Mattoon LIFT Daycare Paraprofessional - Leaders Innovating for Tomorrow Campus (LIFT)

Position Type: ·   Support Staff/Paraprofessional · Date Posted: ·   2/17/2026 · Location: ·   Leaders Innovating for Tomorrow Campus (LIFT) · Date Available: ·   TBD ·   Starting Date:    · TBD  · Qualifications: · 1.  A minimum of an Associate's preferred in early childhood; an ...

Job description

• Position Type:
    Support Staff/Paraprofessional
  
  
• Date Posted:
    2/17/2026
  
  
• Location:
    Leaders Innovating for Tomorrow Campus (LIFT)
  
  
• Date Available:
    TBD
  
  
  

Starting Date:   
TBD 

Qualifications:

1.  A minimum of an Associate's preferred in early childhood; and/or
a) Early childhood teachers and school-age workers shall be at least 19 years of age.

 b) Early childhood teachers and school-age workers shall have a high school diploma or equivalency certificate (GED). 

c)  The early childhood teacher responsible for a group of children that includes infants, toddler or preschool age children shall have achieved: 

Sixty semester hours (or 90 quarter hours) of credits from an accredited college or university with six semester or nine quarter hours in courses related directly to child care and/or child development, from birth to age six; or

    2) One year (1560 clock hours) of child development experience in a nursery school, kindergarten, or licensed day care center and 30 semester hours (or 45 quarter hours) of credits from an accredited college or university with six semester or nine quarter hours in courses related directly to child care and/or child development, from birth to age six.

2.  Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.