Employment Opportunities​

Craven Smart Start, Inc. has the following opportunities:

• Administrative Assistant, Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R)

• Story Cubs Teacher

• Please see below for more information.

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Administrative Assistant for CCR&R Lending Library

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Specific Duties and Responsibilities: This is a full-time position (40 hrs.), 8 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday

Advocate for children, families, and early childhood professionals to assure quality care and education.

 

Create a warm, welcoming and friendly environment in the lending library.

• Oversee and maintain the CCR&R Lending Library resources, assure that all machines are in good working order, maintain the database, reorder materials as needed, replace all worn or outdated items as well as add new updated materials.

• Maintain library program (membership list, agreements, and guidelines, new/renewal library cards, late/damage fees, and receipts/log for program income from library)

• Assist, model for, instruct, and/or interact with members and visitors who are working in the library or resource room when needed.

• Maintain a clean environment and materials

• Answer phone system in a cheerful and polite manner.

• Maintain professional development calendar and training room schedule.

• Schedule providers/parents for trainings

• Process all incoming monies and forward to admin assistant

• Keep, prepare, and maintain information and data for strategic planning and for monthly/quarterly/annual reports for monitoring as required.

• Participate in the planning and implementation of the annual CCR&R conference and other CCR&R activities.

• Maintain confidentially regarding families, providers, agencies, office matters and/or personal matters.

• Complete duties as assigned by the CCR&R director.

 

Qualifications

• A minimum of a high school diploma.

• Have a friendly, polite and positive attitude.

• Ability to; work well and effectively communicate with others, work in stressful high-pressure situations, work independently, multitask. organize with attention to detail, be flexible, be punctual; be a team player!

• Experience with; Microsoft office programs, office machines, data collection.

• Possess a professional appearance and demeanor.

• Bilingual with proficient verbal and written skills in Spanish would be a plus.

 

Please email your cover letter and resume to bonnie@cravensmartstart.org

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Story Cub Teacher

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Craven Smart Start is seeking a teacher for our Story Cubs program for ages 2-4.  The position is part time beginning as soon as possible.  The yearly calendar begins October – May and will continue into the summer beginning June through mid-July (6 weeks).  The position is available immediately and resumes are now being accepted via email sent to the executive director, Cassandra Bennett at cbennett@cravensmartstart.org. Questions should be directed to Debbie@cravensmartstart.org.

 

Job Description

• Participate in two mandatory training courses with the Raising a Reader (RAR) Coordinator

• Lead a shared reading using a Raising a Reader book during each class (two classes each week)

• Demonstrate literacy parts of a book during each shared reading (Title, Author, Illustrator, etc.)

• Plan and set up activities to correspond with the RAR book that was shared

• Complete check-in process

  1. Visibly check-in red book bags by inspecting each bag for correct number of books and each book for damage

  2. Complete tracking log by listing the return date for each book bag

• Complete the check-out process

  1. Select a new bag for each child and complete the tracking log by writing bag number and date on form

  2. Rotate cards in pocket chart to appropriate number corresponding with new bag number

• Manage classroom (Lending Library) during free play modeling how to engage children in activities

• Interact/communicate with families answering questions about the Story Cubs program, interactive reading, Smart Start, etc.

• Clean up activities and Lending Library centers including sanitizing tables

• Collaborate with the literacy team to provide at least two parent workshops and a library event as required to meet model fidelity
   

Skills, Requirements, Training

• Attend Mandatory RAR Implementor Training and Refresher Training

• Knowledgeable of early childhood education

• Knowledgeable in lesson planning and classroom arrangement

• CPR/First Aid certified (can be done by Smart Start trainer)

• Minimum education is an associate certificate in early childhood education and/or childcare experience and coursework

 

Important Information

• Applications for the Story Cub program are taken for the school year beginning August 1st of each year, and applications for the Summer Cubs Program are taken beginning May 1st of each year.  The Story Cub teacher (this position) will be communicating with parents and handling these applications.  Students are taken on a first come first serve basis as space is limited for both programs.  The application for the Story Cub program can be found on our website at www.cravensmartstart.org and click on the tab for Raising a Reader.

 

Schedule for Story Cub Program 

**Classroom should be set up by 9:00 am**

• 9:30-10:00 am: Families arrive, sign in, and place red bags in designated area.  They proceed to play in the Lending Library.  Teacher checks in red bags and socializes with participants.

• 10:00 am: Teacher shares RAR story while demonstrating key literacy techniques.

• 10:15-10:45 am: Teacher demonstrates and engages participants in activity that corresponds to the story

• 10:45-11:00 am: Teacher completes the check-out process for red bags

• 11:00 am: Teacher begins cleaning up

 

The teacher will work from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm three days per week allowing for planning, set up, and clean up.  Lessons are designed by the teacher and approved through the RAR Coordinator who is the direct supervisor and trainer.