Overview of the Daycare Teacher role
A Daycare Teacher is responsible for creating a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for young children. They plan and implement educational activities that promote cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development while ensuring children's well-being and safety.
Job Title:
Daycare Teacher Role: Full-time/ Onsite
Work Days: Monday to Friday ( Alternate Saturday working)
Timings: Will be discussed
Classroom Management
● Ensuring age-appropriate resources are labelled and accessible for use
. ● Ensuring children records, teacher’s corner is updated with accurate information.
● Maintain a clean and safe environment, welcoming for children.
● Display boards and children’s work is always updated.
● Ensuring children bags and belongings are neatly stored away and mindfully packed everyday for return to home.
● Ensuring meal and nap arrangement is led on time.
Learning Engagement
● Ensuring adherence to the daily schedules and routine of the children.
● Providing seven areas of learning environment as per EYFS curriculum for children.
● Follow the activity planner of Daycare.
● Ensuring children transition to different activities and learning spaces smoothly. Adapt lessons to children's interests and learning styles.
● Adapt to children's moods and interests to keep them engaged.
● Help new children to settle swiftly following in the settling policy.
● Lead children to outdoor and indoor area play.
● Use creative ways of storytelling, play based learning, role play etc for learning
● Demonstrate kindness, patience, and active listening.
● Incorporate movement, music, and sensory activities.
● Foster confidence in children by planning hands-on and child led activities.
● Guide children with gentle expectations for correcting behaviour.
● Children coming from afterschool or children transitioning from morning to daycare should blend smoothly by helping in changing uniform, meals and transitioning them to sleep or daycare activities.
● Aid older daycare children in case of homework supervision.
● Prepare for special days and events as per the annual calendar.
● Provide attentive and nurturing care to children.
Communication with parents
● Provide an update of each child's day, including meals, naps, and activities daily.
● Use a parent communication app.
● Always be updated with child’s meal, care, nap, schedule requirements.
● Encourage parent Involvement in events and school initiatives.
● Be able to conduct parent-teacher meetings successfully by handling concerns professionally
● Address behavioural or developmental concerns with parents sensitively. Maintain a positive and collaborative relationship with families. Communicate regularly with parents about their child's development and progress.
Health & safety compliance
● Carrying out risk assessment for classrooms and keeping office informed for corrective measures.
● Ensuring children are always in ratio of adult supervision.
● Child should always be attended by an adult.
● Always be informed about allergies and illness of the child and display information as necessary for other team members who are responsible for care.
● Incidents should be reported in a timely and transparent manner.
● Keeping children in hygienic and safe conditions. Ensuring classrooms are naturally ventilated during the day and is kept odour free.
● Ensuring children are served fresh and hygienic meals.
● Children are provided with clean dairy products and bottles for feeding.
● Children diapering and toileting needs attended promptly. Ensuring facilities are cleaned and maintained by nannies.
Additional responsibilities
● Coordinate and participate in school events.
● Help in preparing centre displays.
● Provide substitute assistance in the absence of other team members.
Educational Qualifications:
● Graduation in any discipline.
● Degree in Early Childhood Education (preferred).
● First Aid and CPR Certification (optional)
Work Experience:
● Minimum 1-2 years of experience in a childcare care setting with young people.
Skills:
● Patient, nurturing and love for working with children.
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
● Mobile and social media savvy. ● Confident in using parent app.
● Be able to work on MS-office with basic skills for developing planner and schedules.
● Creativity and ability to prepare and design display boards and decorations.
● Strong organizational and time management skills. Additional Information
● Flexibility: Ability to adapt to changing schedules and needs of children.
● Willing to move between different age groups of children ranging from infants to 10 years.
● Team Player: Work collaboratively with other teachers and staff.
● Physical Stamina: Ability to actively engage with children throughout the day.
● Maintain high discipline for attendance and timeliness.
Pay: ₹15,000.00 - ₹25,000.00 per month
Work Location: In person
