# Job Description - Early Childhood Centre
**Work Environment**
Early Childhood Centre
**Responsibilities**
**Tasks**
- Assess child development in order to prepare a learning plan adapted to their needs
- Assist colleagues in housekeeping and culinary tasks
- Prepare and implement early childhood education programs that promote physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children
- Maintain childcare equipment
- **Narrative**
- Supervise staff, trainees or volunteers
- Synthesize the overall situation of the child and communicate information to parents
- Assist early childhood educators in implementing programs that promote physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children
- Direct children's activities by telling them stories, teaching them songs and taking them to places of interest in the region
- Order supplies and equipment
- Assist early childhood educators and supervisors in maintaining records
- Encourage children to express their creativity through art, dramatic play, music and physical activity
- Involve children in activities by telling them stories, teaching them songs and preparing craft activities
- Prepare and serve snacks and arrange rooms or furniture for meals and naps
- Observe children in order to detect learning difficulties or behavioral disorders, and prepare reports for parents, guardians or supervisor
- Provide early childhood educators and supervisors with written observations about children
- Attend staff meetings to discuss children's progress and issues
- Knowledge of regulations concerning licenses
- Establish rules for behavior
- Attend staff meetings to discuss children's progress and difficulties
- Establish relationships with colleagues and other community service providers for children and collaborate with them
- Plan and maintain an environment that protects the health, safety and well-being of children
- Monitor and coordinate the activities of other early childhood educators and educational assistants
**Qualifications**
**Credentials** (certificates, licenses, affiliations, courses, etc.)
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency First Aid for Children
- Early Childhood Educational Assistant Certificate
- CPR Certificate
**Additional Information**
**Safety and Security**
- Criminal record check
- Immunization record
**Personal Qualities**
- Punctuality
- Sense of responsibility
- Effective interpersonal relations
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
**Benefits**
**Other Benefits**
- Free parking available
- Other Benefits
- Paid leave (personal or volunteer days)
