EARLY Education Teacher - Anchorage

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Vacancy Name

Vacancy Name EARLY EDUCATION TEACHER - Anchorage

Vacancy No

Vacancy No VN837

Employment Type

Employment Type

Full Time Non-Exempt

Location

Location Muldoon Safe Harbor

Salary Range

Salary Range

Salary Period

Salary Period Hourly

Benefits Full time-eligible to participate in the benefit programs on the first day of the month after your 60th day of employment.

Provides high-quality early care and learning experiences for young children in the drop-in care center at Safe Harbor, including planning developmentally appropriate activities for children. Collaborate with Education Specialist to provide engaging and supportive services for families in the supportive housing program. Promote a healthy relationship between families and their community by implementing a strengths-based approach to family services. Maintain a safe and clean children’s space in the supportive housing building.

Foster the belief that parents are the child’s first and most important teacher.

• In collaboration with the Education Specialist provide daily supervision of children in the drop-in care center and responsible for planning and implementation of age and culturally-appropriate activities. Ensuring the classroom environment is interactive and reflects the cultural and socioeconomic background of children.
• Maintains classroom in accordance with all applicable health and safety regulations and standards.
• Helps to promote positive social-emotional interaction among children, including guiding children through challenging behaviors and supporting children of all abilities and ages within the program.
• Establishes relationships with families that are respectful, culturally sensitive, and nonjudgmental.
• With the Education Specialist, provides support and referrals to families to connect them with community resources (e.g. WIC, Child Care Assistance, Early Intervention Services, long-term childcare, etc).
• In collaboration with the Education Specialist, design and host children and family events and activities that reflect the needs and interests of the families in the program (e.g. parent education classes, homework club, art class, infant feeding classes, playgroups, etc).
• Develops and maintains on-site community resource files.
• Documents services provided for families including sign-in/out system, referrals and program events/activities.
• Develops and maintains constructive and cooperative working relationships with children, families, staff, and others.

• Required to attend staff meetings and trainings.
• Participates in Early Childhood Education and Supportive Housing meetings when appropriate.
• Represents RurAL CAP with a high professional demeanor, which includes communicating with others outside the organization, such as clientele, the public, and other external sources in person, in writing, by telephone or by e-mail in keeping with current policies & procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Ability to manage work time well, meet deadlines, and follow established policies and procedures.
• Ability to exercise good judgement, courtesy, and tact.
• Ability to establish good rapport with people of diverse cultures and belief systems.
• Ability to monitor and assess performance of oneself and others to make improvements.
• Ability to negotiate to bring others together to try to reconcile differences.
• Effective verbal/written communication and listening skills.
• Must demonstrate sound judgment, professional boundaries, ethics, and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships.
• Must have the ability to operate the following equipment: desktop computer, laptop, telephone, copier, PC printer, and fax machine. Uses computers and computer programs effectively to enter data, create spreadsheets and process information, and to develop documents, and program and training materials.

• Classroom, family homes, and general office environment.
• Agency is a mandated tobacco, drug and…