ECEAP Teacher

The ECEAP Teacher provides high-quality, developmentally appropriate early learning experiences that support each child’s growth, confidence, and school readiness. This position leads the classroom team in implementing Creative Curriculum, Teaching Strategies GOLD, Second Step, and ECEAP Performance Standards with consistency and care. The Teacher maintains a safe, inclusive, and nurturing classroom environment; builds respectful relationships with children and families; and models professionalism, positivity, flexibility, and teamwork in daily interactions.

Instruction, Curriculum & Assessment

• Plans and implements engaging, developmentally appropriate learning experiences that reflect children’s interests, cultures, abilities, and individual goals.
• Implements Creative Curriculum with fidelity, including intentional planning, interest-area setup, small- and large-group activities, outdoor learning, and hands-on exploration aligned to developmental domains.
• Develops, posts, and follows weekly lesson plans that reflect classroom observations, individual child needs, family input, and ECEAP requirements.
• Uses Teaching Strategies GOLD to observe, document, assess, and individualize for children’s progress; enters documentation and checkpoint data accurately and on schedule.
• Delivers Second Step social-emotional lessons consistently and embeds social-emotional teaching strategies throughout classroom routines, transitions, conflict resolution, and peer interactions.
• Uses observation, assessment, and team input to adjust teaching strategies, classroom materials, and routines to support whole-child development and school readiness.
• Maintains current and accurate child assessment documentation, portfolios, and developmental records in accordance with ECEAP timelines and agency expectations.
• Ensures Teaching Strategies GOLD observations, checkpoints, and other required assessment data are entered accurately, completely, and by established deadlines.
• Regularly reviews child data to identify progress, individualized supports, and instructional adjustments needed to promote positive child outcomes.

Child Supervision, Health & Safety

• Maintains active supervision at all times using DCYF-aligned strategies, including positioning, scanning, counting, listening, anticipating needs, and engaging with children.
• Monitors children during classroom activities, meals, toileting, transitions, outdoor play, field trips, arrival, and dismissal to ensure safety, well-being, and accountability.
• Creates a physically, socially, and emotionally safe environment that supports exploration, independence, belonging, and positive behavior guidance.
• Follows health, sanitation, nutrition, emergency, incident reporting, medication, allergy, and child abuse reporting procedures as required by CCAC, DCYF licensing, and ECEAP standards.
• Responds calmly and professionally to classroom needs, emergencies, and unexpected situations while maintaining a supportive tone with children, families, and staff.

Family Partnership & Communication

• Builds positive, respectful, and culturally responsive relationships with families as partners in their child’s learning and development.
• Communicates regularly with families through Brightwheel, in-person conversations, conferences, and other approved communication methods to share updates, observations, resources, and celebrations of progress.
• Collaborates with the Family Support Specialist to coordinate services, referrals, follow-up, family goals, and supports that promote child and family well-being.
• Participates in parent-teacher conferences, child goal setting, transition planning, and family engagement activities in alignment with ECEAP Performance Standards.
• Maintains confidentiality and…