Preschool Teacher

Preschool Teacher

SBCS (formerly South Bay Community Services) transforms communities to support the well-being and prosperity of children, youth, and families. For more than 50 years, we've worked throughout San Diego to provide safe shelter, transitional housing, intervention prevention programs, mental health support, and many other services that meet the ever-changing needs of our communities.

Our organization is dedicated to offering high-quality services and ensuring all services align with the community's needs. To best serve our communities, SBCS partners with various grassroots organizations throughout California to develop innovative strategies that enhance services, empower clients, and ensure that culturally appropriate and trauma-informed care is offered. SBCS provides a wide range of services tailored to meet each client's unique needs.

At SBCS, our client-centered approach highlights the importance of respect, empathy, and compassion when interacting with all community members.

As a mission-driven organization, our work is centered around providing exceptional, face-to-face support to our clients and community members to foster trust, accessibility and personal connection that are critical to our mission.

Mi Escuelita Therapeutic Preschool is designed for young children (2 – 5 years of age) who have been exposed to domestic violence or abuse, helping them heal and begin along the right path for school so that they can enter kindergarten ready to learn and have increased chances of healthy long-term development free from the destructive cycle of abuse.

Under the supervision of the program director, the preschool teacher provides integrated services to help children heal and begin the right path for their continued success in school. Preschool teachers provide trauma informed support within their daily interactions and teaching while supporting their recovery by providing various support services and strategies to improve their wellbeing, safety, and ability to cope and thrive in school.

Services will be in keeping with the agency and center goals, mission, and style, provided within a team framework. The teaching staff is responsible for working within the team in developing team goals and objectives, and in meeting those goals and objectives.

Duties:

• Supervise, teach, and oversee a classroom of 24 students, while keeping students safe, and maintaining and adhering to state mandated ratios. Includes ability to supervise up to 12 students while alone.
• Utilize required databases for student tracking of attendance, goals, and developmental progress, such as ETO, Center Track, and Classroom Genius, and any others deemed essential to the classroom operation.
• Effectively track child's development through the DRDP including regular observations, notation and tracking progress, including fully understanding all key elements of child development.
• Develop weekly lesson plans fully utilizing designated curriculum and considering individual student needs. Lesson plans may need to be entered into required electronic database(s) as well as given to administration on a regular basis.
• Participate in the design and implementation of developmentally age-appropriate curriculum and activities ensuring inclusion of all children.
• Responsible for providing instruction to children individually and in groups.
• Develop goals and objectives consistent with individual student needs in collaboration with the therapist and other support services staff.
• Comply with all Community Care Licensing Regulations and SBCS performance standards.
• Complete individualized assessment and behavior observation reports and adjust strategies and interventions accordingly.
• Work closely with parents, therapists, and other professionals to ensure a holistic approach to each child's development.
• Respond promptly to hygiene needs of the children including, diaper changing, assisting with toileting, potty training, and teaching basic hygiene skills.
• Maintain accurate and current assessment information noting child's progress across all developmental domains utilizing anecdotal notes and/ or examples of children's work.
• Supervise and interact with…