Early Childhood Teacher Family Engagement

Job Overview

Perform various duties to provide students with appropriate learning activities and experiences to help them develop their full potential in areas of language, literacy, social-emotional, physical, and mathematics. Head Start provides the education staff with peer and intensive coaching, tuition reimbursement, training, professional development, and wellness opportunities.

• Develop, prepare, and implement daily, weekly, and monthly instructional activities in accordance with
  
  Head Start Program Performance Standards, program goals, school readiness goals, and other program requirements, while considering the individual needs and skill levels of the children.
• Provide instruction to children involved in various classroom activities, including educational programs to develop children's growth in socio-emotional, motor, cognitive, language, health, and personal hygiene skills, usingdevelopmentappropriateactivities, best practices, and positive discipline practices.
• Observe, record, and evaluate each child's activity, performance, behavior, and development; accommodate andmodifyindividual activities based on developmental needs or behavior.
• Utilize various screening tools to assess children in all areas of development, then use the outcomes to create individual learning activities that support children's learning.
• Adapt and implement behavior plans and Individualize Education Plan to meet the goals andobjectivesof each child receiving consultation or special education services. Attend and provide adequate information during Individualize Education Plan and behavior plan meetings for the individual child.
• Implement and support efforts that help individuals understand differences, appreciate various perspectives, and work effectively together in educational settings.
• Responsible for fully understanding and intentionally implementing active supervision practices consistently throughout the day.
• Attend andparticipatein staff meetings, workshops, formal classes, in-service training, and program events to continually advance teaching skills and knowledge.
• Participating in professional development opportunities and education coaching to enhance skills and professional practices.
• Ensure andmaintaina healthy, safe, clean, and organized classroom environment. Direct classroom team(assistant teacher and classroom aide) to supportwithdaily operations, including completing and monitoring health, meals, and attendance logs.
• Implement family-stylemealtimesand clean up, nurturing social/emotional and self-help development.
• Schedule and conduct home visits and parent/teacher conferences with families
• Maintain ongoing contact with parents; encourage and promote parent involvement; work with parents in developing an understanding of their role as the primary educator of their children; encourage parents in the reinforcement and transfer of concepts and behaviors from the school to the home setting; schedule and participate in parent conferences; visit parents; prepare home activities for parents and children.
• Support transition efforts from Head Start to kindergarten.
• Recruit volunteer parents toassistin the classroom.
• Assistin all forms of communication with parents.
• Ability to work and collaborate in a team to support young children with and without behavior needs, language delays, disabilities, and special needs.?
• Ensureaccurateand complete paperwork, meet established deadlines, follow standard operating procedures, and perform job duties efficiently andin a timely manner.
• Abide by medical/nutritional restrictions.
• Ability to use various forms of technology, including tablets and computers; navigate databases such as Smart Teach and other program databases; and communicate effectively through email, curriculum platforms, and phone calls withtimelyresponses.
• Alwaysmaintainconfidentiality and abide by the program's employee standard of conduct.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as needed, including accepting temporary work assignments within Adams County when regularly scheduled personnel are unavailable.?

• Understanding of early childhood principles of child development theory and…