Infant​/Toddler Group Teacher

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Full Time Bronx, NY, US

Salary Range: $63,000.00 To $72,000.00 Annually

The mission of the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families (CHCF) is to bring a relentless focus on positive child and family outcomes to close the achievement gap and build a better future for children, families, and communities served by the Head Start program.

The Infant & Toddler Group Teacher is responsible for providing high-quality early childhood education and care for children ages birth to three years in an Early Head Start classroom. Working collaboratively with a co-teacher, the Group Teacher ensures the successful operation of a classroom serving six to eight children and creates a nurturing, safe, and engaging learning environment that promotes healthy development and school readiness.

The Group Teacher partners with families, colleagues, and community stakeholders to support each child’s unique developmental journey and to achieve positive child and family outcomes aligned with CHCF’s school readiness goals and Early Head Start Performance Standards.

The Group Teacher uses knowledge of child development, infant and toddler learning, and relationship-based practices to support children’s growth across all developmental domains.

• Implement a child-centered curriculum, daily routine, and learning environment that promotes social-emotional, cognitive, language, physical, and creative development.
• Foster age-appropriate positive social interactions, active exploration, curiosity, and independence.
• Support the development of self-regulation and social-emotional competencies through nurturing and responsive caregiving practices.
• Observe children closely to identify strengths, needs, interests, and potential developmental concerns.
• Utilize observation, documentation, and assessment data to individualize learning experiences and support each child's development.
• C reate meaningful partnerships with families to support consistency between home and school experiences.
• Maintain culturally and linguistically responsive practices that value the diverse backgrounds of children and families.

• Collaborate with co-teachers to develop and implement developmentally appropriate lesson plans aligned with Early Head Start standards and child outcomes.
• Developmental goals and learning objectives
• Meaningful learning experiences
• Family engagement opportunities
• Materials and resources necessary for implementation
• Strategies that support children's social-emotional development.
• Post lesson plans for families, volunteers, and visitors.
• Participate in developing individualized plans and goals for children based on assessment data and identified needs.
• Plan and implement experiences that promote language development, emergent literacy, early numeracy, problem-solving, and school readiness skills.
• Complete ongoing child assessments and document progress using Insight or other approved assessment systems.

• Implement curriculum through play-based, hands-on, and experiential learning opportunities.
• Provide developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate learning experiences.
• Establish and maintain a safe, healthy, and inclusive classroom environment.
• I mplement Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs) and support services for children with disabilities or suspected delays.
• Maintain consistent routines that are responsive to individual children's schedules and needs.
• Provide active supervision at all times in accordance with Head Start Performance Standards and childcare licensing regulations.
• Support…