Teacher, Early Childhood Education

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• Regular and on-time attendance
• Willingness to take on new initiatives
• Willingness to work on an effective team
• Willingness to support children and families through high-quality early education and child development services
• Respect for diverse families
• Foster positive, goal-oriented relationships
• Effective communication skills
• Skilled use of PC or Mac Operating Systems and Microsoft Office programs
• Organized and detail oriented
• Promote children’s cognitive, social and emotional growth
• Assist EIC and EHS in building community engagement, partnerships, and awareness to empower children and families
• Demonstrate consistent professionalism
• Provide outcome driven supports for family and child learning experiences that promote school readiness
• Create Individualized Learning Plans

• Providing high-quality learning experiences for children according to the Head Start Performance Standards 1302:
  Subpart C and program regulations that promote Head Start to school readiness
• Maintaining a clean and safe classroom environment
• Using instructional practices that emphasize nurturing, trusting relationships, emotional security, communication and language development, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Planning and implementing effective lessons, schedules and activities using approved age-appropriate curriculum resources that align with Head Start and school readiness
• Developing supplemental age-appropriate lessons and activities to support learning for children and families
• Promoting relational learning for infants and toddlers including individualized and small group activities that integrate daily routines and a flexible schedule of learning experiences
• Promoting learning through engaging approaches to rest, meals, routines and physical activity
• Conducting early childhood development screenings within 45 calendar days to identify developmental concerns and submitting any findings or concerns to the Disability Manager and the child’s Family Advocate
• Implementing early literacy and math activities for all children inclusive of all eleven domains of learning to promote School Readiness
• Conducting assessments as designed for the age-appropriate selected curriculum, Education Manager and curriculum team in compliance with Head Start Performance Standards
• Updating assessment data to ensure current information on the children’s progress in the classroom aligns with Head Start and School Readiness Goals
• Maintaining acceptable discipline practices using Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) domains
• Providing effective teacher/child interactions required of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) that promotes School Readiness
• Supervising the Teacher Assistant in the classroom
• Submitting reports in a timely manner
• Monitoring and updating children’s files for licensing and Performance Standards Requirements
• Maintaining and securing student’s records and files
• Reviewing and verifying all classroom reports before submitting to Central Office
• Making two (winter and spring) home visit meeting with parents per year
• Scheduling and hosting Teacher/Parent Conferences
• Assisting Family Service Workers/Family Advocates in working with families as deemed necessary
• Recruiting volunteers
• Attending local and out-of-area workshops
• Supporting all Early Head Start Service Areas
• Completing additional tasks or duties deemed appropriate by the program administrators required for compliance with federal, state and local childcare guidelines and the functions of EIC

• Ability to be physically active including standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, jumping, and climbing throughout the day
• Ability to frequently lift…