Urban Strategies LLC·Houston, Texas
The Assistant Floater supports teachers in promoting the social, emotional, and physical development of infants and toddlers within a nurturing environment. Responsibilities include classroom management, ensuring child safety, and maintaining clean and organized learning spaces.
Job Description: Assistant infant & toddler floater
$15.35 hourly
Location: Houston, Texas
The Assistant Floater will support teachers to promote and develop the infant and toddler in the social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and linguistic growth and development of infants and toddlers.
They ensure learning environments are nurturing spaces that support the development of all children by providing responsive care giving in a well- organized and managed environment.
Provide an educational and development focused environment and are responsible for age-appropriate classroom management.
They build strong relationships with families by supporting parent-child relationships that are key to children's healthy development, school readiness, and well-being.
The Floater Teacher is assigned to a classroom and the assignments change according to the center’s need.
• A self-motivated and dedicated person who is excited and passionate about helping infants, toddlers, and families grow in development and in education.
Essential functions
Be familiar with and adhere to the head start program performance standards, state of new york licensing requirements, and agency’s policies and procedures.
Maintain an open, friendly, professional relationship with all staff and families, to include respect for culture, diversity, and ethnicity.
Ensure the safety of all children and staff by complying with written safety standards.
Ensure the confidentiality of practices.
1. Conduct daily playground health and safety monitoring.
2. Set-Up and clean-Up playground, daily.
3. Detect and report signs of illness, discomfort, and unusual behavior of children to teachers or family advocate.
Follow organizational process for complying with mandated reporting of suspected child abuse/Neglect.
Keep classrooms, storage areas, and office space neat and clutter free.
Follow all health and safety policies and procedures established by the program.
Report any safety hazards observed indoors and outdoors.
Keep direct supervision and safety of all children.
Create a pleasant, inviting atmosphere in which the child feels comfortable, supporting the ethnic and cultural backgrounds of children.
Practice standards of conduct and guidance techniques as defined in the discipline policy and procedures.
1. Assist teachers in the implementation of the curriculum and teaching experience.
2. Always assure a nurturing and language rich interaction and environment that facilitates maximum social and emotional development.
• provide an atmosphere that promotes and reinforces parental engagement. Modeling appropriate behavior and positive guidance techniques.
Ability to see at normal distance, hear normal conversations and sounds and use hands and fingers to fill out required forms. Ability to lift infants and toddlers weighing up to forty (40) pounds, twenty (20) pounds overhead and forty (40) pounds from waist to shoulder; occasional lifting of fifty (50) pounds is required and must be able to push/Pull up to fifty pounds horizontally. Ability to sit on the floor, bend at the waist, kneel and/Or stoop 75% of the time.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions as long as the staff disability does not create an undue risk of injury to any enrolled children in the classroom.
Urban Strategies exists to equip, resource and connect faith- and community-based organizations so that all children and families can reach their full potential. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., our team serves in the U.S. mainland, Puerto Rico, and Central America.
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Authentic Relationships are foundational to our work and move beyond a transactional nature to truly know people.
They serve as opportunities for mutual development and growth and are based on the belief that all people have inherent dignity and worth.
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Servant Leadership is rooted in an other-centric mindset that informs the way one leads and builds up individuals, families, and communities.
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Intentional Compassion describes a deliberate commitment to understand, formulate strategic responses, and activate others to reach their full potential.
Urban Strategies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or other legally protected classifications under applicable federal, state and local legal protections.
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Candidates must possess a High School Diploma or GED and at least one year of recent, paid experience in a childcare or preschool setting. A valid driver's license, personal vehicle, and liability insurance are required for the position.
Market context
In Texas, classroom teacher roles in early childhood settings are often driven by steady demand for qualified educators who can meet licensing and safety requirements. This role is competitive because employers look for a CDA for infants/toddlers or an early childhood-related associate or bachelor’s degree, plus a positive, energetic approach and clean background checks. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform to save research time, then confirm your credential matches the age group before applying.