Early Head Start Teacher *Infant Toddler - Talent Pool

Overview

CLACKAMAS COUNTY CHILDREN'S COMMISSION EARLY HEAD START TEACHER

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: Develop and maintain a safe, nurturing, and stimulating learning environment; provide varied experiences to help each child achieve the overall goal of school readiness, good health, and social competence through acquisition of social, emotional, intellectual, nutritional, hygienic, and physical skills in a manner appropriate to the child’s age and stage of development. Support the parent’s role as the primary educator of the child and promote the parent-child attachment;

build trusting relationships with families; and assist families in meeting personal goals.

• Effectively lead and monitor all aspects of a full-day classroom for an assigned group of infants and toddlers, ensuring that children have continuous supervision.
• Responsible for care of assigned class of children.
• Supervise assigned Assistant Teacher and Classroom Aide.
• Work with other site staff to create developmentally appropriate nurturing environments and childcare routines.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate daily classroom activities to ensure that they are developmentally appropriate, follow the Agency’s research-based curriculum, and respond to the goals set for individual children.
• Reflect the diversity and culture of the class; meet Federal Head Start Performance Standards; ensure a safe and developmentally appropriate learning environment that meets federal and state regulations.
• Maintain child observation notes for individualization and assessment completions.
• Conduct assessments for all children in the class, make referrals, participate in goal planning, and attend follow-up meetings, including:
• Developmental Screenings/Assessments
• Child Assessments three times per year, per agency calendar
• Individual Goal Plan (IGP forms) and child goals, in partnership with parents
• Referral of children with suspected disabilities or other special needs, as appropriate
• Attend and participate in IFSP and case management meetings as scheduled
• Consult with Education Supervisor and make child attendance referrals as needed
• Maintain CLASS® and/or TPITOS® scores at or above the expected thresholds.
• Work collaboratively with agency specialists and parents to ensure children with disabilities and special needs receive all recommended services.
• Enter child observations into TS GOLD and education service activity notes into Child Plus; monitor status via these systems.
• Maintain complete and accurate child files, forms, and reports within allotted timelines.
• Involve the Assistant Teacher, Classroom Aide, and volunteers in classroom planning.
• Demonstrate positive teacher-child interactions and lead content development for monthly family nights; participate in monthly family nights.
• Achieve and maintain TS GOLD Inter-Rater Reliability for infant/toddler age range.

• Facilitate parents as primary teachers of their own children. Partner with parents to schedule and complete required Education and Social Service home visits and parent conferences per child per year.
• Provide parenting skills and child development information; model developmentally appropriate activities and positive engagement with young children.
• Partner with parents in setting educational goals for each child and plan individual goals in coordination with classroom curriculum.
• Bring classroom curriculum information to parents’ attention during Home Visit planning.
• Maintain complete and accurate child and family files (electronic and hard copy) for Education, Disabilities and Mental Health services within timelines.
• Coordinate and participate in parent open houses and regular case management meetings; participate in IFSP-related meetings for children with identified disabilities.

• Arrive on time and participate in required activities, meetings, and trainings.
• Be a respectful, cooperative, and reliable team member and project a professional image.
• Adhere to position-related policies and procedures and program objectives.
• Follow Agency procedures for reporting and documenting suspected child abuse and/or neglect.

Perform all work in compliance with the…