Toddler Teacher – Point

• Base Pay $27.79 - $30.48 / Hour
• Job Category Child Development, Regular, 40 hours per week, 12 months per year
• Employee Type FT Non-Exempt

Neighborhood House (NH) serves over 13,000 individuals in Seattle/South King County in the areas of early learning, youth development, citizenship, employment, health, housing, resource navigation, and aging adults. In addition to direct services, we use our experience and connection to our communities to advocate for access to services and policy changes that help people to thrive.

When one of us succeeds, we all succeed!

Our Agency Values focus on serving our community with integrity, building strong relationships, and promoting long-term sustainability.

Child Development Department staff support the Neighborhood House mission framework and Strategic Plan by contributing to the school readiness of eligible children and supporting their parents, care givers and community. The primary responsibility of the Teacher is to provide the highest quality early childhood education services with the overall goal of building a child’s social competency.

• Complete all required program reports accurately and in a timely manner.

• Actively guide the planning, implementation and evaluation of a high quality, inclusive early learning program.
• Deliver developmentally appropriate center based services to infants/toddlers or preschoolers during operational hours.
• Create a safe learning environment reflective of the diverse backgrounds of the participating families.
• Ensure a balance of child-directed and adult-directed activities in the classroom, including small group and individual learning experience to support children’s development in language and literacy, social and emotional development, and cognitive skills development.
• Utilize a variety of classroom strategies to support children’s learning, while including all aspects of the curriculum into the classroom (including health, nutrition, mental health, safety, and cultural and linguistic responsiveness.
• Responsible for the arrangement and organization of the physical environment of the classroom for infants/toddlers or preschoolers.
• Complete developmental and behavioral screenings for each child within 45 days of enrollment.
• Effectively serve children with disabilities and their families by meeting goals and objectives on the Individualized Family Services Plan (IFSP) (infants/toddlers) or Individualized Education Program (IEP) (preschoolers).
• Monitor children’s progress by completing developmental observations for each child and individualizing goals throughout the program year.
• Ensure all children in the classroom have strong transitions and predictable routines.
• Ensure strong home/school connections by supporting parents with implementing school readiness techniques in their home.
• Conduct two home visits and two parent teacher conferences annually for each child.
• Ensure family engagement and/or awareness in program planning through regular open communications, monthly center meetings, parent newsletters, and parent conferences.
• Encourage parents as their child’s primary teacher and life-long advocate by implementing family engagement strategies in the classroom.
• Help complete and maintain current records while ensuring confidentiality is observed.
• Show a commitment to professional development and engage in ongoing learning with meaningful activities leading to growth.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Current CDA (Child Development Credential) fromthe Council for Professional Recognition or equivalent.
• One year experience working with children birth-5 in a classroom setting.
• Ability to communicate effectively and relate sensitively to adults and children from diverse ethnic and socio-economic groups.
• Proficiency in oral and written English language.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to work as part of a team, communicate effectively both orally and in writing, receive and provide feedback, and manage dynamic interchanges in meetings.
• Willingness…