Child Development Specialist

Job Type: Staff

Department: McCarthy Child Development Center

Basic Function:

College of the Desert is located in Palm Desert, California, the geographic center of the beautiful Coachella Valley. Nestled among the backdrop of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountains in eastern Riverside County, the Coachella Valley is a resort community that offers over 100 golf courses and a wide array of outdoor activities such as tennis, hiking, horseback riding, hot air ballooning, polo, bicycling, rock climbing and swimming.

Founded in 1958, this two-year public college serves over 400,000 residents of eight local cities and the students of the Palm Springs, Desert Sands and Coachella Valley school districts. College of the Desert offers certificates and two-year Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees.

College of the Desert is a federally recognized Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI ), with almost 70% of the student body identifying as Hispanic. The Coachella Valley community recently passed a $577 million bond measure, allowing for College of the Desert to improve its current facilities and expand its campus locations. These improvements and expansion will assist with College of the Desert's goals of providing an education to students inside and outside of the Coachella Valley.

The McCarthy Family Child Development & Training Center is the lab school for the Early Childhood Education program. The center is licensed for 112 children from 12 months through kindergarten. The center is regulated by Title 22 and Title 5.

BASIC FUNCTION

Under the direction of the Director, Child Development Center, perform a variety of instructional and clerical duties designed to assist the Director in the planning and implementation of developmentally appropriate programs and services for children 12 months to 5 years of age, in the McCarthy Family Child Development and Training Center which includes supervision of Early Childhood Education lab students, student workers, volunteers and groups of children; plan, develop and implement lesson plans for assigned groups of children.

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

Bargaining Unit Position, Range 9

This position is 20 hours a week/9 months a year

Schedule for this position is Monday-Thursday, 5:00pm - 10:00 pm

Schedule may change based on District need

Representative Duties:

• Provide continuous supervision of assigned groups of children to assure safety and welfare; refer ill or injured children to the Director.

• Plan, oversee and implement an age appropriate children’s program in accordance with state regulations and the policies of the Child Development Center; ; prepare daily lesson plans and design, plan and implement developmentally age-appropriate curriculum according to state funding terms and conditions and center goals and objectives.

• Observe the behavior and health of children continually throughout the period of attendance; provide and promote appropriate guidance and discipline techniques to children; document and collect skill samples in accordance with state Desired Results forms, for use in children’s assessments, evaluations and lesson plans; maintain a portfolio on each child.

• Provide direction and oversee student workers and lab students in the classroom and in assuring the smooth coordination of classroom activities and student/child relationships; support staff and lab students in the implementation of lesson plans; plan, direct and evaluate the work of College students assigned to the learning laboratory.

• Under the Director’s supervision, communicate with parents on a daily basis, gathering input and giving feedback on the child’s progress; conduct bi-annual parent conferences sharing pertinent information in the child’s growth and development based on the analysis of the Desired Results Development Profile; conduct special conferences as required.

• Perform a variety of administrative duties involved in daily attendance, meal counts, medications control and others; operate a computer and a variety of software applications to create documents, planning forms and learning materials.

• Perform housekeeping tasks and maintain a safe, clean, and healthy learning environment that is inviting and supportive of ethnic, cultural, and family diversity; maintain, and store equipment and supplies used in the course of daily activities.

• Set-up and maintain physical environments in accordance with the state standards, Environmental Rating Scales, adapting to the current needs and interest of the children; maintain current inventory of classroom supplies; open and close facility as necessary; plan, provide and evaluate indoor and outdoor learning environments.

• Administer health checks to students upon arrival at the Center.

• Participate in staff meetings, staff development activities and workshops.

• Communicate effectively orally and in writing.

• In the temporary absence of the Director, serve as acting director and designated contact person.

• Perform related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Any combination equivalent to: graduation from high school supplemented by twenty-four (24) units early childhood education/child development (ECE /CD) including core courses and sixteen (16) General Education (GE) units and two (2) years of experience as a teacher, tutor, instructional aid; or completion of an associate degree or higher in early childhood education/child development or related field, including three (3) semester units supervised field experience in ECE setting; or the equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

Three (3) theory units specific to the infant/toddler in early childhood education and development.

Knowledge of:

Fundamentals and basic subject matter, terminology, techniques, equipment and materials used in the McCarthy Family Child Development and Training Center; general child growth and development principles; appropriate curriculum practices for infants, toddlers and preschoolers; methods and procedures of preparing instructional materials; methods of observing, evaluating and recording child behavior; college and Center policies; child care abuse reporting regulations; community resources available to parents; basic record-keeping; appropriate safety precautions and procedures.

Ability to:

Apply methods and procedures to be followed in an instructional situation; apply theoretical concepts of child psychology to concrete situations; plan, develop and implement a developmentally; appropriate program for infants, toddlers and preschoolers; communicate effectively both orally and in writing; learn, interpret and apply departmental and District policies, rules and regulations; establish discipline for young children; lift and carry children; understand and follow oral and written instructions; perform routine clerical work; work independently with little direction at a variety of assignments; work cooperatively with others; apply basic first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; direct and provide input to evaluation of ECE students working in the classroom as a laboratory assignment.

Physical Demands:

Working Conditions: Environment : Indoor and outdoor work environment.

Full Time/Part Time: Part Time

Weekly Working Hours: other

Work Schedule & Hours: Monday - 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Tuesday - 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Wednesday - 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Thursday - 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Salary Schedule Range:

Specific Departmental Needs:

Posting Number: 18-532

Number of Vacancies:

Desired Start Date:

Position End Date (if temporary):

Interview Date: 08/06/2018

Posting Open Date: 06/12/2018

Posting Close Date:

Open Until Filled: No

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