Emergency - Early Childhood Teacher - Preschool Learning Lab

Job no: 562557
Work type: Staff
Location: Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Campus
Categories: Excluded, Child/Youth Education and Development, Temporary, Full Time, On-site (work in-person at business location)

• Provide supervision and care for children.
• Assist Director and Master Teacher in planning implementing the daily curriculum and providing developmentally appropriate activities with the children consistent with best practices in the field and with the philosophy and goals of the program.

• Assist in overseeing, supervising, and guiding the experience of the children's total program.
• Assist in preparing developmental assessments and children's portfolios.
• Share responsibility in planning and implementing a developmentally appropriate curriculum.
• Assume responsibility of classroom supervision in the absence of the Master Teacher.
• Assist with the maintenance and preparation of the overall classroom environment.
• Responsible for classroom health and safety.
• Assist in developing quarterly classroom goals and objectives.
• Assess children's progress and needs.
• Assist with the maintenance of the center environment.

• Assist the Master Teacher in responding to parent concerns and in developing communications.
• Observe/participate in parent-teacher conferences, including enrollment conferences when appropriate.

• Assist the Master Teacher with supervision of classroom student staff, including modeling appropriate high-quality practices.

• Assist with the development and assessment of programs and/or services for areas of responsibility including, but not limited to, setting and implementing goals, evaluating outcomes and providing for ongoing enhancement.
• Participate in the overall program assessment planning and goal setting.
• Attend training and maintain skill currency as appropriate to safely and effectively complete assignments.
• Actively participate in core staff meetings; share ideas and provide feedback in group discussions.
• Perform other job-related duties and special projects as assigned.

• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in child development or early childhood education, or the completion of 24 units in child development or early education plus additional general education requirements.
• Qualified as a Child Development Teacher in California:
  Must qualify for or hold and maintain a current Child Development Teacher Permit issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (renewable for successive five (5) year periods). To qualify for the Child Development Teacher Permit, individuals must satisfy all of the requirements listed in one of the following options:

• Complete all General Requirements (completion of 24 semester units of course work in early childhood education or child development, including at least one three semester unit course in each of the following core areas; child/human growth and development; child, family, and community; or child and family relations and programs/curriculum; or equivalent combination of education and experience.)
• Complete 16 semester units in general education, including at least one course in each of the following areas: humanities and/or fine arts, social sciences, math and/or science, and English and/or language arts
• Complete 175 days of experience in an instructional capacity in a child care and development program, working at least three hours per day within the last four years. This experience must be verified by submitting an original letter from the employer on official letterhead School-Age Emphasis under this option requires that 12 of the 24 semester units of early…