UPK Teacher; Part-Time

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 30 hours/week, 43-44 weeks/year

Description:

Responsible for conducting an educational, social/emotional, developmentally appropriate center based program for enrolled children by implementing the NYS Day Care Regulations and other mandates. Responsible for the day to day operation of the classroom by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

· Make decisions about the education of children including child development and how children learn; individual child strengths, needs and interests of each child, and the cultures of each child’s family and community.

· Follow and practice the following fundamental principles to create a positive, safe, and creative learning environment for children, families, and instructors.

· Administers cognitive, and social emotional screenings of enrolled children to develop ongoing individualize educational goals for each child.

· Observes, records, and files observations of children. Keep ongoing records of the child’s progress.

· Conduct two home visits and two classroom conferences with families throughout the year as per the HS planning calendar to discuss the child’s progress and include family members in creating child development goals.

· Arrange and prepares classrooms to facilitate the NYS Common Core curriculum, IMIL, Conscious Discipline, Active Play, and the Pyramid Model. Plans and executes daily lesson plans. Adds activities to lesson plans to maximize classroom experiences.

· Helps to promote a literacy rich environment which encourages the development of the children’s language skills.

· Engages children in active learning experiences. Provides positive behavior guidance, reflective of classroom and individual children’s needs.

· Engages with children and families, showing affection, interest and respect.

· Must provide for daily supervision of children.

· Acts as advocate for early childhood developmentally appropriate practices.

· Holds overall responsibility for day to day required paperwork as per each Head Start functional area.

· Collect, track, and maintain information and data for Program reporting.

· Work collaboratively with classroom team (i.e. Teacher Assistant & Classroom Aides), taking the lead role in mentoring new staff in the classroom.

· Monitor and complete multiple assessments for practicum students as necessary.

· Must follow agency procedures for reporting suspected child abuse and neglect.

· Promptly notify Health Services RN and/or Coordinator as well as Supervisor in the event of an emergency health concern while adhering to all Program guidelines and standards, including but not limited to standard set forth by the NYS Office of Children and Family Services.

· Must attend require trainings and all requested staff or community meetings

· May be requested to work one-on-one with students as needed in the classroom to support the overall curriculum, behaviors, and classroom functions.

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision. The work environment…