Development Center Teacher

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Employment Status & Training Requirements

This is a full-time, hourly position and may require more than 40 hours/week. Teachers must be able to pass a background check, and they must possess the credentials to be employed at an HHS certified child care facility. This includes the following trainings:
Infant & Adult CPR/First Aid, Safe With You, and will work towards completely all the Early Learning Guidelines.

Essential Duties

• Maintain ALL confidentiality for children, families, staff, and program.
• Understand, plan, and implement developmentally appropriate environments and curriculum for children birth through age 5.
• Promote nurturing and bonding relationships.
• Encourage self help skills and provide consistent routines
• Work with families to identify goals, strengths, and needs to assist children in a process that leads them towards self-sufficiency.
• Promote a strong, educational component for parents and families.
• Assist children in establishing good habits of personal hygiene; change diapers/pull-ups regularly so children are comfortable. Assist them with toileting.
• Develop weekly lesson plans
• Communicate with parents on a regular basis; maintain daily communication of the child's day and log them into Brightwheel software for parents to see.
• Attend and participate in children's IEP and IFSP meetings
• Maintain a clean and organized room
• Attend parent and center functions
• Help director with duties when able to and look for ways to better the center as a whole
• Be assertive with the support staff and paras helping in classroom. Be able to give them constructive criticism when needed and support them in problem solving
• If applicable Utilize Creative Curriculum, Early Learning Guidelines which includes observing and recording children's growth, development and behaviors.
• Safely lift children or children with total weight of up to 50 lbs.
• Conduct activities involving substantial standing, walking, and moderate sitting, stooping, kneeling, bending, crouching, crawling, twisting, and reaching on a frequent basis.
• Work with hands above shoulder height with a weight up to 20 pounds
• Work with arms extended at shoulder height with a weight up to 20 pounds.
• Must be able to stoop, bend, and kneel on the floor without assistance
• Push and or pull playground equipment, art supplies, manipulate office equipment, etc.
• Work with the children on gross motor skills outside in all elements of weather

• Seniority level
  
  Not Applicable

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

• Job function
  
  Education and Training
• Industries Education Administration Programs

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