Early Head Start​/Child Care Partnership Teacher

KAWERAK POSITION DESCRIPTION

DIVISION:
Education, Employment, and Supportive Services

DEPARTMENT:
Head Start/Early Head Start

JOB TITLE:

Early Head Start/Child Care Partnership Teacher

POSITION STATUS:
Regular, Full-Time

EXEMPT STATUS:
Non-exempt

PAY SCALE GRADE: 8T – No CDA/E, 10-CDA, 11-AA, 13-BA ($30.27 – $47.18)

REPORTS TO:

Program Specialist

The Early Head Start/Child Care Partnership is a federal program designed to provide quality child care with comprehensive Early Head Start services to children ages 0-3 years in preparation for Pre-School, Head Start, and formal education in the public school system. The Early Head Start/Child Care Partnership Teacher implements the Head Start Program Performance Standards, the Head Start Act and follows all applicable federal and state licensing regulations.

This position is required to meet all Early Head Start Teacher educational qualifications and child care training requirements.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain a professional attitude, be responsible, dependable, and demonstrate a commitment to excellence.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable federal and state regulations including the Head Start Program Performance Standards, the Head Start Act, applicable federal and state licensing regulations, the Child & Adult Care Food Program, and Kawerak agency and Head Start policies and procedures.
• Plan and follow a schedule of daily activities, with Teaching Team, which integrates child health and safety, nutrition, early childhood development (including teacher directed, child directed, and gross motor classroom activities), child mental health, and family and community partnerships to ensure the developmental needs of individual children are met.
• Use a team approach with parents and staff to develop individualized activities to meet the children’s needs.
• Conduct and document observations, screenings, assessments and complete student checkpoints as required.
• Proactively plan and prepare developmentally appropriate classroom materials and lesson plans that include Native culture, heritage, and language; create and update learning centers as needed to promote development of children.
• Ensure that children are supervised at all times with a one to four, teacher to student ratio.
• Maintain on-going contact with families; integrate educational goals that are developmentally appropriate.
• Facilitate Family Style Dining during all meals served at the center in compliance with CACFP, Infant Feeding Guidelines, and parent input.
• Facilitate daily gross motor activities.
• Conduct two home visits per year and two parent teacher conferences per year.
• Collaborate with speech and physical therapists, nurses, social workers and other relevant professionals to promote quality services to children.
• Use appropriate guidance techniques consistent with early childhood education practices.
• Participate in meetings and trainings with staff, parents, community partners, and other professionals as required.
• Maintain updated confidential child files and parent signatures.
• Attend meetings and maintain records of Individual Family Service Plans (IFSP) or Individual Education Plans (IEP) and assist in the coordination of on-going services for children.
• Maintain correspondence with all parents through monthly memos, newsletters and/or activity calendars.
• Work as a team with classroom co-workers, core staff specialists, and assigned family advocate to meet the needs of children and families.
• Read work related emails to communicate with core staff and other co-workers.
• Complete and submit all reports or paperwork to central office according to timelines.
• Ensure the health and safety of all children in care, including but not limited to procedures on diapering, toileting, hand washing, suspected child abuse and neglect, illness and communicable disease policies, and indoor/outdoor environment checks.
• Share responsibilities for cleaning and minor maintenance of building and outside play areas (daily vacuuming, sweeping, bathroom and furniture sanitation, snow removal, dusting shelves and equipment, washing windows and spot safety checkup).
• Must complete and update an annual professional development…