Early Childhood Center; ECC Substitute Instructor; NRCCS

Early Childhood Center (ECC) Substitute Instructor

Location:

NRCCS, Clark, CO

Date Available:

Ongoing

Closing Date:
Until filled

The North Routt Community Charter School is seeking a passionate early childhood educator at our beautiful Clark, Colorado campus. Our school provides a professional environment where educators can focus their time on igniting the joy of learning in their students. We are seeking committed educators who embrace progressive quality education that values community, relationships, collaboration, and individuality of children. We are a child-led, exploratory, nature and project based learning environment.

We value outdoor education and spend lots of time exploring nature. We are a school where teachers, parents, and the community are collaborators and partners in a child's educational journey.

Compensation: $25.00

What we offer:

• School work days follow a school break schedule with 10 weeks off throughout the school year and 3 days per week during 6 weeks of Summer Programming
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

This is a classified, hourly position, scheduled as needed for staffing.

School Year:
Monday
- Friday; 7:30am - 4pm

Summer Camp:
Tuesday
- Thursday; 8am - 4pm

Primary Responsibilities:

• Implement activities utilizing art, gardening, and cooking materials, as well as loose parts play, physical movement, and imaginary play in an emergent curriculum/project-based school setting, with support of the Director.
• Support different stages of development and learning styles within one classroom.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues.
• Prepare and maintain a clean, orderly, attractive and regularly updated environment.
• Create an environment of collaboration, respect, kindness and gentleness for all students, and a commitment to working in and fostering an inclusive community.
• Communicate to families in-person daily as well as weekly electronic forms of communication.
• Support children and families with potty training.
• Attend all required training and complete 15 hours of continuing education annually and provide the director with documentation of these trainings in accordance with state requirements.
• Work with children of all ages at the Early Childhood Center;
  Toddler Room ages 1-3yrs, Preschool 2.5-5yrs. This includes supervision, play, teaching, cleaning, support with self help skills (eating, toileting, dressing, etc) and social-emotional growth and wellbeing.
• Be familiar with all health and emergency policies of the program and be ready to implement them if necessary.
• Follow Colorado Minimum Rules and Regulations for Child Care Centers.
• Work outdoors in a variety of weather and engage young children in physical activities.

Qualifications:

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Ability to frequently walk, bend, stand, stoop, reach, push, carry, and engage in moderate physical effort (lifting to 50 lbs.) and work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions
• Willingness to fulfill the above mentioned duties.
• Complete and pass a background check and fingerprinting
• Ability to positively support children's social and emotional well being and/or willingness to engage in training to expand understanding and practices.
• Experience with positive discipline that fosters respect and kindness and/or willingness to engage in training to enhance these practices.
• Knowledge and commitment around diversity, equity, and inclusion practices and/or willingness to engage in training to enhance knowledge in these areas
• Early Childhood Professional Credential, or willingness to complete, per Colorado Rules and Regulations
• Obtain and maintain Basic First Aid, CPR certification and MAT (Medication Administration Training)
• Associates or Bachelors Degree (preferred)
• One year of verifiable experience in an early childhood program/classroom (preferred)
• Complies with all state education and licensing standards, and maintains validation of credentials for the position (i.e. 15 hours of professional development annually)

Essential Job Functions:

• Decision Making
• Language Skills
• Mathematical Skills
• Reasoning Ability
• Technology Skills
• Other
  
  Skills And Abilities

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must lift items weighing 50 pounds from floor level to an elevation of four feet.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.