Infant Toddler Teacher PTO

Infant Toddler Teacher - Downtown (5

WKS PTO, $16.61/hr)

Location: Lotus Village Center, 217 NW 15 Street, Miami, FL 33136 (Downtown Miami Area)

Salary: $16.61 per hour

Benefits:

• Paid Winter recess (two-week period) and Spring recess (one-week period)
• 10 Vacation Days Paid
• 12 Holiday Days Paid
• 12 PTO Days Paid
• Competitive Health Benefits Package
• Wellness Program Reimbursements up to $50/month
• Short Term Disability at NO COST
• Life Insurance & AD&D 2X Annual Salary at NO COST
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement Plan UP TO 6% Employer Funding
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Discounted On-Site Early Childhood Care
• Tuition Assistance for Early Education Degree
• Free Monthly Transit Card

Description:

Help us make a difference in our community. United, we are tackling complex issues and turning contributions into real change. We fight for equitable access to quality education, financial security, and the health of everyone in our community.

United Way Miami is hiring an Infant Toddler Teacher to join our team. As an Infant Toddler Teacher, you will provide a safe and nurturing environment for children that encourages their social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development. Collaborating with the Director EHS-CCP Site, design and implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum according to the guidelines and key elements established by UWM, the EHS-CCP grant, and Head Start Performance Standards.

Responsibilities:

• Provide experiences that build on children’s prior experiences by drawing on children’s curiosity and encouraging children to come up with their questions, theories, and hypotheses.
• Encourage and model appropriate behavior and expectations.
• Be attentive, flexible, and supportive of children and their families. Practice positive discipline techniques.
• Capitalize on opportunities to help children build vocabulary by asking the children a series of follow-up questions to get a deeper understanding from the children.

• In collaboration with the Director EHS-CCP Site and the Infant Toddler Specialist, design and implement a reflective curriculum, materials, activities, and environments daily that provide a balance that supports a child’s learning.
• Observe, document, and manage all aspects of the data-gathering process of each child’s health, behavior, growth, and development.
• Use observations to plan and respond to the individual needs of the children and the group.
• Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and respect toward persons of different cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Design a thoughtful classroom environment to optimize small and large group interactions, social learning, and constructive play.
• Analyze and interpret the learning process and share it with colleagues and children.

• Observe and reflect
• Document and reflect
• Reflect, discuss, and plan
• Implement and reflect
• Partner with families in reflective planning

• Acknowledge and respond to all parents and visitors in a friendly, courteous, and professional demeanor.
• Communicate daily, including conferences, events, and meetings.
• Share resources with parents.
• Schedule, develop plans, and conduct home visits in collaboration with the Family Engagement Staff.
• Keep information confidential and share only with pertinent staff.
• Engage parents in ongoing communication about their child’s development screenings and assessments.
• Implement the Brazelton Touchpoints guiding principles and assumptions.

• Use data and share with families to individualize instruction and create action plans if needed.
• Engage parents in ongoing communication about their child’s developmental screenings and assessments and provide activities designed to enhance their child’s development based on assessment results.
• Review overall summary scores, subscales, and individual items from screenings and assessments.

• Lead the team in developing classroom goals and action plans.
• Ensure daily responsibilities are complete and jobs are shared.
• Implement reflective supervision with the teaching team.

• Supervise children, following all safety and health rules and knowing the…