Job Details

Child Development Specialist

Job ID: 300344
Location: Statesboro, Georgia
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular

Job Summary

Serve as Lead Teacher in an infant, toddler, and/or preschool classroom. Plan and implement developmentally appropriate activities designed to develop a range of social, cognitive, emotional, physical, language, and aesthetic skills for individual and/or groups of children within a specified age range, working in the child development center. Supervise and train Georgia Southern University lab students and the mission of a lab school.

Responsibilities

• Attend staff meetings and family engagement events
• Attend training and meet required number of training hours
• Plan daily program activities for classroom with consideration for individual needs of students
• Manages overall classroom environment while effectively implementing activities and routines
• Vary original plans to meet unexpected circumstances/group needs
• Ensure safety and supervision of children in indoor and outdoor areas
• Maintain a clean, healthy and safe environment
• Coordinate and implement classroom activities and the classroom environment according to standards of NAEYC, DECAL, and Child Development Center
• Work cooperatively to prepare and implement activities
• Supervise children
• Orient and provide guidance and feedback to lab students
• Collaborate with other professionals (therapists, researchers, professors, supervisors, etc.) in child development
• Report daily activities/events to parents in a professional manner
• Create and update children's developmental portfolios
• Conduct parent/teacher conferences

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or related disciplines

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Educational Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Human and Family Development and 5 years experience working with young children
Pediatric CPR/First Aid