Preschool Teacher - Head Start

OUR MISSION: MWVCAA invests in people and their futures to reduce the impacts of poverty

OUR VISION: All people are respected for their infinite worth, and supported to envision and reach a positive future

Working at MWVCAA means becoming part of a mission-driven community dedicated to equity, dignity, and opportunity for all. We offer competitive pay, a rich company culture that values diversity, and an array of benefits - but we consider the best benefit here to be the reward of helping those in our community live better lives. Come find meaningful work and bring your skills as a Preschool Teacher.

Your main responsibilities will be working in partnership with Teacher Assistants and Classroom Aides to promote the growth of preschool children in the areas of social-emotional, physical, cognitive and language development. Involves families in every aspect of their child's education, including facilitating parent involvement.

This team offers a lot of growth opportunities and professional development through hands-on experience and education.

This is a benefitted fulltime position.

*** HIRING INCENTIVE $1,500.00***

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• High School Diploma or GED; and
• Associate Teacher:
  Pre-School Certificate or CDA, and enrollment in an Early Childhood Degree program.
• Teacher I:
  Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Education or a related degree with a minimum of 18 credit hours of Early Learning coursework.
• Teacher II:
  Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or a related degree with a minimum of 18 credit hours of Early Learning coursework.
• Two years of experience in early childhood programs.

• Successful registration with the Central Background Registry of the Child Care Division
• Candidate must pass pre-employment physical examination, renewable every two years
• Candidate must pass pre-employment and random drug/alcohol screenings.

• Demonstrates tact, diplomacy, and empathy when communicating with clients, staff and community partners.
• Demonstrates proficiencies with Microsoft Office, videoconferencing platforms and web tools

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required. A full job description is attached.

• Ensures safety in the classroom at all times, with active supervision of children, utilizing the transition and counting form and procedure. Ensures children are released only to parent/guardians or authorized adults.
• Records children's daily attendance, working with site team to determine the cause of absences.
• Provides for the development of children's cognitive, physical, social-emotional and language skills through implementation of curriculum, lesson planning and individualization.
• Conducts developmental and social-emotional screenings for each child, with input from parents. Provides follow up to concerns, including the provision of resources, or referrals for children with identified developmental or social-emotional needs.

• Effectively uses Child Plus and applicable databases to enter or obtain information.
• Completes regular child assessments, using information obtained from child observations. Shares information with program administration and parents.
• Conducts a minimum of two home visits and two education conferences per year.

• Attends a variety of classes, workshops, seminars, pre-service training and other Head Start Teacher trainings, and keeps current on developments in early childhood education, and developmentally appropriate practices.
• Attends a variety of meetings including individual reflection meetings, region meetings, site team meetings, debriefing after observations, IFSP meetings, Skill-Building Plan meetings, and other meetings as necessary.

• Provides regular opportunities for parent participation by training parents who volunteer in the classroom.
• Participates in planning for and implementing monthly parent meetings.
• Participates in classroom orientations at the beginning of the school year.

This job has no supervisory responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Occasionally lift up to 10 pounds.
• Manual dexterity for handling office equipment.
• Able to remain calm during situations where staff or clients may be escalated.
• Able to mitigate stress associated with a busy office and regular deadlines.

• Mostly indoor classroom environment.
• Frequent indoor and outdoor supervision of children, including…