine, and audiovisual equipment
• Additional duties as assigned by immediate supervisor

60 college credits with 6 of those credits in courses directly related to early childhood education or child development from birth to age 8. Experience in a licensed preschool, child care facility

OR

 30 college credits with 6 of those credits in courses directly related to early childhood education or child development from birth to age 8, and one year (1560 clock hours) of experience in a licensed preschool child care center or kindergarten