ECE Teacher - Downtown Preschool - YMCA of Greater Long Beach

Position Summary:

Assists in the supervision of program participants and staff. Implements program curriculum in the classroom. Provides a quality experience to children and parents that focuses on the YMCA core values: honesty, respect, responsibility, and caring.

Essential Functions:

1. Plan and implement a developmentally appropriate program for children and families to include environment, curriculum, materials etc.
2. Implement and promote NAEYC and ECERS standards to ensure a high quality, developmentally appropriate program for young children at all times.
3. Assume responsibility for planning, providing, and evaluating indoor and outdoor environment, activities and routines to meet State and Licensing requirements.
4. Promote a culturally sensitive, language driven environment that acknowledges and celebrates the diversity among families, and uses supplies and equipment that reflect the diversity within the community.
5. Model and promotes positive behavior, attitude and language while developing positive conflict resolution skills among children, parents and staff. Maintains open lines of communication with parents, staff and administration.
6. Conduct a range of activities that promote family involvement, membership by design, and relationship by design.
7. Document childrens developmental growth with portfolios which include assessments, observations, and sample of childrens work and discuss them with parents during periodic parent conferences.
8. Train and mentor support staff in order to assure consistency in quality, curriculum and program philosophy.
9. Maintain open lines of communication with participant, parents, staff and supervisor.
10. Perform other duties as assigned.

YMCA Competencies (Leader):

Mission and Community Oriented: Accepts and demonstrates YMCA values. Works effectively with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions and perceptions. Demonstrates a desire to serve others and fulfill community needs. Recruits volunteers and builds effective, supportive working relationships with them.

People Oriented: Seeks first to understand the other persons point of view, and remains calm in challenging situations. Builds rapport and relates well to others. Listens for understanding and meaning; speaks and writes effectively. Takes initiative to assist in developing others.

Results Oriented: Strives to meet or exceed goals and deliver a high-value experience for members. Embraces new approaches and discovers ideas to create a better member experience. Makes sound judgments, and transfers learning from one situation to another.

Establishes goals, clarifies tasks, plans work and actively participates in meetings. Supports fundraising. Follows budgeting policies and procedures, and reports all financial irregularities immediately.

Personal Development Oriented: Accurately assesses personal feelings, strengths

and limitations and how they impact relationships. Pursues self-development that enhances job performance. Demonstrates an openness to change, and seeks opportunities in the change process.

Qualifications:

1. Must be 18 years of age or older.
2. 24 units of Childhood Education/Child Development units required including core course; Child Human Growth and Development, Child, Family & Community or Child and Family Relations; and Programs Curriculum) at a WASC accredited institution. 16 units of GE in humanities/fine arts, social sciences, math/science, English/language arts at an EASC accredited institution. Current CPR and 1st Aid Certification required within first 3 months of employment.
3. Criminal Clearance: including fingerprints
4. Health Exam Screening including negative Tb test. Negative Drug test screening.
5. Complete Online New Employee Orientation and Child Abuse Prevention Training.

1. Previous experience with diverse populations.
2. Ability to plan, organize, and implement age-appropriate/developmentally appropriate program activities
3. 175 days of 3+hours per day within 2 years. Experience supervising and providing instruction to staff required.

Working Conditions:

Environmental Factors: Indoor and outdoor facilities (e.g. childcare and recreational sites); exposure to heat, cold, potentially hazardous chemicals, toxic materials; work on slippery or uneven surfaces. Noise level is usually moderate.

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 regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift, push, pull, and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.