Floating Educator

Position Type:
Head Start
- Juniata County

Date Posted: 9/18/2024

Location:

Juniata County Head Start
- Main

Juniata County Early Childhood Services invites applicants for a part-time Floating Educator. Applicants must apply via Applitrack and complete the online application. To be considered for an open position, applicants must upload the following required clearances:

• Act 24 Arrest and Conviction Report
• Act 34 Pennsylvania Criminal History Clearance
• Act 151 Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearance
• Act 114 Federal Criminal History Clearance

Links to these clearances can be found here: https://www.tiu
11.org/human-resources/

This position supports the education work in both center-based and home-based services by implementing and supervising classroom and home visit activities. It works with typically developing children and children with disabilities, ensuring that the regular education staff remain informed about the needs of children and families that become apparent during services. The floating educator also shares responsibility for parent involvement, providing and modeling school‑readiness information and skills to parents.

The position may be assigned to various classrooms/home visits as needed for program operations.

• Attends all required training and workshops.
• Remains up to date on information that pertains to the needs of the children in the program, including Head Start Program Performance Standards, Head Start Act, OCDEL regulations, and other applicable regulations and practices.
• Works as a team member with other education staff and parents to develop curriculum that is meaningful and meets the school‑readiness needs of the individual as well as program needs.
• Responsible for the implementation of daily lesson plans/home visit plans, which includes updates to family/child information and planning for upcoming home visiting events.
• Follows individual plans for each child to include identified needs and prescriptions for objectives and activities to meet established goals (outcomes).
• Schedules home visits and parent‑teacher conferences with families as required and documents these events.
• Maintains strict confidentiality with respect to enrolled children, families and staff in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Prepares a safe, healthy learning environment for children that is developmentally appropriate and experientially based.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Supervises all classroom/home visit activities, field trips, outdoor activities.
• Plans and provides a developmentally and linguistically appropriate curriculum and experiences in a manner appropriate to the ages, languages and cultures of children served.
• Directs any special needs or problems to the appropriate manager/specialist or supervisor.
• Plans and implements learning experiences that advance the intellectual and physical competence of children, including improving the readiness of children for school by developing their literacy and phonemic, print and numeracy awareness, understanding of language, use of increasingly complex vocabulary, appreciation of books and problem‑solving abilities.
• Implements education/home visit lesson plans and daily programs for children in accordance with each child's need, based on a method of observing and recording children’s interests and current levels of functioning. Lesson/home visit plans and activities should be aligned with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes and Framework and PA Early Learning Standards.
• Supports social and emotional development and provides positive guidance and discipline.
• Maintains a commitment to professionalism and continues own professional development so that…