The Assistant Teacher is responsible for supporting BSECDC's mission through the provision of high-quality early education and child development services. In collaboration with the Group Teacher, the Assistant Teacher will execute developmentally appropriate activities, cultivate a supportive classroom environment, and assess children's developmental progress. This role also entails the maintenance of records, communication with families, and collaboration with staff to ensure the well-being of all children. The Assistant Teacher is required to comply with all relevant regulations and BSECDC policies, as well as remain informed on current best practices in early childhood education. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES: ● Facilitate the execution of a structured learning environment and curriculum that foster developmental opportunities. ● Support the upkeep of classroom space and resources, and aid in the preparation for daily activities. ● Employ effective pedagogical techniques and positive behavior management strategies. ● Collaborate and engage in constructive communication with classroom personnel and families. ● Adhere to the established daily agenda and promote healthy practices. ● Aid the Lead Teacher with data collection and attendance tracking. ● Ensure consistent supervision, maintain appropriate group sizes and staff-to-child ratios, and uphold a secure and hygienic setting. ● Maintain regular attendance and actively participate in professional development activities. ● Support the completion of requisite data, documentation, and administrative tasks. ● Comply with all applicable organizational policies, procedures, legal mandates, and regulatory standards. ● Execute additional responsibilities as delegated. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: ● Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential or equivalent. ● New York State (NYS) Certified Teacher Assistant Certification or equivalent. ● Associate Degree in Education with active pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in early childhood Education: bachelor’s degree preferred. ● Fosters a supportive and nurturing educational milieu. ● Superior interpersonal, organizational, written, and verbal communication proficiencies. ● Adept in utilizing Google Workspace and Microsoft Office Suite applications, including Microsoft Word and Excel. EXPERIENCE: ● A minimum of two years of experience working with preschool-aged children in a classroom or daycare setting. Experience should include planning and implementing age-appropriate activities, supervising children, and maintaining a safe and healthy learning environment. ● Familiarity with child development theories and practices, as well as experience working with children from diverse backgrounds and abilities is highly valued. ● Additional experience working with preschoolers in a teaching assistant or volunteer role may also be considered. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. ● Employees must be able to walk, sit, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl. ● Employees must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to forty pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to fifty pounds. ● Employees must be able to use their hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. ● Employees must have close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Financial Professional Are you a leader who has the following traits? • Competitive, • Entrepreneurial, • Coachable, • Communicative, • Self-disciplined What we’re looking for... We’re looking for people who want to make a lasting impact on the financial well-being of individuals, families, and small businesses. This is not just a sales job—it’s a career with purpose and opportunity. You’ll provide peace of mind to your clients while helping them navigate challenges that many of them find complex and confusing, such as preparing for retirement and saving for college. As an insurance agent, you will have the opportunity to see the positive impact of your work for years to come. You will grow personally and professionally along with your clients. What we offer... Training and development We’ll equip and train you with a multifaceted approach that includes an industry-leading learning platform, personalized coaching from dedicated training professionals, and the ability to obtain industry professional designations. We are so committed to training that we’ll subsidize it in your first two full-time contract years, providing you with additional funds, if you qualify, to help keep you on your feet while you complete our training program and grow your business. You’ll also be eligible to get rewarded and acknowledged with sales incentives and professional-development trips for our top-performing insurance agents. Digital tools Beyond this training and support, New York Life will equip you with the tools you need to succeed day-to-day, including experts on hand to answer your questions and a suite of digital sales, prospecting, and marketing tools that will help you attract and retain your clients with web, social, and email content. Products and solutions Together with its subsidiaries, New York Life provides a range of products, including life insurance, annuities, long-term care insurance, disability income insurance, and investment products such as mutual funds1 through our broker-dealer arm, NYLIFE Securities LLC (member of FINRA and SIPC), a Licensed Insurance Agency, ensuring that the solutions you develop with your clients can help them and their families achieve their financial goals. You’ll also be able to specialize and gain expertise in different areas, such as by becoming a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies LLC, our investment advisory division, to offer wealth management and advisory services,2 estate planning strategies, and business solutions. Human guidance When you join New York Life, you’re joining a strong team with peer-to-peer support options like study groups, mentorship, and other opportunities to engage with your fellow insurance agents. How we will compensate you. You have the power to determine your own income with our commission-based compensation.3 In 2023, the average income of our agents under the N8 and N9 Agent’s Contract who met annual minimum sales production requirements was $117,359.4 Individual agent performance will determine your income. Benefits for full-time agents include medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, as well as a 401(k) and pension.5 For more information about commission-based income and benefits for financial professionals. About New York Life... New York Life is a Fortune 100 company with a long history of doing good. We have been in business for over 175 years, helping generations of Americans protect their families and attain their financial goals. As a mutual company, we are accountable only to our policyholders, not to Wall Street or outside investors. We are focused on the long-term success of our clients. Awards & Accolades... We’re proud of our financial strength.6 • A++ Superior (A.M. Best), • AAA Exceptionally Strong (Fitch), • Aaa Exceptional (Moody’s), • 5.3 million LIVES PROTECTED. Includes all owners of individual life insurance and annuity policies, • $937 million LIFETIME ANNUITY INCOME PAID. Includes all payouts on individual income annuity products., • $5 billion IN LIVING BENEFITS AWARDED. Includes life and annuity cash value accumulation and qualifying policy dividends paid. Dividends are not guaranteed., • Over $1.2 trillion LIFE INSURANCE PROTECTION IN FORCE. Includes term, whole, and universal life.8 • The terms ”agent” and ”financial professional” are used interchangeably throughout this brochure and refer to someone who is in a sales role under an agent contract. 