Job Description

Title: Registered Infant/Toddler/Preschool Educator (RECE)
Reports to: Child Care Leadership Team
Term: 1 Year Contract – 12 months per year, 40 hours per week (flexibility required)
Hours: Various based on program need
Deadline: OPEN UNTIL FILLED

Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg provides wholistic programs and service for Indigenous children, youth, families, and communities that are rooted in culture and language. Our vision is to provide high quality programming that fosters identity formation and creates a sense of belonging.

Under the direction of the Child Care Manager the RECEs are responsible for engaging children in early learning activities in a licensed childcare setting.

Duties and Responsibilities
• Responsible for the constant supervision, safety, and well-being of the children.
• Engaging children and families in early learning and cultural activities.
• Support the inclusion of all children in the early learning environment.
• Creating pedagogical documentation.
• Recognizes and responds to the needs of each child by using developmentally appropriate teaching and child behaviour management techniques.
• Shares in the responsibility for planning, preparing, and implementing stimulating, age-appropriate activities that encourage children’s creativity, learning, and promote each child’s social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development.
• Establishes and maintains regular communication with parents.
• Ensures the program operates at all times in compliance with all child care licensing standards.
• Must know and implement program routines and practices; Ontario Child Care and Early Years Act (CCEYA) regulations; the City of Hamilton Public Health Department guidelines.
• Shares responsibility for maintaining the play environments and storage areas in an organized and clutter-free condition.
• Participates in regular fire drills and other emergency procedures.
• Participates in ongoing professional development and attends/maintains all mandatory training.
• Participates in the supervision, training, and mentoring of students and supply teachers.
• Assists the Childcare Supervisor in maintaining a safe and healthy work environment by promptly reporting any existing and/or potential workplace hazards.
• Performs other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Childcare Supervisor or Program Coordinator.
• Informs the Program Coordinator or Childcare Manager of any necessary upkeep, repairs, maintenance, and replacement of equipment and supplies to ensure safety and security standards are maintained.
• Follows all policies and procedures of Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg and any relevant and related legislation.
• Monthly completion and submission of all reports as required.
• Participate in monthly staff meeting.
• Other duties as required or assigned by the Childcare Manager, or delegate.

Specific Job Competencies
• Practical knowledge of How Does Learning Happen? Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years.
• Open to learning the importance of Indigenous Language and Cultural Traditions.
• Knowledgeable or willing to understand historical trauma and intergenerational trauma of Indigenous peoples.
• Ability to engage with the children and connect with Mother Earth during land base programming.
• Able to identify key issues; creatively and strategically overcome internal and external challenges or obstacles.
• Genuinely committed to helping children learn.
• Able to use a wide range of administrative software including MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Required to assist children in toileting procedures.