Teacher - Early Education

We are located in beautiful northern california on the sacramento river, near shasta lake, whiskeytown lake, mt. Shasta, mt. Lassen, and many other natural wonders. We are an outdoor enthusiast's ideal destination. If you are searching for a place with affordable homes, where you can escape traffic and congestion, and with a true sense of community then come explore shasta county, california.

We are committed to ensuring that all students receive a quality education taught by highly qualified and motivated staff committed to the academic, social, and emotional needs of every student. Our mission at the shasta county office of education, "to be leaders in educational excellence, offering support to schools and community to ensure shasta county students receive a quality education preparing them for high school graduation and success in career and college".

It is a mission we do not take lightly. We are accountable to our clients, not only in providing a quality education for our youth, but also in maintaining sound management practices and care in how we provide oversight to the 25 school districts in shasta county. Together with the school district superintendents we have developed common goals centered around collaboration and support for all students throughout shasta county.

Core values service to and engagement of school districts, and community partners and each other for the benefit of all students hopeful and helpful aspire to improve and innovate shared humor and joy trustworthy attract, hire, and retain the best employees

Position: teacher - early education applicants must be able to pass a physical assessment exam must pass department of justice (doj) fingerprint clearance reports to: director/coordinator basic function: under the direction of the assigned administrator, provide high quality instruction, care and assistance to children, infants to school-age, in a classroom or other learning environment; coordinate instructional assistants and volunteers, instructional activities and resources to meet the needs of students;

train and evaluate the performance of assigned personnel in compliance with state and federal laws, local and organizational policies, procedures and guidelines. Representative duties: essential duties:

* provide instruction, care and assistance to children, infants to school-age, in a classroom or other learning environment; develop and implement lesson plans and instructional activities to meet the social - emotional, physical and cognitive needs of children and enhance school/ kindergarten readiness.

* coordinate support staff and volunteers, instructional activities and resources to meet the needs of students; organize, oversee and participate in a variety of classroom functions including instructional and childcare services; enable adequate equipment, supplies and materials to meet student needs; oversee student attendance, first aid, health check and record-keeping functions.

* train and provide input to the evaluation of the performance of assigned staff; participate in the interview and selection process of employees and recommend transfers, reassignment, termination and disciplinary actions.

* plan, develop and implement high quality instructional activities to support the development and growth of each child and the classroom as a whole. Curriculum areas include, but are not limited to: approaches to learning self-regulation, social-emotional development, language and literacy development, english language development, cognition including math and science, physical development and health, history, social science, and visual and performing arts.

* as age appropriate, assist students in completing classroom assignments, homework and projects; promote student understanding of classroom rules and procedures; assist students by answering questions, providing proper examples, emotional support, friendly attitude and general guidance.

* monitor and assess student needs and progress with standards-based and observational assessments; establish individual student goals and objectives; develop and implement instructional activities to enhance student skills in designated developmental areas; summarize data and share during parent conferences.

* plan and oversee field trips, fire drills, emergency evacuation drills and other special functions.

* plan and implement a high quality inviting early learning environment, inside and outside, in accordance with established age-appropriate environmental rating systems.

* prepare and maintain records, reports and files related to student progress, needs, attendance, incidents, health, assessment, injuries, food service and assigned activities; maintain sign-in logs.

* enable the health and safety of students by following established practices and procedures; maintain learning environment in a safe, orderly and clean manner in order to provide a safe and clean environment. Relevant duties may include cleaning tables and floors; clean, set up, and…