Infant /Toddler Teacher I - Downeast Community Partners

Infant/Toddler Teacher I

Early Childhood Programs

Pay Range: $16.98 - $18.50

$500.00 Sign-on Bonus

Full-time with generous benefits package

POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsible for planning and implementing an early childhood education program for preschool children in accordance with agency policies, procedures, and practices. Responsible for promoting school readiness, parent engagement and ensuring the health and safety of children in our care. Performs under the direction of the Teacher III to ensure program operations are carried out in a manner supportive of DCP goals and intended program outcomes. Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor. Must obtain Preschool CDA or equivalent within two years of hire. Occasional travel and evening work may be necessary.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Effective Teaching Practice

• Successfully assists in the implementation of High Scope curriculum fully utilizing agency resources and feedback from content area specialists.
• Ensures all classroom practices are developmentally appropriate and meaningful to children's learning.
• Tracks and plans classroom experiences utilizing data from COR Advantage ensuring timely and complete ongoing child assessment.

1. Content Area Domains

• Provides a welcoming environment for parents at the center and encourages and fosters parent engagement in children's school readiness. Works with parents to set realistic long- and short-term goals fostering their growth and financial independence.
• Works in partnership with classroom team to ensure recommendations of content area specialists, mental health consultants and special needs providers are implemented.

1. Learning Environments

• Ensures constant supervision of children at all times; conducting double verification occur during transition times.
• Assists in ensuring all learning areas are present and engaging to children, displaying and rotating materials that encourage independence and reflect children's interests.
• Responsible for daily visual checks of classroom and playground environments to detect hazards. Remedies or reports unsafe conditions to responsible manager immediately.
• Ensures environments are aesthetically pleasing to children, minimizes use of adult space in classrooms and maintains a clean and orderly environment.

1. Observation, Analysis, planning and documentation

• Consistently and accurately enters data weekly in ChildPlus and COR Advantage software.
• Assists in completing developmental assessments including hearing, vision, social-emotional with parent input within 45 days of a children's enrollment and according to schedule thereafter.
• Completes documentation on time and records documentation observing good grammar, clear communication and objectivity.

1. Communication

• Completes a minimum of two home visits annually and two parent conferences according to agency policy and procedure.
• Directly communicates children's individual progress and needs to parents through daily individual contacts, phone calls, notes home, home visits, and parent/teacher conferences. Engages them in planning and implementing their child's school readiness plans at school and home.
• Ensures consistent communication among classroom staff ensuring appropriate planning and follow up occurs.
• Maintains confidentiality of families by limiting conversations and information about families with only those that need to know in order to provide services.
• Carries out child recruitment and outreach efforts in local communities ensuring full enrollment.

1. Professionalism/Leadership

• Responsible for knowledge of and compliance with all agency policies and procedures.
• Provides active supervision of all substitutes and volunteers assigned to the classroom in accordance with DCP's supervision standards.
• Maintains professional boundaries in relationships with families and staff members distinguishing between other needs and one's own.
• Serves as a role model for families and other staff by making sound daily decisions and reflecting on and assessing one's own practice and taking advantage of opportunities to improve skills and knowledge.