*** $3,000.00 SIGNING BONUS ***
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Early Childhood - Infant / Toddler Teacher plans and implements a quality program of educational activities for pre-school children ages pre-natal to three-years old that encourages growth and development in a variety of areas. The Early Childhood - Infant / Toddler Teacher promotes a cooperative, constructive relationship with families to ensure the child's growth / development meets their full potential.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum of an Associate degree in early childhood education, child development, or related field required.
- Previous professional experience working with preschool-aged children preferred
COMPTENCIES AND ABILITIES:
- Ability to develop and implement classroom curriculum that encourages language, cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development of children.
- Ability to interact with children in a warm, nurturing manner.
- Must have current first-aid and CPR training.
- Ability to work with children with developmental delays or disabilities.
- Knowledge of or ability to learn to conduct developmental screenings and assessments of children.
- Working knowledge of child development, age appropriate behaviors, common childhood behavior challenges and appropriate interventions.
- Knowledge of the practices of early childhood teaching.
- Ability to intervene with children's behaviors in a non-punitive and supportive manner.
- Ability to communicate effectively with young children and their families.
- Ability to develop and implement individual learning plans for children.
- Ability to implement individual education plans (IEP) and individual family service plans (IFSP) for children with disabilities.
DUTIES AND RESPONBILITES:
- Responsible for ensuring that daily activities and interactions reflect the mission and goals of the program.
- Attend on-going trainings/workshops on the High Scope Curriculum and Child Observation Record (COR). Implement strategies learned from trainings/workshops attended.
- Implement curriculum activities, strategies, learning environment, and interactions in accordance to the PQA.
- Plan and implement a program of educational activities for children, including writing a weekly lesson plan that specifies a daily schedule, toward the achievement of specific curriculum goals as written in education component plan.
- Create a clean, safe classroom environment that is conducive to learning, promoting social relationships.
- Evaluate the accomplishments of the children on a regular basis and reports progress to parents/guardians.
- Plan and implement an individual learning plan for each child in the classroom. Implement IEP and IFSP goals as part of the individualization process.
- Plan and implement daily outdoor activities that develop gross motor skills and promote exploration and social relationships.
- Develop curriculum activities that reflect the ethnic/multi-cultural makeup of the community.
- Maintain compliance with child-care licensing and HHS regulations.
- Monitor and work in conjunction with co-teacher to provide a well-organized classroom.
- Assists in ensuring that all health and developmental screenings are up-to-date and complete.
- Promotes parent-child bonding and nurtures parent-child relationships. Assist in facilitating parent education workshops as assigned.
- Provide, document and report all program activities and interactions as required by contract, licensing, and programmatic goals.
- Implement classroom health, dental, and nutrition performance standards and document in weekly lesson plans.
- Coordinate mealtime service, including interacting with children and accurate CACFP record keeping.
- Provide children with experiences that support their full range of developmental and socio-emotional needs.
- Provide activities that foster development of a positive self-image; address physical and mental health needs of children and document in daily lesson plans.
LICENSING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
- Valid driver’s license and / or reliable transportation.
Starfish Family Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer
EOE/M/F/D/V
