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Topic: PT nanny needed
We are new to West Seattle (and to WA), and need a sitter for our 4.5 year old son for ~ 2 evenings per month, and starting in mid-July, for two to three afternoons per week.
You must live in West Seattle, and be able to pick our son up from the Cottage School. You must have child care experience, references and lots of energy.
He is a funny, smart, and high-energy kid. He loves to go to playgrounds, play trains, be read to, and to play in our yard. We are looking for a long-term sitter who can provide care through this summer, and the next school year.
Please email me at aolins@msn.com.
KinderCare is currently seeking Infant and PreK teachers for multiple locations throughout the Seattle/Tacoma/Everett/Bellevue/Olympia markets. The teachers are responsible to plan and implement activities that promote the social, physical, and intellectual growth of children. The Teachers are also accountable for the care, hygiene, learning, and developmental activities, specialized programs, and redirection of children; to communicate directly with parents, maintain classroom records, cleanliness, and orderliness.
Current openings at these specific locations: Kirkland, Millcreek, Bothell, Everett, Lynnwood, Bellingham, Mukilteo, Federal Way, Puyallup, Auburn, Kent, Bonney Lake, Renton, Seattle, Covington, Burien, Maple Valley, Tacoma, Olympia, Bremerton, Lacey, Silverdale, Gig Harbor, Issaquah, Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland, Woodinville, Sammamish
Responsibilities of the Infant or PreK Teachers:
Meets expectations for delivering customer acquisition and retention, quality program, financial management, and operational compliance, and demonstrates expected behaviors.
• Provides care and support to children.
• May share lead responsibilities with Assistant Teachers
• Engages with current and prospective parents and family members and is responsive to their needs
• Complies with KLC and all governmental regulations regarding the care of children
• Understands responsibilities as a mandated reporter
• Keeps the Director informed of any necessary information regarding the care and safety of children
• Completes timely and accurate documentation according to KLC and other licensing or regulation requirements
• Assists and accepts responsibility in other daily center duties that might be temporary in the event other personnel are not available
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, center events, and parent/customer meetings as requested
Requirements of the Infant or PreK teacher:
• Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education and/or CDA preferred
• Degree in Early Childhood Education or related area preferred
• 3-5 years of early childhood education experience preferred
• 1+ years of experience working with assigned age group preferred
• Excellent organizational skills required
• Ability to be flexible in assignment and work hours required
• CPR and First Aid Certification or willingness to obtain desirable
• Valid driver’s license, clean driving record, ability to drive center vehicles desirable
• Excellent verbal, listening, and written communication skills required
• Work may also be performed at community sites for field trips.
• Incumbent must be able to lift 40 pounds
• Stand up to 95% of the day
• Assume postures in low level positions that best allow physical and visual contact with children
• Must be able to sustain a high level of energy
• Bend to perform various tasks numerous times throughout the day
• Stoop, sit on the floor
• Have the agility to move from a seated position to a standing position promptly to respond to emergency situations
• Perform all activities with children, i.e. jump, dance, walk, run, etc. for extended periods of time
• Both indoor and outdoor environment are typically found in a childcare facility. Depending upon activities and season, may be required to be outdoors for regular, prolonged activities.
• Must possess acceptable hearing and visual capabilities in order to monitor the environment and children’s well being
• Must be able to excel in an ambiguous and continuously changing, competitive environment
• Incumbent will need to be flexible and be able to respond quickly and appropriately to changing situations
• Work hours may vary to meet the needs of the children
• Incumbent will be faced with a variety of issues on a daily basis and will be engaged in multiple tasks and must respond quickly and appropriately to frequently changing needs of children
KinderCare Learning Centers is a network of childcare facilities founded in 1969. We provide educational programs for children from six weeks to 12 years old. Some 200,000 children are enrolled in more than 1,900 early childhood education community centers, 656 before-and-after school programs, and 123 employer-sponsored centers in 39 states and the District of Columbia.
Posting to see if there’s even any interest out there. I moved into a new townhome in High Point last year that came with a brand new apartment sized (24″ wide) stacked washer/dryer (linked below). It’s the top loading style washer where the lid hooks onto the dryer above. I measured my closet and got a bonus this spring and decided I could upgrade to a full sized front loading set. Nothing wrong with the current set other than it’s a small capacity and I would prefer standard capacity machines. That said, if you’re in an older home, apartment or condo with a limited laundry space and require a 24″ set, this is a perfect unit and it does have some energy saving features such as auto load size detection for water level and auto-dry. All electric, needs 1 220v outlet.
I wasn’t really sure if there might be interest in this kind of machine used, I haven’t seen many on Craigslist. Home Depot sells it for around $1200 and I keep thinking there must be someone around here that might be interested in making a deal. It would be a shame to just have it hauled away for the upgraded set. A friend suggested if there wasn’t any interest I could probably donate it to the Salvation Army, not sure if they take anything like this though.
I don’t have any way of transporting it so if anyone happens to be interested they would have to haul it on their own.
Details on the HD website:
Topic: Seeking a PT Summer Nanny
We will be in Seattle for the summer, roughly June 3 – August 12, and we are looking for a part-time nanny. Our boys are 1 & 4. The days and hours are somewhat flexible, but we are hoping for about 24-32 hours/week total. Ideally it would be 3-4 days/week (weekdays), sometime between the hours of 8 a.m. -6 p.m. We would consider a nanny-share situation for some of the hours if it works out logistically.
Applicants should be organized and responsible, and have First Aid/CPR training. We would like our nanny to have experience caring for toddlers as well as preschoolers, and be comfortable juggling two children at the same time. Being able to drive the kids to various activities and summer camps (in your vehicle) is a requirement. Outings to playgrounds, beaches, the zoo, children’s museum, etc, are encouraged.
We live in the Admiral area of West Seattle. Please contact me for more information: skovalchick@comcast.net. Thank you!
This You Tube vid was shared by a couple of friends on Facebook, but is just too good good to limit to sharing there!
Mike
As my special needs child and I were leaving the smaller playground at Lincoln Park, I saw 2 women walking near a large white dog with brown ears/markings. The dog was running loose, so I asked if it was their dog. One of them said yes, so I told her the dog needed to be on a leash. She actually said, “It doesn’t want to be”. The dog then suddenly charged at my child, who screamed, and only then did they rush to put the dog on the leash. I am just irate that this owner was so arrogant, and needlessly frightened my child. What if they hadn’t managed to get the dog before it reached my daughter? Shame on you for causing my child so much distress- it’s more than an hour later and she is still upset about it.
West Seattle, Washington
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