Old Colony YMCA

Childcare Teacher Assistant

Old Colony YMCA  •  Massachusetts (Onsite)  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description

Join Our Team!

Are you fun, enthusiastic, upbeat, and passionate about working with children? Do you love making a difference, being creative, and working with a supportive team?

The Old Colony YMCA is seeking a fun, energetic, caring, and dependable Assistant Teacher to join our Early Learning Center team! The Assistant Teacher will support Lead Teachers in providing a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning environment for infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children while promoting the YMCA's core values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility.

If this sounds like you, apply today and become part of our YMCA family!

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist Lead Teachers with daily classroom activities, routines, and age-appropriate curriculum.
  • Provide a safe, positive, and welcoming environment for all children.
  • Support children's social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development through play and hands-on learning.
  • Assist with feeding, diapering, toileting, and other daily care needs.
  • Maintain a clean, organized classroom while following Massachusetts EEC regulations and YMCA policies.
  • Build positive relationships with children, families, and coworkers.
  • Work collaboratively with classroom staff and assist in other classrooms as needed.

Qualifications

  • Experience working with infants, toddlers, or preschool-aged children preferred.
  • EEC Assistant Teacher qualifications or certification preferred, but not required.
  • Understanding of child development and willingness to learn.
  • Must be patient, dependable, enthusiastic, and a team player.
  • Must meet all applicable EEC background check, training, and health and safety requirements.
  • Must be flexible with scheduling. Our operating hours are Monday-Friday 6:45 AM–5:30 PM.
Old Colony YMCA

About Old Colony YMCA

Website: www.oldcolonyymca.org

Twitter: @OldColonyYMCA

Facebook: www.facebook.com/oldcolonyymca.org

Instagram: @oldcolonyy

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/oldcolonyymca

Since 1887, Old Colony Y (OCY) has worked tirelessly to effect lasting personal and social change. Old Colony YMCA is a charitable, non-profit Association committed to the development of strong spirit, mind, and body, guided by Judeo-Christian principles, to enrich the quality of life for everyone in our communities. We believe that our mission is to assist all people to develop to their fullest potential and to respond to ever-changing community needs with a focus on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.

We are a regional provider of human services and health and wellness programming for children, families, adults, and seniors from many diverse communities. At OCY, we view traditional YMCA services – like fitness, swimming, child care, and camp – through an alternate lens; beyond their explicit benefits to the health and wellness of our members and participants, they are also an opportunity for deeper engagement.

Last year the Y served more than 141,000 people throughout Southeastern Massachusetts at branches in Brockton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Plymouth, Middleboro, Stoughton, and Taunton. While most Ys have a focus on positive youth development, Old Colony Y is unique in our commitment to serve the most “at risk” members of our community, ensuring that everyone has access to OCY services if they should need them. We are committed to strengthening our capacity to respond to changing communities and ensure that everyone (including persons of diverse culture, ethnicity, religion, ability, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic level, and skill) have access and are welcomed and fully engaged.

OCY is governed by a 62 member Board who are active, with committees that provide oversight to all aspects of our operations including a Fiscal Committee, a Program Committee which reviews program and quality compliance, as well as tracking progress on strategic planning goals. We are purposefully working toward ensuring that our board and staff are reflective of the communities we serve. As a diverse organization of people joined together by a shared commitment to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to learn, grown and thrive, we strive to provide employment and volunteer opportunities for individuals of all backgrounds.

We offer a vast menu of services and community programs, including:

• Seven full-facility branches (Brockton – Central/Youth, Easton, East Bridgewater, Middleboro, Plymouth, Stoughton, and Taunton)

• A multi-site child care branch (Community Based Child Care) operating 48 sites daily

• Five summer camps (Camp Clark, Camp Satucket, Camp Yomechas, YMCA Camp in Stoughton, and Camp Massasoit)

• A branch serving families experiencing homelessness (Family Services)

• A branch focused on chronic disease and well-being initiatives (Healthy Living)

• Residential/non-residential branch programs for adolescents (Social Services)

Industry
Nonprofit & NGOs
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Brockton, MA
Year Founded
1887
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