Early Head Start Inupiaq Teacher Job Palmer area,Alaska USA,Education / Teaching

KAWERAK POSITION DESCRIPTION
Recruitment Length:
Two weeks, closes Thursday, June 18th 2026
Location:
Shishmaref

DIVISION:
Education, Employment, and Supportive Services
DEPARTMENT:
Head Start/Early Head Start

JOB TITLE:

Early Head Start Inupiaq Teacher
POSITION STATUS:
Regular, Full-Time
EXEMPT STATUS:
Non-exempt
PAY SCALE GRADE: 9T – No CDA/E, 11-CDA, 12-AA, 14-BA ($32.37 – $51.09 DOE)

REPORTS TO:

Program Specialist

Kawerak, Inc. is a non-profit organization that relies on federal agency and grant funding primarily to fund positions. This position is funded by agency or grant funding. This means that this position, as with all positions at Kawerak, is subject to availability of funding each year to continue to fund the position.

Early Head Start is a federal program designed to assist children to prepare for Pre-School, Head Start, and formal education in the public school system. The Early Head Start 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 educational qualifications.

This position will support and help implement using and teaching the Inupiaq language with and to children.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Be committed to speaking and teaching children using the Inupiaq language for a designated amount of time each day and progressively toward full immersion.

Be committed to speaking and teaching student family members the Inupiaq language on a regular basis.

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 using the Inupiaq language and culture, 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 using the Inupiaq 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 in partnership with the Inupiaq Immersion Linguist.

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…