EHS TEACHER

Overview

POSITION: Teacher-Infant/Toddler

SUMMARY OF EHS TEACHER: Responsible for the development and implementation of an age-appropriate educational environment and curriculum that promotes socio-emotional, physical, and cognitive growth for infant/toddler children and support services to families. To act as an Ambassador to the Agency and to reflect all Agency matters positively.

REPORTS TO: Regional Manager

FLSA STATUS: Full Time, Exempt

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EHS TEACHER: Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Must supervise and monitor children at all times by following Active Supervision procedures, policies, and strategies to ensure no child is ever left unsupervised.
• Ensure the quality and safety of the educational environment according to state and federal regulations and program policies.
• Implement developmentally appropriate curriculum, which reflects mandated elements and components, parental and cultural influences, and promotes the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of Early Head Start children.
• Follow Agency-adopted curriculum, using effective strategies to guide learning.
• Develop and follow a consistent classroom schedule, which includes small and large group experiences, choice time, music and movement, large and small motor activities, skill development, meals, effective transitions, and caregiving routines.
• Assess individual and group needs, attending to specific interests, strengths, and concerns, and individualize for each child accordingly.
• Establish weekly goals that promote individual and group educational plans and include School Readiness Goals.
• Promote English language acquisition of children who are English and Dual-Language learners.
• Establish a positive classroom climate.
• Guide the behavior of children in positive, effective ways.
• Promote health and wellness practices through planning and interactions with children, families, and staff.
• Provide direct support to all staff and volunteers regarding classroom expectations and adult-child interactions.
• Screen all children to determine developmental level and plan accordingly.
• Participate in all child/family staffing.
• Promote family literacy.
• Must support the center during major transitions to ensure child safety and supervision.
• Must follow the break schedule created by the supervisor.
• When additional leadership is needed at the center level, duties may be assigned to ensure that daily operations and communications are maintained.
• Assist with breaks and other center needs.
• Attend meetings, training, and appropriate professional development activities.
• To the extent possible, employees will not provide direct services to their family members. However, when this is not possible, to minimize potential conflicts of interest, employees should avoid providing direct services to their family members. If an employee is responsible for the care and guidance of closely related children, they should make every effort to transfer these responsibilities to another caregiver within the classroom.
  
  This approach helps maintain professional boundaries and ensures impartiality in service delivery.
• Other duties as required.

• Provide an atmosphere that promotes and reinforces family and volunteer engagement.
• Support the role of families as the first and primary teachers of their children.
• Establish mutually respectful relationships with families to enhance the quality of their lives.
• Provide ongoing support for families in the areas of child development, family, and adult literacy.
• Prepare and distribute pertinent information requested by the family on time.
• Attend parent meetings and functions as required.
• Conduct home visits and parent/teacher conferences as required.
• Support the family’s efforts to reach developmental goals set for their child.
• Offer parents opportunities to be involved in group activities, including policy groups and educational activities based on interest and need.
• Provide opportunities for children and families to participate in fatherhood activities.
• Promote and support parent involvement…