Duties & Responsibilities:

 - Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.

- Daily attendance of scheduled shift between 8:30-5:30, one hour lunch break.

- Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development; such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and basic skills.

- Professional knowledge in promoting age appropriate learning; such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.

- Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.

- Decision making has a measurable impact on service delivery and operational goals.

- Professional development and training as necessary to maintain and grow professional knowledge and skills.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Ability to effectively communicate both written and orally.

- Ability to maintain leadership in a classroom environment with students under 5 years of age.

- Ability to provide care for children’s needs.

- Ability to develop, design, and create learning curriculum.

- Ability to identify the development needs of others and help others improve their knowledge or skills.

- Ability to identify education needs of others and develop a formal educational or training program or classes to meet those needs.

- Ability to analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

- Demonstrated experience working in community engagement, early childhood experiences, and/or volunteer coordination.

- Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff and student environment or commitment to do so as a staff member at VCU.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s or Associate's Degree.

- 1-3 years relevant professional experience or equivalent.

- Previous early childhood education or early childhood classroom experience.

- CPR/First Aid Certification.