Head Start Teacher

Summary

Responsible for creating a nurturing classroom environment where they implement developmentally appropriate curriculum to promote the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of young children (typically between 3-5 years old), while actively engaging with families and fostering strong parent partnerships to support their child's learning journey within the Head Start program guidelines.

Primary duties:

• Planning and implementing learning experiences that advance the intellectual, physical, and cognitive development of children, including improving the readiness of children for school.
• Establishing and maintaining a safe, healthy learning environment
• Supporting the social and emotional development of children
• Encouraging the involvement of the families of the children in Head Start program and supporting the development of relationships between children and their families.
• Use strategies for behavior management, such as clear behavior expectations, being proactive and redirecting misbehavior.
• Foster classroom productivity and maximize learning time, while engaging children with a variety of modalities and curriculum-based materials.
• Provide instructional support through concept development, fostering children's analysis and reasoning, engaging in feedback loops, and modeling and supporting high-quality language.
• Utilize ongoing monitoring and continuous improvement to measure program performance, identify areas of concern, make immediate program corrections, and generate reports.
• Participate in assigned meetings, events and training as required.
• Maintain confidentiality in regard to staff and family information.
• Be present at work in order to provide consistency of services.
• Be a contributory team member in a positive/productive manner.
• Demonstrate commitment to mission, values, and policies in the performance of daily duties.
• Follow agency procedures to assure reporting of suspected child abuse and/or neglect.
• Follow agency procedures in reporting any suspected licensing deficiencies observed at childcare programs.
• All other duties as assigned.

Education:

• An associate's degree or higher from an accredited institution in Early Childhood Education, Child Development or related fields
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Human Development/Family Studies is preferred.
• A bachelor's degree in a related field such as Counseling, Psychology, or Social Work along with coursework in Early Childhood Education is acceptable.

Experience:

• Prior work experience teaching preschool age children preferred.

Computer Skills:

• Demonstrated computer literacy skills.
• MS Office applications
• Other basic data systems including internet navigation

Other Skills/Ability:

• Ability to interact effectively with people from diverse backgrounds

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person