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6 people are interested
Early Learning Assistant, Olympia
ORGANIZATION: Child Care Action Council
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6 people are interested
The Child Care Action Council is a non-profit agency whose mission is to promote and nurture early learning communities where children and families thrive. Our family programs include Kaleidoscope Play and Learn: a free, weekly playgroup designed for parents and their children age birth to five.
Title: Early Learning Assistant
Purpose: To assist the playgroup facilitator with early learning activities that help young children and their parents prepare for success in school and life!
Responsibilities: Help the facilitator to set-up and/or take-down toys and materials, engage children and caregivers during play-time, snack, story, and art activities.
Required skills: Experience and enthusiasm for engaging with young children, considerate of family’s diverse cultural backgrounds, and an ability to pass a criminal background check.
Preferred skills: Knowledge and experience in early childhood education. A degree in education or currently a student in the field. Ability to speak Spanish a plus!
Time: Mondays from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Option to volunteer on a monthly, bi-monthly, or weekly basis. Each volunteer shift is two hours.
Site: Providence Family Medicine, 525 Lilly Road NE Olympia 98506
Supervision: Early learning assistant volunteers will be directly supervised by the playgroup facilitator and report to the family services development associate.
Benefits: Volunteers have the opportunity to gain skills and experience in a classroom-like setting, to learn about child development, and to have fun while helping kids learn and grow. The chance to attend a professional development class on a space available basis.
Contact: For more information contact volunteer@ccacwa.org (360)786-8907 x.115
Apply: http://www.ccacwa.org/form/volunteer
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About Child Care Action Council
Location:
3729 Griffin Lane SE, PO Box 446, OLYMPIA, WA 98501, US
Mission Statement
To promote and nurture early learning communities where families and children thrive.
Description
The Child Care Action Council was founded in 1987 by a group of parents, child care professionals, employers, school & government representatives and other community members concerned about the inadequacies of our community's child care system.
CCAC currently serves parents & providers in Thurston, Grays Harbor, Mason, Kitsap, Jefferson and Clallam counties.
Our mission is to promote and nurture early learning communities where families and children thrive.
To accomplish these goals, CCAC:
- Responds each year to thousands of families needing childcare.
- Educates parents in evaluating the quality of their child's care.
- Offers a variety of training opportunities for child care professionals.
- Helps to create new child care programs to fill unmet needs.
- Cooperates and encourages businesses to address their employees' child care needs.
- Advocates for children and families on a state, local and federal level.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
525 Lilly Road NEOlympia, WA 98506
DATE POSTED
April 2, 2019
SKILLS
- Literacy / Reading
- Child Development
- STEM
- Spanish
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 16