ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT:
The Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP) creates and coordinates services that enhance the quality of life for Cambridge residents. Driven by the needs of residents, DHSP’s extensive services and programs touch almost every sector in the city: from newborns to senior citizens, from school-aged children to homeless families, from non-profit organizations to local employers.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
The Rotating Teacher supports the Preschool and Afterschool (kindergarten – 5th grade) programs by providing quality teaching support for full-time day programs.Quality teaching support entails actively contributing to a comfortable, safe, and stimulating childcare environment, which effectively meets the needs of children.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Rotating Teacher will report to the Program Assistant for daily/weekly scheduling, but receives direct supervision from the program’s staff, under the direction of the Program Manager.
The Rotating Teacher’s specific dutiesinclude, but are not limited, to the following:
Provide nurturing and socially responsive care to all children enrolled in the program.
Utilize an assets-based approach to working with children and families.
Assist teachers in the facilitation of learning activities. This may require working one-on-one with a child or with a small group.
In partnership with staff, ensure the safety of children while playing outdoors, on field trips, or while transitioning from one location to another.
Follow and implement the classroom’s behavior guidance policy and systems.
Assist teachers with a variety of classroom duties such as lunch and snack preparation. Maintain classroom, including classroom clean-up, as needed.
Under the supervision of site staff, maintain regular and respectful communication with parents regarding their child’s daily experiences in the program through daily conversations.
For long-term placements, fulfill some programmatic and/or administrative responsibilities.
Participate in various meetings called by the Division Head or Program Manager such as program orientations and training workshops, policy review, or DHSP required trainings.
Maintain professional knowledge through participation in required Department of Early Education and Care trainings as well as meeting the educational requirements established by the EEC and the City of Cambridge.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education and Experience
Applicant must be 21 years of age or older.
Minimum of HS Diploma/GED and 1 year of related experience; Associate Degree and 9 months half-time experience; or B.A. with 6 months half-time experience.
First Aid and CPR trained preferred or must complete training within 6 months of hire date.
Applicant must successfully pass the EEC background record check process, which includes a CORI, SORI, DCF
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Applicant is required to be available from 7:30 AM-6:00 PM daily.
Adhere to all Massachusetts EEC regulations as well as those established by the Childcare Division, DHSP, or the City of Cambridge.
Always maintain professional manner.
The City of Cambridge’s workforce, like the community it serves, is diverse. Applicants must have the ability to work and interact effectively with individuals and groups with a variety of identities, cultures, backgrounds, and ideologies.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS, WORKING CONDITIONS, WORK FLEXIBILITY AND ACCOMODATIONS
Ability to move with agility including the ability to kneel to be at a child’s eye level.
Ability to hear children who speak in a soft voice or mumble words when distressed.
Ability to run after children in play and to respond to an emergency.
Ability to use hands and arms to move, reach, handle, and manipulate objects in the classroom.
Ability to see is required for the supervision of children.
Ability to lift a child (up to 40 pounds).
The work environment includes classroom and outdoor playgrounds and occasional field trips.
The noise level in the work environment is moderate to very loud.
Ability to travel from one site to another as needed.
OF BENEFITS:
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
Please upload the below documents to complete your application:
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, a nexus of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Notably, Cambridge is home to two internationally prominent universities, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. According to a 2008 census estimate the city population was 105,594. It is the fourth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, Worcester, and Springfield. Cambridge is one of the two county seats of Middlesex County (Lowell is the other).
The site for what would become Cambridge was chosen in December 1630, because it was located safely up river from Boston Harbor, which made it easily defensible from attacks by enemy ships. The first houses were built in the spring of 1631. The settlement was initially referred to as "the newe towne". Official Massachusetts records show the name capitalized as Newe Towne by 1632. Located at the first convenient Charles River crossing west of Boston, Newe Towne was one of a number of towns (including Boston, Dorchester, Watertown, and Weymouth) founded by the 700 original Puritan colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Colony under governor John Winthrop. The original village site is in the heart of today's Harvard Square. The marketplace where farmers brought in crops from surrounding towns to sell survives today as the small park at the corner of John F. Kennedy (J.F.K.) and Winthrop Streets, then at the edge of a salt marsh, since filled.
