Head Start Teacher (4 Positions)

About the role

To plan and provide activities and a classroom environment based upon the approved curriculum, performance standards, and program goals and objectives.

To assess the development of students and provide whole group, as well as, individual instruction to reach desired outcomes.

To supervise and evaluate teacher assistant and maintain a professional working relationship with Administration, Family Support staff, co-workers, and parents.

Responsibilities

• Provide a welcoming environment for the children.
• Establish and follow a daily schedule to include all elements of the Daily Routine as specified by the curriculum.
• Interactions with students should always be warm, calm, and respectful.
• Conduct Daily Wellness Checks by observing children upon arrival and throughout the school day.
• Use space, materials, and routines as resources for constructing an interesting and enjoyable environment that encourages creativity, exploration, and self-sufficiency.
• Competently use all available resources to ensure effective classroom instruction.
• Store and arrange classroom materials and books so that they remain in good repair.
• Maintain a neat and orderly classroom environment.
• Plan and provide lessons and activities to address the Written Curriculum, assessment goals, the eleven domains of the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework in order to master Program Goals, and Performance Standards.
• Provide individualized instruction to students for the purpose of concept and skill development and mastery.
• Demonstrate effective student and classroom management techniques while ensuring interactions with children are appropriate.
• Promote children's language development by modeling appropriate language, using open-ended questions, and expanding language concepts through scaffolding, feedback loops, parallel talk, and using advanced language.
• Implement effective instructional strategies; demonstrate knowledge of effective lesson planning; and utilize transition activities that are appropriate for preschool.
• Keep abreast of district-wide curriculum and initiatives.
• Maintain professional relationships with school district and community early childhood programs.
• Ensure supervision of students is at all times, consistent with required ratios.
• Promote good health, dental health, mental health, and nutrition through regular instruction and activities.
• Help children to learn to get along with others and encourage feelings of empathy and mutual respect among children and adults by consistently implementing MTSS expectations.
• Follow universal precautions to avoid blood born pathogen exposure.
• Participate in family-style meals, which includes sharing the same menu as the children, allowing children to help with setting up lunch and cleaning up afterwards, and allowing children to serve themselves, pour their own milk, and pass the serving bowls.
• During meals, provide appropriate discussion about colors, textures, numbers, sizes, shapes, etc., and model good eating habits and table manners.
• Complete, submit, and file all paperwork / electronic data reporting accurately and on schedule.
• Demonstrate strong computer / technology knowledge to ensure regular student use, as well as, necessary teacher use for e-mail, Internet, Intranet, attendance, documentation, parent letters, etc.
• Prepare and send home a weekly Friday note that is attractive and professional to keep parents informed about the classroom activities and upcoming events, and send home a variety of Parent-child activities that reflect the current academic themes and/or skills being taught with the Friday note.
• Regularly and accurately update assessment tools.
• Demonstrate dependability in attendance and punctuality.
• Report all suspected cases of child abuse and /or neglect to the hotline, as well as to your supervisor.
• Follow directions for all disaster drills.
• Attend all scheduled pre and in-service activities, workshops, conferences or formal education, as required.
• Document thoroughly in all areas.
• Maintain an open, friendly, and informative relationship with children's families and encourage their participation in the program.
• Treat all families with dignity and respect.
• Seek out and take advantage of opportunities for professional growth and increased competencies, as well as, for the benefit of children and families.
• Respond to constructive criticism in a positive manner.
• Maintain positive and productive relationships with all co-workers and supervisor(s).
• Supervise classroom teacher assistant, any substitutes, and/or volunteers.
• Regularly monitor gross motor times to ensure full participation by teacher assistant.
• Document and address teacher assistant performance issues accurately and regularly.
• Evaluate teacher assistant performance accurately, including specific examples of strengths or issues needing improvement.
• Demonstrate understanding of and follow all program policies and procedures.
• Cooperate with all program and school district employees.
• Plan activities/events for keeping parents interested and involved in their children's progress and education.
• Plan/attend Parent Committee meetings as scheduled.

Qualifications

• B.A.-Early Childhood Education, or B.A./B.S. in related field
• Preschool teaching experience preferred.

Skills

• Strong computer / technology knowledge
• Effective instructional strategies
• Knowledge of effective lesson planning
• Ability to implement transition activities
• Ability to promote children's language development
• Ability to promote good health, dental health, mental health, and nutrition
• Ability to follow universal precautions to avoid blood born pathogen exposure
• Ability to participate in family-style meals
• Ability to complete, submit, and file all paperwork / electronic data reporting accurately and on schedule
• Ability to demonstrate strong computer / technology knowledge
• Ability to prepare and send home a weekly Friday note
• Ability to regularly and accurately update assessment tools
• Ability to demonstrate dependability in attendance and punctuality
• Ability to report all suspected cases of child abuse and /or neglect to the hotline, as well as to your supervisor
• Ability to attend all scheduled pre and in-service activities, workshops, conferences or formal education, as required
• Ability to document thoroughly in all areas
• Ability to maintain an open, friendly, and informative relationship with children's families and encourage their participation in the program
• Ability to treat all families with dignity and respect
• Ability to seek out and take advantage of opportunities for professional growth and increased competencies, as well as, for the benefit of children and families
• Ability to respond to constructive criticism in a positive manner
• Ability to maintain positive and productive relationships with all co-workers and supervisor(s)
• Ability to supervise classroom teacher assistant, any substitutes, and/or volunteers
• Ability to regularly monitor gross motor times to ensure full participation by teacher assistant
• Ability to document and address teacher assistant performance issues accurately and regularly
• Ability to evaluate teacher assistant performance accurately, including specific examples of strengths or issues needing improvement
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of and follow all program policies and procedures
• Ability to cooperate with all program and school district employees
• Ability to plan activities/events for keeping parents interested and involved in their children's progress and education
• Ability to plan/attend Parent Committee meetings as scheduled

Benefits

• Not specified

Pay

$

Schedule

8 Hour Day