Early Head Start and Head Start Teacher Applicant Pool

About the role

Develop and maintain a safe, nurturing, and stimulating learning environment; provide varied experiences to help each child achieve the overall goal of school readiness, good health, and social competence through acquisition of social, emotional, intellectual, nutritional, hygienic, and physical skills in a manner appropriate to the child’s age and stage of development. Support the parent’s role as the primary educator of the child and promote the parent-child attachment; build trusting relationships with families; and assist families in meeting personal goals.

Responsibilities

• Effectively lead and monitor all aspects of a full-day classroom for an assigned group of infants and toddlers, ensuring that children have continuous supervision.
• Responsible for care of assigned class of children.
• Supervise assigned Assistant Teacher and Classroom Aide.
• Working with other site staff, creates developmentally appropriate nurturing environments and childcare routines.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate daily classroom activities to ensure that they:
  • are developmentally appropriate;
  • follow the Agency’s research-based curriculum
  • respond to the goals set for individual children.
  • reflect the diversity and culture of the class; and
  • meet Federal Head Start Performance Standards
• Ensure that children have a safe and developmentally appropriate learning environment that meets Federal Head Start Performance Standards and Oregon Office of Childcare regulations.
• Maintains child observation notes to be used for individualization and assessment completions.
• For all children in assigned class, conduct assessments, make appropriate referrals, actively participate in goal planning, and attend any follow-up meetings, including:
  • Developmental Screenings/Assessments.
  • Child Assessments three times per year, per agency calendar.
  • Individual Goal Plan (IGP forms) and child goals, in partnership with parents.
  • Referral of children with suspected disabilities or other special needs, as appropriate.
  • Attend and participate in IFSP and case management meetings as scheduled.
  • Consult with Education Supervisor and make child attendance referrals as needed.
• Maintain CLASS® and/or TPITOS® scores at or above the expected thresholds.
• Work collaboratively with agency specialists and parents to ensure children with disabilities and special needs receive all recommended services.