Early Education Teacher (Preschool)

About the role

The Early Education Center at UC Santa Cruz is seeking candidates for the roles of Early Education Assistant Teacher (Infant/Toddler/Twos) and Early Education Lead Teacher (Infant/Toddler/Two's).

Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility for the general supervision and safety of all children in attendance, including compliance with Department of Social Services licensing requirements and Titles 5 and 22 regulations.
• Maintain a clean environment inside the facility and outside yard.
• Serves as primary caregiver for a group of children.
• Helps plan the care and assists in implementing developmental curriculum consistent with Environment Rating Scales (ERS) and California Department of Education infant, toddler and preschool frameworks.
• Designs daily developmentally appropriate curriculum in conjunction with findings obtained from children's Desired Results Assessments.
• Establish and maintain a safe, clean, functional and organized atmosphere in the Center.
• Helps organize and safely supervise children's field trips on and off campus.
• Promotes the development of children's self-control, self-esteem, self-help skills, and positive relationships with others.
• Makes regular observations of individual children to assess challenges, strengths and goals.
• Documents and analyzes information from developmental assessments to plan appropriate curriculum for children and maintain ongoing communication with families.
• Complete Desired Results Assessments, twice a year within a specified time, for a designated group of children.
• Responsible for correctly filling out forms and writing reports concerning children's behavior and health.
• Participate in overall program evaluation, planning of program's goals and effectiveness.
• Give input to the Site Supervisor regarding long-term program planning.

Requirements

• Experience with and knowledge of infant and toddler developmental needs in social, emotional, cognitive, and physical areas.
• Preschool Only: Experience with and knowledge of preschool developmental needs in social, emotional, cognitive, and physical areas.
• School-Age Only: Experience with and knowledge of school-age developmental needs in social, emotional, cognitive, and physical areas.
• Knowledge of current quality practices in the field of early childhood education.
• Demonstrated ability to create and implement a developmentally appropriate program for children; e.g., curriculum, assessment, environment.
• Ability to interact effectively with groups of children and adults from a broad range of backgrounds.
• Ability to work with groups of children ages 11 months to 10 years of age.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience giving direction to adults in a childcare center or comparable program.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Sufficient word processing and computer skills to prepare developmental assessments, memos, flyers, newsletter articles, curriculum materials, documentation and portfolios.
• Ability to keep children physically safe in a nurturing environment.

Qualifications

• Valid Child Development Associate Teacher Permit.
• Clear pre-employment background check.
• Current negative TB test.
• Completed Health Screening Report within 7 days of hire.
• Eligible to complete Early Education classes to obtain an Associate Teacher Permit or higher before the Infant Program opens.
• Completed minimum of (3) semester units or equivalent quarter units related to the care of infants and meeting Title 22 licensing requirements before the infant program opens.
• Compliant with current Early Education Services employee health safety requirements for childcare providers as defined by state regulatory agencies.

Skills

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with diverse groups of children and adults.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Word processing and computer skills for preparing developmental assessments, memos, flyers, newsletters, curriculum materials, documentation, and portfolios.
• Ability to keep children physically safe in a nurturing environment.

Benefits

To working at UC Santa Cruz includes medical, dental & vision care insurance plans, UC Retirement Plans, Group Term Life Insurance, Legal Insurance, Pet Insurance, Paid Holidays plus accrued vacation and sick leave.

Pay

Budgeted Salary: $28.90/hourly

Schedule

Full-time, Fixed Percentage of Time: 100%, 40 Hours per Week, Days of the Week: Mon-Fri, Shift Includes: Day

Contact Information

For guidance related to the application process or if you are experiencing difficulties when applying, please review the Applicant Resources on our website.