What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer Camp Teacher's Aide position at Tribal Operations?
Come spend your summer at Playworks as an Educare Teacher's Aide! While working with our school age children your days will be filled with field trips, park visits, swimming, theme parks, and so much more! Enjoy weekly pay, food discounts, and memorable experiences. Must be available to work June - end of August with starting opportunities in mid to late May. Whatever your career goals may be, let SMSC help get you there!
Job Overview: Monitors the well being and safety of the children, contributes to sales and retention through positive communication with families, and assists with the implementation of developmentally appropriate curriculum under the supervision of a qualified Employee. Ability to work in a Team Environment. Enjoys working with children.
Create Your Path: The Work You’ll Do:
- Supervises children while providing care and support. Responsible for the care, hygiene, learning, and developmental activities, specialized programs, and redirection of children. Promotes positive child interactions.
- Assists teachers with prepping and implementing the planned curriculum. Assists in making sure the classroom environment is appropriate.
- Records information on department sheets, using appropriate language when communicating to families. Passes on information to Supervisor on any concerns.
- Recognizes injuries/incidents and completes forms using appropriate language. Communicates to families and Supervisor with confidentiality being a priority.
- Is calm and patient with children. Uses Playworks behavior guide techniques. Asks Supervisor for help when needed with behavior concerns. Aware of all special needs of each child in the program.
- Communicates effectively with children, customers and employees in a variety of ways keeping high quality customer service and confidentiality a priority.
- Keeps work environment safe for children and Employees. Maintains classroom records, cleanliness, and orderliness. Sanitizes equipment regularly.
- Assist in evacuation and emergency procedures
Job Requirements:
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Pass background check, work physical, and drug test.
- Ability to move in a variety of motions including bending, squatting, crawling, kneeling, twisting, pulling, and/ or pushing.
- Capacity to handle and lift up to 50 lbs. as needed.
- Has the physical abilities to perform the required job duties with or without accommodations, including on feet 80% of time.
Outstanding Benefits & Awesome Perks: Enjoy competitive weekly pay, outstanding benefits and advancement opportunities. Generous benefits include medical, dental, life and disability insurance, onsite medical clinics and pharmacy, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, wellness programs and more. Plus, take advantage of perks like discounts on childcare, fuel, bus passes and fitness membership, free uniforms, free uniform cleaning and tuition reimbursement.
Who We Are: The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community contributes both time and financial resources across the region, state, and country. The SMSC has donated more than $400 million to organizations and causes, provided $500 million in economic development loans to other tribes, and contributed millions more to support regional governments and infrastructure. The SMSC's Native Green initiative annually diverts hundreds of tons of waste from landfills, has implemented compostable containers throughout our properties, and restored hundreds of acres of prairie land. Team members are eligible to participate in SMSC Gives, a community outreach initiative that organizes various opportunities in the local community. To empower its team members to take part in the Dakota tradition of giving, the SMSC provides paid hours to team members to volunteer at events. Learn more at shakopeedakota.org
