Teacher II EHS- Early Explorers

About the position

Under general supervision of Regional Site Director and EHS Manager of Education, delivers high quality Early Childhood Development services to the infants and toddlers enrolled in center programs, including educational, social, physical, nutritional, and psychological development of children under their care. Communicates with parents on their child's individual progress and maintains records of attendance and educational achievement. Plans lessons, serves meals, and ensures a healthy and safe learning environment for children.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the care and supervision of all enrolled PACE Education Division center-based children
• Planning and implementing classroom lessons
• Conducting meetings and conferences with parents
• Coordinating activities and events for children and parents
• Interacting with the public and providing customer service by phone, email, and in person
• Preparing correspondence, reports, records, and other paperwork required by the early childhood education program
• Supervise children up to 7 hours per day
• Ensures child-adult ratio is met and maintained
• Conduct safety checks and maintain a safe, clean, care-giving environment
• Practices good personal hygiene and handwashing
• Assures the well-being and safety of all the children in the environment
• Sanitizes all areas of the classroom, including food preparation and eating area
• Responds quickly to children's different personal needs, verbal and non-verbal cues, temperament styles, abilities, and cultures
• Implements and documents individualized feeding plans for infants and toddlers
• Tends to infants and toddlers' personal hygiene needs during routines such as diaper changing, cleaning, feeding, and changing soiled or wet clothes
• Prepares and/or serves meals and snacks; holding infants sitting with toddlers to encourage social interaction, good nutrition, and performs housekeeping tasks
• Maintains a clean, safe, and sanitized environment, inclusive of sanitizing materials and dishwashing as needed
• Supervise children during nap time
• Develop and utilize integrated curriculum plans which reflect mandated elements and components, parental and cultural influences, and promote the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of Early Head Start children
• Work with parents to develop individual lesson plans, goals, and objectives for each child's development in the domains required by the Head Start Performance Standards
• Organizes each day's activities to provide children with a variety of experiences
• Schedule support and follow through with the developmental screening and ongoing assessment of infants and toddlers' motor, language, social, cognitive, perceptual, and emotional skills
• Participate and assist in the implementation of the Individual Family Service Plan
• Coordinate services between families and other community agencies
• Ensures that education timelines are met within their required calendar day
• Prepare infant-toddler learning environment for children to learn through active exploration and interaction with adult caregivers and adapt activities for infants and toddlers with special needs
• Maintain an open, friendly, and cooperative relationship with each child's family; encourage parental involvement in the program; promote parent-child bonding and nurturing parent-child relationships
• Promote feelings of security and trust in infants and toddlers by conveying warmth, supportiveness, and comfort; establish strong and caring relationships with children
• Conduct home visits and parent conferences for the purpose of assessment and support and to share information on classroom progress and educational strategies at school and home
• Develop individual transition plans with families, agency staff, and any pertinent community agencies
• Attend and participate in staff meetings and related activities; attend workshops, conferences, in-service training, and classes to increase professional knowledge; serve on committees as assigned
• Maintains records of enrollment, attendance, and other required paperwork both manually and digitally
• Prepares attendance records, first aid, injury reports, food service records, meal participation records, family contact records, memos, correspondence, and other job-related documents
• Accurately completes all assigned paperwork and documentation on a timely basis according to agency policies and procedures
• Work effectively with other team members
• Cooperates with Site Lead Teacher, Regional Site Director, and Service Area Managers in planning, supervision, and implementation of overall program
• Supports with child watch during parent meetings and trainings as needed
• Substitute as needed in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Attends all assigned meetings and trainings as required by the program
• Supports and ensures the achievement of recruitment and enrollment goals
• Assists in accomplishing the program's non-federal share through the access of community resources, services, donations, discounts, and/or goods
• Other duties as assigned within the scope of the position

Requirements

• Associate degree in early childhood education, child development, or related field from an institution of higher learning accredited by a regional accreditation association recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation
• Must possess a current and valid Child Development Associate Teacher Permit or higher
• Must have three 3 semester units in early childhood development with a focus on infant and toddler development with a total of six 6 units within the first year of employment
• Must be at least 18 years old
• Ability to provide responsive and nurturing teacher-child interactions and to plan and implement learning experiences that ensure effective curriculum implementation and use of assessment data
• Promote children's progress across the standards described in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework Ages Birth to Five and applicable state early learning and development standards, including for children with disabilities and dual language learners as appropriate
• Advance children's intellectual and physical development, including improving the readiness of children for school by developing their literacy, phonemic, and print awareness, understanding, and use of language, and increasingly complex and varied vocabulary, appreciation of books, understanding of early math and science, problem-solving skills, and approaches to learning
• Establish and maintain a healthy learning environment
• Encourage family involvement of the children in an Early Head Start program and support the development of relationships between children and their families
• Promote infant-toddler development
• Demonstrate knowledge of safety issues in infant-toddler care, such as SIDS
• Facilitate effective communication with infants, toddlers, parents, and other staff members
• Must be a team player with outstanding interpersonal skills
• Must have good organizational, written, and oral communication and observation skills
• Basic computer skills required

Nice-to-haves

• Bilingual in English/Spanish is a plus but not required

Benefits

• 401k
• Vacation
• Sick pay
• 14 Paid Holidays
• Pet Insurance
• FSA
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Affordable Medical Dental and Vision packages extended to your family as well
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Opportunity to promote within