Teacher II (HS)- Early Explorers

Total Rewards Package

• 401k
• Vacation
• Sick pay
• 14 Paid Holidays
• Pet Insurance
• FSA - Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Affordable Medical, Dental, and Vision packages extended to your family as well.
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Opportunity to promote within, just to name a few.

Under general supervision of the Regional Site Director and Site Lead Teacher, delivers high quality Early Childhood Development services to children enrolled, including educational, social, physical, nutritional, and psychological development of children under their care. Communicates with parents about their child’s individual progress and maintains records of attendance and educational achievement.

Responsible for the care and supervision of all enrolled PACE Education Division children, planning and implementing classroom lessons, conducting meetings and conferences with parents, coordinating activities and events for children and parents, interacting with the public and providing customer service by phone, email and in person, and preparing correspondence, reports, records, and other paperwork required by the early childhood education program.

• Ensure proper care, safety, and supervision of groups of children always, for up to 7 hours per day.
• Ensure appropriate child/teacher ratio is always met.
• Ensure classroom routine is conducive to learning, safety, and development.
• Plan and implement classroom lessons and activities for children indoors and out in accordance with all PACE Education Division selected curriculums and Head Start Performance Standards.
• Conduct learning and developmental assessments of children, including but not limited to DRDP-2015, ASQ-3, ASQ: SE2, etc. according to timelines.
• Ability to work with children of varying abilities and adhere to Individual Educational Plans.
• Conduct interior and exterior environmental safety checks to ensure a safe learning environment.
• Prepare and assist in serving family style meals to children.
• Clean and sanitize all areas of the classroom, including food preparation, dishwashing, eating and toileting areas.
• Help children practice good hygiene, including personal cleanliness and toileting/diapering, as needed.
• Serves as a translator for parents who do not speak English (as appropriate)
• Conduct annual teacher-parent conferences and home visits
• Maintain records of enrollment, attendance, and other required paperwork, both manually and digitally.
• Actively attend and participate in-service trainings provided by PACE and other agencies.
• Work effectively with other team members
• Ability to attend assignments away from assigned site, such as in-service trainings, home visits, parent conferences, etc.
• Organize and maintain instructional and program supplies
• Maintain an organized and developmentally appropriate classroom.
• Set up and take down classrooms, as needed.
• Participate in recruitment of children to maintain full enrollment and an active waitlist.
• Recruit, train and supervise parents and other volunteers.
• Use non-teaching hours to complete paperwork, home visits, conferences, and other requirements.
• Ensure accurate, complete, and up to date children’s files, paperwork and documentation, according to agency policies and procedures.
• Adhere to agency policies and procedures
• Provide direction and coaching to Teacher Assistant(s) and provide performance feedback to Regional Site Director to aid in their professional development.
• Provide culturally and linguistically appropriate customer service to parents, children, community representatives/members, and all PACE staff daily.
• Cooperate with Site Lead Teacher, Regional Site Director and Service Area Managers in planning, supervision, and implementation of overall program.
• Substitute as needed in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• Attend all assigned meetings and trainings as required by the program.
• Support and ensure the achievement of recruitment and enrollment goals.
• Assist in accomplishing the program's non-federal share through the access of community resources (services, donations, discounts, and/or goods).
• Other duties as…