Teacher, Associate

POSITION SUMMARY

The Teacher plans, prepares, and implements all activities for an assigned classroom. Facilitates parent engagement through parent conferences and parent meetings. Supervises, schedules, trains, and evaluates assigned staff and volunteers. Provides leadership in the classroom and the center. In the absence of the supervisor, manages day-to-day operation and maintenance of center, ensuring program quality.

• Plans, prepares, and implements classroom activities and field trips; implements new modules as they are introduced to the program; plans classroom teaching strategies using classroom outcome reports; follows through on planned activities on a daily basis; writes daily plan and posts in the classroom.
• Completes screenings and records observations of children and work with parents to plan and implement programs to meet their needs; supervises planning and implementation of classroom activities; ensures completion of programmatic and Agency reports by classroom staff; completes ongoing COR assessments as required by individual programs.
• Plans and implements cultural awareness program within the center, with an activity at least once per month.
• Helps prepare and supervise the preparation of nutritious meals and snacks as needed; purchases food supplies; fosters environment where mealtime is a learning and enjoyable time.
• Orients parent as classroom volunteer and assists staff and parents in organizing parent activities; attends parent meetings.
• Coordinates and attends home visits.
• Interviews, hires, trains, supervises, and evaluates staff. Maintains and complies with performance review system for direct reports; mediates staff conflicts; counsels employees with performance issues; recommends disciplinary action as necessary; assesses program equipment and supplies and orders and may distribute to staff and sites as needed.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

The Teacher plans, prepares, and implements all activities for an assigned classroom. Facilitates parent engagement through parent conferences and parent meetings. Supervises, schedules, trains, and evaluates assigned staff and volunteers. Provides leadership in the classroom and the center. In the absence of the supervisor, manages day-to-day operation and maintenance of center, ensuring program quality.

• Plans, prepares, and implements classroom activities and field trips; implements new modules as they are introduced to the program; plans classroom teaching strategies using classroom outcome reports; follows through on planned activities on a daily basis; writes daily plan and posts in the classroom.
• Completes screenings and records observations of children and work with parents to plan and implement programs to meet their needs; supervises planning and implementation of classroom activities; ensures completion of programmatic and Agency reports by classroom staff; completes ongoing COR assessments as required by individual programs.
• Plans and implements cultural awareness program within the center, with an activity at least once per month.
• Helps prepare and supervise the preparation of nutritious meals and snacks as needed; purchases food supplies; fosters environment where mealtime is a learning and enjoyable time.
• Orients parent as classroom volunteer and assists staff and parents in organizing parent activities; attends parent meetings.
• Coordinates and attends home visits.
• Interviews, hires, trains, supervises, and evaluates staff. Maintains and complies with performance review system for direct reports; mediates staff conflicts; counsels employees with performance issues; recommends disciplinary action as necessary; assesses program equipment and supplies and orders and may distribute to staff and sites as needed.

• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Experience and Skill Requirements:
The following experience and skill requirements are considered essential:

• 2-3 years of experience teaching young children in a center based program/home day care program
• At least 2 years of supervisory experience
• Planning for individual…