Oregon State University
Location
Corvallis, OR | United States
Job description
Internal Job Number: P04576CT
Description:
This recruitment will be used to fill multiple part-time, 9 month, intermittent (approximately 4 hours per week as needed) Early Childhood Assistant positions for the Family Resource Center at Oregon State University ( OSU ).
The Early Care and Education Assistant supports the Program Coordinator at the International Moms Group ( IMG ), a program within the Family Resource Center on the Oregon State University Corvallis campus. This position provides in-person education and care to the children of IMG participants, who are required to stay on-site during weekly meetings and other scheduled events at the Orchard Court Community Center. ECE Assistants will be available during the IMG weekly meetings (Wednesdays during each academic term, 9am to 12pm) and for occasional evening and weekend events. The ECE Assistant will provide age-appropriate care and educational engagement in a playroom setting, with an emphasis on delivering play, movement, discovery, and socialization-based activities. Key to this role is a demonstrated commitment to building a learning environment that supports diversity, equity, inclusion, and cross-cultural understanding. ECE Assistant duties are defined by the International Moms Group Coordinator (details below). This position requires knowledge of child development, child and youth safety, age-appropriate educational activities, cross-cultural competence, excellent communication skills, and tremendous patience to provide a safe, emotionally secure, and nurturing environment for the healthy development of young children.The ECE Assistant will support other program staff to provide a high-quality early care and education program of direct service to young children and their families. This position is informed by the fields of Early Childhood Education, Child Development and Human Development and maintains a working knowledge about the trends and best practices in the field of early care and education.
Minimum Qualifications (Staff) / Guidelines (Faculty):
A minimum of twenty semester hours (thirty quarter hours) of college courses in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or Special Education; OR a Child Development Associate ( CDA ) credential; OR one year of full-time experience in a certified day care center or comparable child care program.
Requirements :
Demonstrable contributions to promoting and enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per OSU Standard 576-055-0000 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months
Type:
On-site active engagement in an early care and education context interacting with adults and children including work outdoors. Playroom hours will be 9am-12pm on Wednesdays during regular academic terms (Fall, Winter, Spring) with occasional weeknight and weekend hours.
About Oregon State University
Oregon State is a leading research university located in one of the safest, smartest, greenest small cities in the nation. Situated 90 miles south of Portland, and an hour from the Cascades or the Pacific Coast, Corvallis is the perfect home base for exploring Oregon?s natural wonders.Oregon State University has always been a place with a purpose ? making a positive difference in quality of life, natural resources and economic prosperity in Oregon and beyond. Through discovery, innovation and application, we are meeting challenges, solving problems and turning ideas into reality.Founded in 1868, Oregon State is the state?s Land Grant university and is one of only two universities in the U.S. to have Sea Grant, Space Grant and Sun Grant designations. Oregon State is also the only university in Oregon to hold both the Carnegie Foundation's top designation for research institutions and its prestigious Community Engagement classification.As Oregon?s leading public research university, with $261.7 million in external funding in the 2011 fiscal year, Oregon State?s impact reaches across the state and beyond. With 12 colleges, 15 Agricultural Experiment Stations, 35 county Extension offic ... es, the Hatfield Marine Sciences Center in Newport and OSU-Cascades in Bend, Oregon State has a presence in every one of Oregon?s 36 counties, with a statewide economic footprint of $2.06 billion.Oregon State welcomes a diverse student body of over 26,000 students from across Oregon, all 50 states and more than 100 countries. They can choose from more than 200 undergraduate and more than 80 graduate degree programs, including over 30 degrees online offered through Oregon State Ecampus. Oregon State increasingly attracts high-achieving students, with nationally recognized programs in areas such as conservation biology, agricultural sciences, nuclear engineering, forestry, fisheries and wildlife management, community health, pharmacy and zoology.Oregon State also ranks high in sustainability, fourth among universities nationwide for using renewable energy and first in the Pac-12 Conference. And our students literally help power the university: 22 exercise machines at Oregon State University has always been a place with a purpose ? making a positive difference in quality of life, natural resources and economic prosperity in Oregon and beyond. Through discovery, innovation and application, we are meeting challenges, solving problems and turning ideas into reality. For more information visit 400-acre main campus in Corvallis includes a Historic District, making Oregon State one of only a handful of U.S. university campuses listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district includes such icons as Weatherford Hall, the Memorial Union and Benton Hall, the oldest building on the oldest building on campus.OSU commits to inclusive excellence by advancing equity and diversity in all that we do. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.
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