Early Childhood Resource Teacher

Title: Early Childhood Resource Teacher

Executive Area: Student Affairs & Campus Life

College/School/MBU: Center for Early Educ and Care

Department: Center for Early Educ and Care

Work Location: Amherst

Schedule: Full Time

Work Arrangement: Onsite

The Early Childhood Resource Teacher provides staff coverage for all classrooms, develops and implements curriculum, classroom environment, behavior guidance, and parent partnerships according to the Center for Early Education and Care (CEEC) guidelines, the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) state licensing regulations, and national accreditation criteria. The Early Childhood Resource Teacher provides a nurturing, safe environment for children, which facilitates their social, emotional, intellectual, and physical growth.

• Uses positive and constructive methods of behavior guidance, and emphasizes personal safety and emotional well-being at all times.
• Plans and implements developmentally appropriate curriculum that complies with guidelines, based upon observation and assessment of individual children and goals developed with parents.
• Incorporates a culturally sensitive approach to early childhood programming and a respect for the diversity of the children’s families.
• Designs and maintains classroom and outdoor play environments that comply with licensing standards.
• Documents children’s learning through anecdotal notes and may be responsible for bi-annual child assessments, documentation materials, and referrals of children for diagnostic services.
• Communicates appropriately with children and individualizes the classroom program to meet special needs of children.
• Develops a partnership with families through daily communication, newsletters, conferences, and family involvement activities.
• Trains and supervises student employees in positive behavior guidance techniques according to licensing policy and CEEC practices, and is responsible for their orientation and involvement in the classroom.

• Keeps the safety of the children as a first priority and follows CEEC and EEC protocol for reporting suspected child abuse and/or neglect.
• Utilizes universal healthcare precaution protocol to prevent exposure to and spread of childhood diseases, infections, human bodily fluids and wastes.
• Maintains a safe, clean, and attractive classroom environment and instructs children to use health and safety practices.
• Notifies Director of unsafe facility issues.

• Provides coverage for planned and unplanned absences of professional and student staff in order to ensure that classroom teacher/child ratios are met at all times. Adheres to coverage schedules which may be adjusted as program needs change and which includes working in all classrooms.
• Respects and adheres to staffing/classroom schedules, which may be adjusted to fit program needs.
• Collaborates with colleagues in curriculum development and implementation of classroom activities.
• Understands and implements affirmative action and non-discrimination regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Must be able to comply with state regulations in regard to required health verification and documentation.
• Participates in professional development opportunities as required.
• Maintains confidentiality.

• Performs related duties as assigned or required. Understands responsibilities with respect to Title IX, Clery and other compliance requirements.
• Demonstrates capacity, skill, and willingness to engage students and contribute to student success.
• Understands responsibilities with respect to conflicts of interest and behaves in ways consistent both with law and with University policy.
• Contributes toward creating a positive and respectful workplace. Uses access to sensitive and/or not yet public university related information only in the performance of the responsibilities of position and exercises care to prevent unnecessary disclosure to others.

• Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related field, and two (2) years full-time experience in a licensed early childhood classroom OR a Bachelor’s degree with classroom…