Education Floater

Grantee 2 EHS Program Full Time Professional Florida City, FL, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $17.11 To $23.10 Hourly

Under the supervision of the Curriculum Specialist, the Education Floater (Education Floater) will provide responsive care, effective teaching and an organized learning environment that promotes the health development and children’s skill growth aligned with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework:
Ages Birth to Five, (HSELOF) including for children with disabilities. Education Floaters will emphasize nurturing and responsive practices, interactions and environments that foster trust and emotional security; are communication and language rich; promote social, emotional, behavioral, and language development and support all children’s engagement in learning experiences and activities. (HSPPS 1302.31)

The Education Floater will be responsible for entering data into the Child Plus and ATI Galileo database, perform clerical tasks, and The Education Floater will assist the Curriculum Specialist and teaching team to:

• Gather child assessments, parent teacher conferences, and home visits, review for accuracy, and enter information into the Child Plus database and share data appropriately with the Curriculum Specialist and Education Coordinator HSPPS 1302.00(a)(1(2) .
• Input Voluntary Prekindergarten Assessment Scores and provide the Curriculum Specialist with a Classroom Report. Enter classroom environment monitoring report information into spread sheets. (Rule 6M-8.301).
• Assist in the planning of extracurricular activities, trainings, workshops and meetings 1302.92(a)(4).
• Meet weekly with the Curriculum Specialist and participate in monthly meetings (
  HSPPS:1302.31, 1302.91
  ).
• Support teaching staff with children who demonstrate challenging behaviors 1302.45 (a)(1).
• Assist in recruiting volunteers and providing them with guidance 1302.53 (a)(iv).
• Assist the Curriculum Specialist with files and documentation in a confidential manner (b).
• Perform other duties, as may be required.

The Education Floater will provide support to the teaching staff during an absence from the classroom, including both long-term and short-term leave when assigned by the Curriculum Specialist.

• Be responsible for the daily care and educational opportunities for four children, ages 0 – 5 years.
  HSPPS 1302.21 b(2)
• Establish daily routines for each infant, toddler and preschooler in care.
  HSPPS 1302.31(c)(1).
• Promote relational learning and include individualized and small group activities that integrate appropriate daily routines into a flexible schedule of learning experiences (HSPPS 1302.31(c)(1))
• Recognize physical activity is important to learning and integrate intentional movement and physical activity into curricular activities and daily routines in ways that support health and learning to include indoor and outdoor activities.
  HSPPS 1302.31; HSPPS 1302.33(a)(b).
• Implement snack and meal times that support development and learning – which may include holding infants during feeding to support socialization HSPPS 1302.31 e (2)
• Implement Creative Curriculum or High Scope Curriculum, a developmentally appropriate research-based early childhood curriculum.
  HSPPS 1302.31; HSPPS 1302.32(a)
• Implement additional curricular enhancements as appropriate and as directed (e.g. Pyramid model, science-infused curriculum)
  HSPPS 1302.31; HSPPS 1302.32(a)
• Under the supervision of the Curriculum Specialist, assist in the required screening and assessment instruments to each child to determine their developmental progress.
  HSPPS 1302.33
• Maintain all required attendance records,
  HSPPS 1302.16(a)
• Within a reasonable amount of time, ascertain child’s diapering, and restroom usage and feeding schedule. Encourage children to…