Associate Teacher - Claytor Preschool

REPORTS TO:

Building Principal, Teacher

Two (2) positions available.

This position works as part of a teaching team to assist the teacher in the preparation, planning, and execution of the daily operations of the Head Start classroom, building relationships with families, taking on the teacher role during planning and occasional or extended absences, and implementing the Head Start Performance Standards. The Associate Teacher may have additional duties based upon program need and areas of developing expertise, and may be reassigned to various classrooms or centers as needed for program operations.

• Attends all required training and workshops, including online training and cluster meetings as required by Head Start and Michigan State Licensing.
• Maintains Child Development Associate (CDA) credential and works toward obtaining an Associate’s degree.
• Remains up‑to‑date on information that pertains to the needs of the children in the program, including Head Start Performance Standards, child care licensing regulations and other applicable regulations and practices.
• Keeps up to date on Developmentally Appropriate Practice.
• Maintains knowledge of the regulations associated with prevention of occupational disease and injury, including the exercise of universal precautions and the prevention of contamination.
• Is able to work with children at all levels of development.
• Maintains professional certification that employee was hired with or obtained to meet Head Start and ISD standards.
• Successfully completes and maintains Basic First Aid, CPR certification and licensing required training.
• Actively participates in opportunities for continuous professional development.

• Assists in all aspects of the classroom and other service areas of the program.
• Participates in recruitment activities and transportation services.
• Assumes the role of Teacher when required, implementing all aspects of the program.
• Assists with delivery of Head Start services as defined by Head Start Performance Standards and Saginaw ISD Head Start Operational Procedures.
• Assists in establishing a safe, healthy, stimulating and developmentally appropriate learning environment for children between the ages birth to five years old with all abilities.
• Ensures learning environments are safe from hazards, free from clutter, and allow for visibility of children; by utilizing the Daily Health and Safety Checklist.
• Fosters self‑esteem, self‑direction, self‑control, and school readiness skills with preschool children by using positive methods and modeling and participating in curriculum development and implementation.
• Complies with program curriculum and supplemental curriculum, State of Michigan Licensing for child care centers and the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
• Assists in screening, observing and assessing children’s development on a regular basis, analyzing data and making plans or referrals specific to the needs of the individual child.
• Participates in recruitment activities.
• Supervises and eats nutritionally prepared meals with the children as a curriculum activity, to model good nutrition, proper social skills and language stimulation in a family‑style environment as listed in the Head Start Performance Standards.
• Assists with identifying and arranging for parents to volunteer in the classroom.
• Assists the Teacher with collecting monthly in‑kind records from parents and community members participating in the program.
• Assists with kitchen duties as necessary, i.e.; warming up food, dishing food into bowls, taking food temperatures and cleaning the refrigerator and warmer.
• Assists with bus aide duties as necessary, i.e.; riding the bus, completing bus paperwork and buckling children in seats on the bus.

• Knowledge of the purpose of the Head Start/Early Head Start program.
• Maintains strict confidentiality with respect to Head Start children, families, and staff in accordance with established policies, procedures, and other legal requirements i.e., FERPA, HIPAA.
• Ability to use Active…