Head Start Floater Associate Teacher

Hollywood, 5000 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Posted Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM

About PLN

Founded on Skid Row in 1980, Para Los Niños provides education and wraparound support, serving over 10,000 children, youth, and families annually in some of the most underserved areas in Los Angeles. PLN fosters pathways to success by striving for excellence in education, family support, and comprehensive social-emotional, and community-based services.

Through early education, TK-8th grade education, youth workforce services, and family and community services Para Los Niño’s’ model provides a comprehensive, holistic approach to break the cycle of poverty and help children and youth thrive.

Position Overview

Under the supervision of the Teacher, the IAT is responsible for the academic, social and emotional growth and development, and supervision of children. In partnership with the teacher, the IAT assists with the design and integration of classroom goals and objectives. With, the Teacher, the IAT is responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of lesson plans designed to stimulate children’s learning and support critical thinking.

The IAT is responsible for assisting the Teacher in the provision of a quality educational experience that is responsive to the interest, needs and developmental age of the children enrolled in the assigned classroom. In the absence of a teacher, associate teacher, or assistant teacher, the Itinerant Associate Teacher provides substitute coverage. In addition, the Itinerant Associate Teacher provides coverage for breaks, lunches, and planning meetings.

The Itinerant Associate Teacher has a primary site assignment but may, in cases of staff call-out, be asked to provide substitute coverage for another PLN site.

Duties

Guiding Philosophy

• Carries out Mission, Vision, and Values established by the President/C.E.O. and Board of Directors.
• Participates in the overall agency Accreditation Quality Improvement process.
• Adhere to professional conduct at all times (i.e. proper tone and language use in the classroom, respectful, proper for children, parents and peers at all times).
• Attends and participates in Professional Development meetings.

Planning and Creating the Learning Environment

In the classroom and yard Itinerant Associate Teachers must participate in:

• Providing a learning environment that reflects the PLN Guiding Philosophy.
• Providing a learning environment that promotes curiosity and inquiry.
• Providing a learning environment that is flexible and changes according to the needs and interests of the children.
• Providing a classroom environment that reflects the children’s learning.
• Planning and providing experiences for children that promote critical thinking and inquiry.
• Planning and providing experiences for children that nurture and stimulate their cultural needs.
• Collecting and analyzing observations of children’s learning behaviors in order to assist in the development of lesson plans and individualized goals as well as the completion of DRDPs.

Supervision

• Participates in supervision meetings on a weekly basis with Teacher and Teacher assistant.
• Provides supervision and care to children in the classroom and actively participates in classroom and yard activities.

Classroom Management

• Participates in developing age appropriate curriculum (lesson plans) that are responsive to children’s interests and needs and support skill acquisition in all domains of development.
• Assists in the: completion of attendance records, maintenance of up to date emergency forms, curriculum plans, individual child development profiles and other records as needed.
• Assist in completing and developing short and long term goals for individual child and overall group.
• Assists in the orientation of parents to the classroom.
• Completes checklists to ensure that classroom is kept neat and orderly.
• Completes documentation and reports of all incidents, accidents or behavioral outbursts (be the client, parents and or staff).
• Assists in the completion of daily, weekly, and monthly logs and reports as requested by teacher/supervisor.

CCL/ CDE Head Start

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