Infant Toddler Teacher-Miami Gardens; Part Time

Salary Range: $15.66 per hour

Work Schedule Primarily: Monday through Friday from 12:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Location Address: Carol City Center- 4375 NW 173rd Drive, Miami Gardens, FL 33055

• 401k employer match up to 3% plus 3% safe harbor contribution
• Free monthly pass for Transit and parking
• Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training & Development opportunities
• Two weeks of Winter Recess (after 1 year of employment)

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United Way Miami is looking for an Infant Toddler Teacher-Part-Time who will provide a safe and nurturing environment for children that encourages their social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development. In collaboration with the Director of 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.

• Teachers are expected to provide experiences that build on children’s prior experiences by drawing on children’s curiosity and encouraging children to come up with their own questions, theories, and hypotheses.
• Encourage and model appropriate behavior and expectations.
• Teachers are attentive, flexible, and supportive of children and their families. Practice positive discipline techniques.
• Teachers are responsible for capitalizing 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 assigned to the program, design and implement a reflective curriculum, materials, activities, and environments on a daily basis that provide balance that supports the child’s learning.
• Responsible for the observation, documentation, and all aspects of the data gathering process of each child’s health, behavior, growth, and development.
• The teacher is responsible for using the observations to plan and respond to the individual needs of the children and the group.
• Demonstrates cultural sensitivity and respect towards persons of different cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Responsible for designing a thoughtful classroom environment to optimize small and large group interactions, social learning, and constructive play.
• Responsible for analyzing and interpreting the learning process and sharing with colleagues and children.
• Teachers follow a reflective planning cycle in which they:

• 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 only shared with the pertinent staff.
• Engage parents in ongoing communication about their child’s development screenings and assessments.

• Responsible for using data and sharing with the 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 parents with activities designed to enhance their child’s development based on their child’s assessment results.
• Responsible for reviewing overall summary scores, subscales, and individual items from screenings and assessments.

• Responsible for Collaborative work between both teachers in developing classroom goals and experience plans.
• Ensure that daily responsibilities are complete and jobs are shared.
• Responsible for implementing reflective supervision with the…