Job Summary:

The Associate Child Care Teacher assists
in planning and implementing age appropriate curriculum and activities to
nurture and stimulate all domains of children’s development in their care. The Associate Child Care Teacher provides
a developmentally appropriate classroom environment that reflects the
children’s learning and growth, performs
on-going developmental evaluations of children as required by DHS and
develops lesson plans and follow curriculum implementation that addresses
the individual needs of each child. This role also maintains
ongoing, open communication with parents/ caregivers, implements
and supports nutrition routines and provides
attentive supervision of children: knows classroom enrollment, constantly
scans classroom/playground to ensure safety, and closely monitors children
by constantly taking attendance.

Department/Unit
Summary:

VUMC Child Care offers
early childhood care and education for the children of VUMC faculty, staff, and
students. The child care program serves children age infants (6 weeks) to five
years old. Our centers are licensed by the Tennessee Department of Human Services.

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Because
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we are proud of our recent accomplishments:

·      US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in
Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of
the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with
3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s
Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children’s Hospital in the
nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.

·      Healthcare’s Most Wired: Among the nation’s 100
“most-wired” hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical
technology.

·      Becker’s Hospital Review: named as one of the “100
Great Hospitals in America”, in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems
with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great
Heart Programs.

·      The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children’s
hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.

·      American Association for the Advancement of Science: The
School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows

·      Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third
consecutive Magnet designations.

·      National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected
by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement

·      Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6^th year
in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ
Healthcare Equality.