Substitute Teacher

Matrix Human Services is Educating Children Supporting Families and Rebuilding Neighborhoods in Detroit.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL BE A PART OF WITH JOINING MATRIX

• Over 30 program locations throughout Detroit and surrounding areas
• 20000 individuals benefiting from Matrix services every year
• The largest Head Start Program in the city of Detroit
• The largest HIV treatment and prevention program in Detroit
• After school youth services and academic enrichment
• Workforce Development and Financial Literacy Programs
• Housing Education and Home Buying Assistance
• Healthy Senior Living Program

FOCUS ON PERSONAL AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT. Tuition Assistance, Professional Development – House Learning and Professional Development Platform.

WE EMBRACE WORK LIFE BALANCE. Vacation Banks, Paid Holidays.

BENEFITS OPTIONS. Medical/Rx, Dental, Vision, Life/AD&D Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short- & Long-Term Disability, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), 403(b) Retirement Account.

CORE VALUES:

• Positive Attitude
• Always Learning
• Results Through Accountability
• Building Relationships

POSITION TITLE: Substitute Teacher

DEPARTMENT: Head Start Birth to 5 Program

REPORTS TO: Center Manager

SUPERVISES: N/A

FLSA: Non-Exempt

JOB SUMMARY/ACCOUNTABILITY:

The Substitute Teacher is responsible for providing a safe nurturing learning environment for children and their parents. With support from the Teacher or Assistant Teacher, the Temporary Assistant Teacher assists in implementing the curriculum and providing active supervision for the children.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create and maintain a clean safe healthy and developmentally focused learning environment
• Supervise and monitor children at all times and respond appropriately to crisis or emergency situations as they occur
• Implement program-sanctioned active supervision and health and safety practices that ensure children are kept safe at all times
• Establish a positive classroom climate
• Guide the behavior of children in positive effective ways
• Follow a consistent schedule that includes small and large group experiences, work time, music and movement, large and small motor activities, skill development, meals and effective transitions between activities
• Encourage experimentation, exploration, problem-solving, cooperation, socialization and choice-making; ask open-ended questions and follow-up questions to promote further thinking skills
• Use outdoor time as an extension of the classroom, ensuring the playground is safe
• Promote English language acquisition for children who are English and dual language learners
• Release children only to individuals with appropriately assigned permission
• Eat with and assist children in the development of social and self-help skills and sound nutritional practices
• Assist with the sanitation of classroom equipment and toys and the daily classroom health and safety checklist
• Support the role of families as the first and primary teachers of their child
• Assist in adapting lesson plans to meet the individual goals for children as identified in their Individual Learning Plan (ILP), Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
• Monitor for and report all instances of child abuse and neglect
• Assist with inventory of equipment and supplies
• Cooperate with other staff and classroom groups to maintain the smooth functioning of the center, which at times may require changes to meet the needs of the children
• Ensure all developmental screenings are completed within 45 days of enrollment
• Use appropriate observation and ongoing assessment; track to ensure positive child outcomes
• Maintain ongoing anecdotal notes to monitor children's individual development
• Input COR notes into the database system within the timeline set by the program
• Maintain adequate safeguards for the privacy and confidentiality of information
• Complete required documentation of relevant activities and submit records and reports in a timely and accurate manner
• Stay abreast of current issues and trends by participating in grantee-sponsored training, center pre-service and in-service training, and other continuing education career and professional development opportunities; read and review regulations and…