Assistant Teacher - West85th

Overview

The Early Childhood Educator (ECE) is an equal member of a collaborative teaching team responsible for the care, supervision, and development of a consistent, assigned group of children. This is a group-based role rather than a room-based role; each ECE remains accountable for their cohort across all daily routines, environments, and transitions.

The junior program emphasizes predictable rhythms, relationship-based care, guided play, and growing independence through daily routines and self-help skills rather than formal lessons. All ECEs share responsibility for routines, safety and ratios, activity planning, active supervision, developmental documentation, and family communication. Educators work peer-to-peer without lead or assistant designations, coordinating decisions together and involving campus leadership only when required. Group assignments remain stable except for enrollment or age-based transitions.

Core Responsibilities

1. Child Care, Supervision, and Routines

• Build secure, responsive relationships with each child.


• Maintain consistent daily routines that support emotional regulation and independence.


• Support toileting, dressing, eating, tidying, rest, and transitions.


• Provide close supervision indoors, outdoors, and during all transitions for all children in your classroom.


• Respond to individual developmental needs with appropriate guidance and expectations.


• Create daily routines, guidelines to ensure the group schedule is followed.
  
  

2. Play-Based Learning and Activity Support

• Facilitate developmentally appropriate, play-based experiences that engage the child for at least 20 minutes.


• Embed short, hands-on activities into daily routines.


• Model and guide cooperation, independence, and self-regulation.


• Set up and reset shared learning environments with colleagues.


• Suggest materials and provocations that promote engagement and executive function.
  

3. Shared Group Accountability

• Share full responsibility for supervision, safety, developmental support, documentation, and family communication for the assigned group.


• Maintain continuity of care for the same children across all environments throughout the day.
  
  

4. Observation and Documentation

• Observe children’s social, emotional, and cognitive development in daily play and routines.


• Record milestones, progress, and emerging needs using centre systems.


• Maintain accurate, up-to-date developmental records collaboratively.


• Contribute to written reports and parent meetings as required.
  
  

5. Family Partnership

• Share daily updates and highlights with families on Fueling Brains application and in-person


• Participate in orientations, meetings, and interviews.


• Offer practical strategies to support consistency between home and program.


• Maintain confidentiality and professionalism.
  
  

6. Team Collaboration and Transitions

• Coordinate child movement between environments to maintain ratios and safety.


• Make real-time peer decisions about coverage and routines.


• Provide clear handovers during breaks, naps, and shift changes.


• Support substitute and float staff to follow group routines and safety needs.
   

7. Health, Safety, and Compliance

• Follow all licensing regulations and centre policies.


• Maintain attendance, health checks, and required records.


• Implement hygiene, sanitation, allergy, and medication procedures.


• Conduct regular safety checks and document incidents promptly.


• Complete 1Place checklists daily.
  
  

8. Environment and Materials

• Prepare, organize, and maintain safe, inviting learning spaces.


• Ensure materials are accessible for independent child use.


• Share cleaning, sanitizing, and general upkeep responsibilities.


• Learn teaching practices in new environments to engage the children. 


• Follow the cleaning schedules and procedures during the day when leaving any learning environment to ensure it is organized for the next group of children.
   

9. Professional Practice

• Attend meetings, training, and professional development.


• Stay current with best practices in early childhood and play-based learning.


• Contribute to a respectful, collaborative workplace culture.


• Support centre-wide events and initiatives.


• Complete the assigned LMS modules within the prescribed time frame
  
  

Required Qualifications

• ECE certification meeting provincial and campus licensing requirements.


• Early Childhood Education or related study (asset).


• Current Child Care First Aid and CPR, or willingness to obtain within three months.


• Criminal record check with vulnerable sector search.
   

Experience

• Experience in licensed childcare or early learning settings preferred.


• Demonstrated ability to support care routines and child independence.


• Experience collaborating within a multi-educator team.
   

Key Skills and Attributes

• Strong knowledge of early childhood development and play-based pedagogy.


• Warm, attentive, and responsive interactions with children.


• Clear, professional communication with families and colleagues.


• Ability to work collaboratively without hierarchical supervision.


• Organized, reliable, calm, and adaptable.


• Supports predictable routines and smooth, safe transitions.
   

Work Environment Requirements

• Physically able to engage in floor play, move quickly, and lift up to 40 lbs.


• Comfortable working indoors and outdoors in all seasons.


• Flexible availability for varying shifts and occasional events or extended coverage.


• Willingness to move between environments and remain with the assigned group throughout the day.


• Growth mindset, flexibility to work in new environments.
  
  

We thank all applicants for their interest. Please note that only those applicants for further consideration will be contacted.

 Fueling Brains Academy is an equal opportunity workplace, and we are committed to building and fostering an environment where our employees feel included, valued, and heard. We believe that a strong focus and commitment to diversity and inclusion enables us to truly make early childhood education an enabler for wide-reaching change. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities.