The Richard M. Guon Child Care Center at MCC was built in 1991 to care for the children of MCC students, faculty, staff and children from the Rochester community. The center is licensed for 96 children ranging in age from 8 weeks to 5 years old. Four classrooms serve infants and toddlers (capacity for 36) and four classrooms serve three and four year old children (capacity for 60) including our partnership with the Rochester City School District EPK and UPK programs and a partnership with the Rush-Henrietta School District UPK program. The center is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) recognizing the center’s commitment to best practices in early care and education.

Our mission is to promote the academic and/or career endeavors of our families by providing high quality child care in a nurturing, secure environment, which is developmentally stimulating. Parents can attend class, study and work without worrying about their children’s well-being.

The Child Care Center is a department of the MCC Association, Inc. and has ties to the Departments of Human Services, Education and Psychology at MCC. We serve as a demonstration site for academic departments on the MCC campus and the greater Rochester community, and as a benchmark for quality early care and education in our community.

I.    Learning Environment and Teaching Responsibilities

·         To interact frequently with children in a positive, respectful, responsive, and encouraging manner which follow guidelines of NAEYC.

·         To assist in providing a safe, cheerful and motivating environment for the children that allows for individual and group activities.

·         To assist in maintaining a neat, clean, and orderly classroom, with stimulating learning centers and hands-on activities which follow the center curriculum.

·         To assist in the supervision of children in all activities, inside and out.

·         To be a primary caregiver to assigned children and families.

·         To give input to planning classroom activities and Center events.

·         To assist in the preparation, care and stocking of classroom materials.

·         To assist the children in their personal and self-care needs, toileting, diapering, feeding, washing, clothing, comforting, preparing for rest.

·         To know every child as an individual, observing and recording growth and development using the center approved developmental screening and assessment system.

II.     Parent Relationships

·         To build relationships of trust through open and interactive communication.

·         To know every child’s parent (s) by name, and to communicate positively with them.

·         Make classroom information available to parents

·         Participate in parent involvement/engagement activities.

·         To tactfully and professionally address parent concerns in collaboration with teacher.

III. Staff Communication

·         To work cooperatively with other classroom staff, Center Director and Administrative staff and consultants.

·         To assist new and substitute staff assigned to the classroom.

·         To guide activities of student staff and field workers in absence of teacher.

·         As appropriate, shares information about classroom or child-related issues with supervisor and other classroom staff.

IV.  Professionalism

·         To maintain confidentiality.

·         To attend and participate in staff meetings and in-service programs

·         To seek professional growth and development, and participate in a minimum of 15 hours of required ECE training per year.

·         To maintain personal ASPIRE Professional Development listing.

·         To receive and maintain Pediatric First Aid/CPR

·         To be supportive of the Center and Center Administration.

·         To maintain a positive work climate.

·         To maintain a professional image.

·         Assumes duties of lead teacher in the absence of lead teacher.

V.  General

·         To follow daily schedules and routines.

·         To follow Center policies, practices, and procedures.

·         To assist with required record-keeping.

·         To, at times, be responsible for a group of children without assistance.

·         To follow all licensing regulations.

·         To report for work on time and on a consistent basis.

·         All other duties as assigned.