Infant Educator

The Infant Educator is responsive to the needs of infants and toddlers. He/She creates a secure environment for infants and toddlers through nurturing respectful, responsive and reciprocal relationships with them. He/She also creates a quality learning environment through implementing developmentally appropriate curricula and programmes. He/She builds trusting and respectful relationships and partnerships with stakeholders by actively engaging the children's family and community. As an Early Childhood educator, He/She engages in ongoing professional development and reflective practice, and contributes to fostering a culture of collaboration and collegiality with relevant stakeholders.

1. Plan and implement curriculum and programmes

• Develop routine caregiving approach, lesson experiences and learning materials aligned to the Early Years Development Framework
• Create developmentally appropriate materials and resources to enhance quality learning environments
• Document children's learning and development
• Implement strategies to build respectful, responsive and reciprocal relationships with infants and toddlers
• Review health, safety, nutritional and hygiene practices in accordance with standards and procedures
• Plan developmentally appropriate experiences in the infant care setting

2. Build stakeholder relationships and partnerships

• Establish relationships with families to facilitate the continuity of care and learning between home and Centre
• Coordinate activities with families and community stakeholders
• Facilitate collaboration with families and community stakeholders to enhance programmes and services

3. Manage family and community programmes

• Execute collaborative projects with families and community stakeholders
• Evaluate family and community initiatives and programmes for improvements

4 .Conduct routine caregiving

• Conduct caregiving assessment
• Provide routine caregiving practices in accordance to standards and procedures
• Identify areas for improvements for routine caregiving

5. Uplift professional practice

• Promote Centre's vision, mission and values
• Implement appropriate teaching and caregiving methods based on emerging sector trends, technologies and tools
• Identify areas for improvement to enhance work performance
• Propose improvements to professional development and service quality improvement activities
• Develop new teaching and caregiving approaches based on observations

Job Requirements:

• Possess Certificate in Infants and Toddler Care and Development (CIT) Early Years Development Framework (EYDF), WSQ Higher Certificate in Infant Care (HCIC) or WSQ Advanced Certificate in Early Years (ACEY)\
• Possess the following attributes:

1. Resilence: manages a variety of tasks and challenges as well as new circumstances from time to time
2. In a Team (collaborative): collaboration with peers and possesses good interpersonal skills to work well with various stakeholders
3. Passion for Children: the enthusiasm, dedication and desire to make a difference in child’s growth, development and well-being
4. Professionalism: strives for excellence in his/her duties and display strong integrity and accountability towards his/her duties
5. Love for Learning: pursues lifelong learning and engages in reflective practice
6. Empathy: embraces diversity, shows empathy and respect towards children and their families, various stakeholders and the community