Multi-Age Teacher

About us:

People Serving People is the largest and most comprehensive emergency shelter for families experiencing homelessness in Minnesota and a dedicated leader in homeless prevention. If you want to help transform communities and see families thrive, then People Serving People is the place for you.

What do we need:

The Multi-Age Teacher role is to support all teachers and staff throughout the day by helping with classroom management of all ages, specific center tasks, and filling in for teachers when needed such as during breaks, vacations, or absences. The Multi-Age Teacher will maintain an environment that is nurturing and supports the development of children ages 6 weeks - 5 years.

This is 30 hours a week, Monday through Friday, from 11:15 a.m.

- 5:45 p.m.

Responsibilities:

• This position may have a primary classroom assignment and will provide support in other classrooms and age groups.
• Support all teachers and staff throughout the day by helping with classroom management of all ages, depending on the needs of the program that day.
• Fills in for teachers when needed during breaks, vacations, and other absences.
• Understands the impact of toxic stress and trauma on children and their families and can implement and build on the trauma-informed framework developed in the classrooms.
• Assists in planning and facilitating curriculum for young children in a developmentally appropriate setting based heavily on social-emotional development.
• Assists in facilitation of approved curriculum for young children in a developmentally appropriate setting based heavily in social-emotional development.
• Maintains awareness of the developmental level of all children in the classroom, continually supervising and interacting with children.
• Assists with encouraging children's social, academic, developmental, and personal skills.
• Encourages and teaches pre-literacy, communication, social skills, cognitive, and other developmental skills.
• Welcome, talks with and/or meets with parents as needed.
• Maintains clean classroom appearance by organizing, cleaning, and sanitizing daily.
• Assists with implementing developmental assessments, child observations, anecdotal records, and other relevant information to share with the team.
• Performs related administrative duties.
• Works with children experiencing difficulty as assigned.
• Strictly adheres to the highest standards of confidentiality and ethics when working with children, parents, and peers.
• Is an active participant in center, agency and community meetings, and participates in classroom team meetings.
• Collaborates with People Serving People's teaching staff as needed.
• Also supports classrooms at People Serving People's ELC site when needed.

Administration:

• Knowledge and understanding of DHS Rule 3
• Collaborates with People Serving People Programs and Staff as needed.
• Participates as an Associate with People Serving People.
• Completes First Aid and Red Cross certified CPR training every 2 years.
• Completes 24 hours of in-service training per year.
• Performs other duties assigned by the Educational Services Manager and Assistant Manager.

Other:

• Assist with meal prep.

Competencies:

• Understands and can implement and build on the trauma-informed framework of our classrooms.
• Knowledge of Trauma Informed Care principles and models, understands the impact of toxic stress on children in a shelter setting.
• Knowledge of the developmental and emotional needs of young children, including in a shelter setting.
• Knowledge of the methods and procedures used in a child development center.
• Knowledge of basic health and first aid techniques.
• Knowledge of Trauma informed Care principles and models.
• Knowledge of the developmental and emotional needs of young children.
• Knowledge of the methods and procedures used in a child development center.
• Skill in coping with a variety of behaviors.
• Skill in dealing with children, their families, and the public.
• Skill in evaluating situations.
• Ability to determine the needs of children.
• Ability to teach developmental, social, and emotional skills.
• Ability to establish a warm and supportive relationship with the children and their parents or guardians.
• Ability to articulate program goals and philosophy and apply it to working in the Early Childhood Development Program.
• Ability to effectively relate and communicate to people of varying multi-ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and have the stamina to model best practices in the classroom and act appropriately in an emergency situation.
• A valid driver's license and/or reliable transportation daily is required.

Additional Skills & Abilities:

Child Guidance Skills - Awareness of and sensitivity to particular problems of disadvantages children and the specific needs of families and children who are homeless and in crisis.

Interpersonal Skills - Maintains confidentiality, listens to others without interrupting, remains open to other's ideas and tries new things, has the ability to establish rapport and interact effectively with a wide variety of…