Early Learning Intern

About the Role

Metropolitan Family Services (MFS) empowers families to learn, to earn, to heal, to thrive. Since 1857, MFS has been an engine of change, empowering families to reach their greatest potential and positively impact their communities.

Key Responsibilities

• Participates in a team approach to planning and implementing program activities.
• Collaborates with Family Support Workers, Teachers, Teacher Assistants, site partners, and site supervisors for the betterment of the classroom and families.
• Participates in childcare and classroom-related activities during parent meetings/workshops.
• Assists in ongoing CLASS implementation.
• Responsible for implementing the program’s Planned Language Approach, designed to support dual language learners.
• Provides food preparation, food service area maintenance, food delivery, and food storage using approved sanitation methods. (DuPage only)
• Helps carry out daily program by assisting Lead Teacher and Teacher as needed.
• Helps Lead Teacher and Teacher guide children in achieving individual goals and assess children’s individual strengths and needs.
• Assists in activities of the children and ensures appropriate child guidance and discipline and proper ratios are maintained at all times.
• Attends all mandated trainings.
• Sets and achieves professional development goals.
• Shares resources with other staff members as appropriate.
• Ensures accurate completion of CACFP documents in conjunction with other teaching staff.
• Establishes positive relationships with children, parents, volunteers, and other staff members.
• Provides a supportive, caring, and safe environment for children.
• Uses the playground as an extension of the classroom; assures that the playground is safe.
• Provides active supervision to ensure the safety of children while in the classroom, during transitions, at the time of transportation, and while on the playground.
• Ensures that no child shall be left alone or unsupervised.

Physical Demands

• Requires the ability to sit and stand for sustained periods of time.
• Requires the ability to talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to feel, handle, and operate objects or controls.
• Requires the ability to occasionally stand, bend, stretch, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Requires close visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data, transcribing, and viewing a computer terminal.