Teacher​/Acting Teacher

DEFINITION AND PURPOSE

Every TAP employee shares in TAP’s responsibility to “Mobilize Community Resources” in support of TAP’s anti-poverty efforts. The Teacher is tasked with overseeing the classroom staff within their assigned classroom. Their primary responsibility is to support the Lead Teacher/ Center Supervisor in maintaining an environment that reflects the goals of Head Start. This includes providing children with educational experiences that foster their mental, social, emotional, and physical development.

In coordination with all service area and classroom staff, the Teacher ensures that children receive nurturing and successful experiences in the child development centers. Additionally, they recognize and uphold the vital role of parents as the primary influencers in their children’s lives.

Supervised by:
Lead Teacher or Center Supervisor, Education Coordinator

Supervises:
Teacher Assistant, Child Care Aide, Classroom Substitutes

Coordinates with:
Center and Administrative staff, Community Specialists, Classroom Volunteers

• Plans activities that meet the social, emotional, physical, and educational needs of the children in the classroom.
• Writes and posts lesson plans at least two weeks in advance.
• Incorporates IEP/IFSP goals in lesson plans as required.
• Schedules and organizes field trips and food experiences.
• Maintain and completes developmental screening tool on each child within 45 days of child's date of entry and throughout the year.
• Uses results of developmental screening tool to individualize for each child and provides learning aides as needed.
• Completes and maintains ongoing assessment and education files for each child.
• Schedules and makes two home visits and two in-school parent/teacher conferences per child per year.
• Prepares a flexible classroom schedule.
• Reviews each child's progress weekly.
• Distributes and collects parent communication notes.
• Prepares materials for activities daily
• Must enter child's observation and individualizations into online Teaching Strategies GOLD (TSG) database weekly and complete all children driven data for outcomes in a timely manner.
• Demonstrate skills in the CLASS Tool to promote a positive, engaging, responsive, respected, child-centered, and safe environment. By nurturing meaningful interactions, educators will support children’s holistic development.
• Ensures attendance and meals are completed at the point of service daily and recorded in Child Plus.
• Maintains a working knowledge of all Head Start Performance Standards, Policies and Licensing Regulations.
• Based on Head Start performance standards and Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework:
  Ages Birth to Five, demonstrates developmentally appropriate practice throughout the center in all interactions with children.
• Follows requests made by the licensing agent upon request.
• Submits licensing reports to appropriate supervisor.
• Arranges and maintains a classroom environment conducive to exploration and experiential learning with interest areas labeled, defined, and accessible to children.
• Calls supervisor two hours prior to center opening when unable to report to work (tardiness, sickness, emergencies).
• Ensures Health notebooks, Medications, and First Aid backpacks are checked monthly.
• Works to continue education by attending classes, meetings, workshops, and conferences related to Head Start and early childhood education, earning at least 21 training hours per program year as defined in the TAP Head Start training plan.
• Attends monthly lead teacher’s meeting and others as requested.
• Develops professional development goals with supervisor, annually.
• Participates in classes, workshops, in-service trainings, meetings, and conferences that move toward meeting…