Head Start Teacher

Koyuk, AK

DEPARTMENT:
Head Start/Early Head Start

POSITION STATUS:
Temporary, Seasonal, Part-Time

PAY SCALE GRADE: 9T – No CDA/E, 10 – CDA, 12-13 – AA, 14 – BA ($32.77 – 51.09 DOE)

Head Start is a federal program designed to assist children in preparing for formal education in the public school system. The Head Start Teacher implements the Head Start Program Performance Standards, the Head Start Act and follows all applicable federal and state licensing regulations. Head Start Teacher is meant to lead all educational efforts with the support of the Head Start Teacher Aide.

This position is required to meet all Head Start Teacher educational requirements of the program.

• Maintain a professional attitude, be responsible, dependable, and demonstrate a commitment to excellence.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable federal and state regulations, including the Head Start Program Performance Standards, the Head Start Act, applicable federal and state licensing regulations, the Child & Adult Care Food Program, and Kawerak agency and Head Start policies and procedures.
• Plan and implement learning experiences that advance the intellectual and physical development of children, including improving the readiness of children for school by developing their literacy, phonemic, and print awareness, their understanding and use of language, their understanding and use in increasingly complex and varied vocabulary, their appreciation of books, their understanding of early math and early science, their problem solving abilities, and their approaches to learning.
• Establish and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment.
• Support the social and emotional development of children.
• Encourage the involvement of the families of the children in the program and support the development of relationships between children and their families.
• Proactively plan and prepare developmentally appropriate classroom materials and lesson plans that include Native culture, heritage, and language.
• Use a team approach with parents and staff to develop individualized activities to meet the children’s needs.
• Conduct and document observations, screenings, assessments and complete student checkpoints as required.
• Ensure that children are supervised at all times with a one to ten, teacher to student ratio.
• Facilitate Family Style Dining during all meals served at the center in compliance with CACFP.
• Conduct two home visits per year and two parent teacher conferences per year.
• Maintain monthly classroom and bus evacuation drills.
• Prepare breakfast/snack/lunch as required, and facilitate outdoor play.
• Collaborate with speech and physical therapists, nurses, social workers and other relevant professionals to promote quality services to children.
• Use appropriate guidance techniques consistent with early childhood education practices.
• Participate in meetings and trainings with staff, parents, community partners, and other professionals as required.
• Maintain updated confidential child files and parent signatures.
• Attend meetings and maintain records of Individual Education Plans (IEP) and assist the coordination of on-going services for children.
• Maintain correspondence with all parents through monthly memos, newsletters, and/or activity calendars.
• Work as a team with classroom co-workers, core staff specialists, and assigned family advocate to meet the needs of children and families.
• Read work related emails to communicate with core staff and other co-workers.
• Complete and submit all…