EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ASSISTANT TEACHER

Salary:

Minimum $18.20 HOURLY
Depending on Qualifications
This is a full-time appointment. The starting hourly rate is $18.20 or higher based on qualifications and includes a competitive retirement and benefits package.

Job Summary:

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Join the Eagle's Wing Assistant Teachers team with other teaching staff to provide high quality, child centered care and education programming for children in a child-initiated learning environment. This includes a strong focus on developmentally appropriate, engaging, anti-bias and peace education activities within a play-based curriculum.

UW-Madison provides excellent benefits, including competitive insurance and retirement programs, generous paid leave time, additional sick leave, and paid legal holidays throughout the year!

Responsibilities:

Assists with curriculum preparation, classroom facilitation, and student monitoring to ensure safety and foster an environment of learning and development. Interacts regularly with parents.

• 40% Assists with the planning and facilitation of classroom programming and classroom coordination and organization for a early childhood education facility according to established curriculums
• 15% Maintains the safety and physical well-being of children in a designated classroom
• 15% Updates and organizes individualized and developmental educational plans for children
• 15% Assists with basic technical and administrative classroom support
• 15% Documents effective communication with internal and external stakeholders to relay pertinent information and provide updates of child activities per established guidelines and regulations

Tasks:

• Demonstrates and role models exceptional customer service.
• Perform duties in a highly diverse childcare center that provides early-childhood, 4K, and school-age programs.
• Performs duties that support a multicultural, inclusive, and anti-bias approach to learning and educational environment.
• Provide support and assist as needed in the implementation of plans and procedures in the event of an emergency.
• Work in accordance with licensing rules and city/national accreditation standards.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Education:

Preferred
Associate's degree in Early Childhood Education or related field preferred.

Qualifications:

- Experience in an early childhood setting with infants, toddlers and/or preschoolers required
- Completion of Introduction to the Child Care Profession course or equivalent required
- One year of experience in a full-day Early Childhood program or related field preferred

COVID-19 Considerations:

UW-Madison continues to follow necessary health and safety protocols to protect our campus from COVID-19. All employees remain subject to the COVID-19 Workplace Safety Policy: https://policy.wisc.edu/library/UW-5086 . Please visit https://covidresponse.wisc.edu for the most up-to-date information.

Work Schedule:

Primary schedule for this position is 8:45am - 5:15pm, Monday through Friday. Schedule will be determined upon hire.

Schedule alterations as operations and position expectations demand.

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable


Additional Information:

A criminal background check will be conducted on finalist(s).

First-time employee must complete a physical exam (at their own cost) and provide proof of a negative TB skin test prior to the first day of employment, again every 2- 5 years.

The worker must be able to perform the following physical job demands throughout the workday with or without a reasonable accommodation. A reasonable accommodation is a modification to the job, an employment practice, or the work environment that permits the employee to perform his or her job duties successfully, without causing significant difficulty or disruption in the workplace, or posing a health or safety threat.
- The ability to visually monitor children continuously throughout the day
- The ability to get up and down from the floor and small chairs on a continuous basis throughout the day
- The ability to bend, reach and lift children up to 40 pounds frequently throughout the day

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

University Housing may communicate with you about your application status using a text messaging service. To opt-out please reply "STOP" to text messages received or contact University Housing HR at hr@housing.wisc.edu or 608-262-2766. Message and data rates may apply.

How to Apply:

Please submit a resume within the online application system.

Please identify three professional references that will be able to speak towards your performance in your current and/or most recent positions. University Housing requires that at least two of the three references be either your current or most recent supervisors. When listing your references to contact, please include the following information:
-Name
-Title of their position and relationship to you
-Phone number
-E-mail address

Online applications must be received by 11:55pm on the deadline listed. We are unable to consider incomplete application materials. Applications for this position may be considered for future vacancies in this title within University Housing, including those which may have a different work schedule.

Contact:

LaShana Miller
hr@housing.wisc.edu
608-262-2766
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Official Title:

Early Child Edu Asst Teacher(TL016)

Department(s):

A858020-UNIVERSITY HOUSING/EAGLES WING CHILD CARE

Employment Class:

University Staff-Ongoing

Job Number:

266793-CP



The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department .

Applications Open: Sep 12 2022 Central Daylight Time
Applications Close: Sep 26 2022 11:55 PM Central Daylight Time