Denae Ruley

Responsibility of providing instruction to children through creative use of the established curriculum while providing a safe, healthy learning environment as demonstrated by their classroom management and attention to children.

• Treat all children with dignity and respect.
• Be responsible for the ordered and attractive arrangement, décor, and learning environment of the classroom.
• Clean and maintain order in all classroom storage areas.
• Conduct parent conferences as needed regarding the child’s adjustment and classroom behavior.
• Establish a positive liaison with parents and children.
• Assist in explaining the program to all visitors.
• Assist in ongoing evaluation procedures needed to assess the development level of children.
• Attend all staff meetings and parent meetings.
• Maintain a professional attitude of loyalty to the Child Development Along with this, staff must understand the necessity of projecting
• Turn in weekly lesson plans by Thursday of the week prior, for approval of the Child Development Center Director
• Builds and maintains meaningful, effective therapeutic relationships with all young people;

creates mutual, comfortable, reciprocal involvement between staff and young people; provides

positive and emotional supportive counseling to young people; and introduces young people to

a variety of new activities and experiences.

• Demonstrates understanding of behavioural and emotional needs and problems of youth and

deals decisively with youth in crisis; follows unit guidelines and individual treatment plans of

all young people consistently and accurately; and actively engages with young people and

maintains an awareness of their whereabouts at all times.

• Records observed data on young people’s behavior, interactions, and incidents in a clear,

concise, objective manner in the client record; records significant information regarding events,

activities, routines, appointments, contacts, etc., and completes documentation as events

happen or at the end of the shift in clear, behavioural terms.

• Initiates, organizes, monitors and/or participates in group activities as part of the total treatment

plan, in order to help young people with social work and to develop helping relationships with

them; demonstrates awareness of community resources and how to make use of them to

organize and implement appropriate activities and to make referrals when necessary to other

community agencies.

• Consistently applies reinforcement to positive, adaptive behaviour; applies natural or logical

consequences to undesirable behaviour; actively and appropriately intervenes when a disruptive

conflict situation occurs, in a flexible, non-coercive approach.

• Prevents disruptive or undesirable behaviour consistently and appropriately without prolonged

or unnecessary arguments or discussion.

• Develops, implements and oversees behavioural, recreational, social and life skills programs

for young people; facilitates individual and group programming activities in various areas,

including but not limited to the following: anger management, sexuality, education, social

skills, life skills, and self-esteem building.