1. Offered by properly licensed registered representatives through NYLIFE Securities (member FINRA/SIPC), a Licensed Insurance Agency and a New York Life company., 3. If you qualify for an Introductory (PTAS) Contract, you will preview an agent career with New York Life as an independent contractor while continuing to work at your current job, with limited exceptions. PTAS Agents are not eligible for benefits. During this preview period of up to six months, any sales you make will continue to accrue until you either make enough sales to become a full-time agent under a Training Allowance Subsidy (TAS) Contract or the passage of six months, which ever is earlier. If you do not become a full-time agent, all commissions on any sales you made will be paid to you at the end of six months. If you become a fulltime agent under a TAS Contract, you will be credited with the commissions you accrued under the Introductory Contract., 4. Based on 2023 company data for 8,156 agents operating under our N9 and N8 Agent’s Contracts in all states, without persistency bonus, who were active as of December 31, 2023. N9 is the current contract for new financial professionals. N8 contracts were issued to new financial professionals priorto April 2004. Contracts determine your compensation and benefits. Sales production requirements are determined annually by the company. Historical agent incomes are provided for informational purposes only. Agent income is not guaranteed. Income is dependent upon the sales of each agent. Agent compensation is commission-based and determined through the ledger process. Overall compensation includes positive income credits for commissions based on actual sales and certain allowances or incentives, if eligible, based upon persistency and production, as well as debits associated with commission reversals, authorized expenses, and other items. Each credit and debit posted to the Agent’s Ledger is part of determining the agent’s compensation and no individual credit posted to the ledger is earned until the ledger reconciliation process is complete. Agents receive payments equal to the positive balance on the Agent’s Ledger after the credits and debits are applied., 5. This is necessarily brief and provides only general descriptions of the benefits available to eligible agents under the applicable plans. Specific terms, such as eligibility and benefits, are determined only by the terms and conditions contained in the relevant plan documents. In the event of any conflict between the information herein and the provisions of the plan documents, the plan documents will govern. The company reserves the right to amend or terminate the benefit plans described herein at any time for any reason., 6. New York Life Insurance Company continues to receive the highest financial strength ratings currently awarded to any life insurer in the U.S. from all four major rating agencies. Source: Individual Third-Party Ratings Reports: A.M. Best A++, Fitch Ratings AAA, Moody’s Aaa, and Standard & Poor’s AA+ (as of 11/17/2023). The ratings do not apply to investment products as they are subject to market risk and will fluctuate in value., 7. All figures reflect the consolidated results of New York Life Insurance Company and its domestic insurance subsidiaries, including New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation, for the 12 months ending December 31, 2023.
A Pet Care and Retail Associate is responsible for engaging with pet parents and their pets while providing positive experiences and upholding the company’s vision, mission, values, and strategy. This role is responsible for the retail store cleanliness, maintenance, as well as the direct safe care of pets within our store. Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: • Responsible for the pet parent experience and outcomes conducted in person, over the phone, at the sales register and online., • Greets pet parents and answers their questions throughout the store., • Ensure pets have a smooth, positive, pick-up and drop off experience., • Responsible for the pet healthcare of store owned pets and plants, which includes feeding, watering and cleaning all pet habitats (ie, birds and plants)., • Maintains total store cleanliness standards., • Supports retail success with product sorting, shelf stocking, and pricing updates., • Recommends, informs, and sells merchandise, services and supplies., • Promotes special events such as evening or weekend programming., • Ensures a safe environment for our associates, pets, and pet parents., • Responsible for taking immediate action when a sick/injured pet is identified in the store., • Assists and works in various areas throughout the store (including services such as daycare, dog walking, pet bathing, pet home check-ins, etc) as required., • Including some boarding (on-site overnight care of animals)., • Other duties may be assigned., • Follow all Operations policies and procedures. ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT • Associates are required to stand, walk, climb a ladder, and use hands to handle, feel, hold, write, etc. The associate frequently is required to reach with hands and arms: stoop, kneel, crouch, talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include depth perception. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions., • Associates must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally team lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include depth perception., • While performing the duties of this job, the associate is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, as well as a wet environment with an abundance of pet hair. The noise level is moderate in the work environment; however, associates may be exposed to high levels of noise at times. Exposure to live animals and their handling is common. Qualifications • 2+ years experience working with animals in similar business., • Strong written and verbal communication skills., • Able to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed., • Ability to react under pressure and maintain composure., • Animal Handling Certificate (or ability to obtain within first 30 days), • Animal CPR certificate (preferred not required) Compensation and Benefits Pet Care and Retail Associate are paid $16.50 an hour. Benefits include: • Paid weekly, • Associate discounts and perks, • Development opportunities Apply Now! We’re delighted you’re interested in promoting the well-being, happiness, care, and safety of every animal that enters our doors. We're excited to hear your story and learn more about you!