Teacher, Early Childhood Education

Responsibilities

• 1.Directs activities of the classroom and ensures daily activities are planned (indoor and outdoor),center/classroom is opened and closed daily, and center/classroom is staffed properly.
• 2.Plans individual and group activities to stimulate growth in language, social, emotional, and motor skills suchas learning to listen to instructions, playing with others, and using play equipment.
• 3.Provides activities to teach children of health and safety including the practices of personal cleanliness,brushing teeth and self-care.
• 4.Help children develop self-help skills.
• 5.Actively involved with serving and eating meals with children, modeling appropriate table manners, and holding conversations.
• 6.Ensures that weekly nutritional and health activities are planned and provided.
• 7.Prepares lesson plan two weeks in advance with the assistance of staff and families.
• 8.Arranges appropriate field trips for children, following field trip procedures.
• 9.Ensures all screenings and follow-ups are complete and documented on enrolled children.
• 10.Follow procedure for making necessary referrals, follow-up and documentation.
• 11.Plans goals, with assistance from staff and Head Start Families, and incorporates weekly routines and experiences in the lesson plan that assists in achieving the goals, ensuring that IEP goals are included as applicable.
• 12.Establishes goals with parent input for each child and maintains adequate development assessment documentation.
• 13.Assures two in-home visits and two parent/teacher conferences are made by classroom staff for each enrolled child.
• 14.Uses positive reinforcement and promotes positive self-esteem, when working with the children, families andstaff members.
• 15.Documents, records and informs staff of observations and information they have been privy to and which might affect a child in the Head Start Program.
• 16.Helps to ensure that child incident, child health concerns, and child abuse and neglect reports are submitted,as needed, utilizing agency website.
• 17.Has an understanding of Child Outcomes and procedures, to include but not limited to, the current ongoing development assessment program used by MOCA Head Start.
• 18.Have a working understanding of Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS).

Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Education or Early Childhood-related field, or a degree with 18 credit hours in child development or child-related courses, or State Department of Education license with Pre-Kendorsement.