Head Start Teacher

About the role

A dedicated Teacher in our Head Start program, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of young minds in our community. Your patient and accommodating approach, coupled with your detail-oriented nature, ensures that every child will receive the individualized attention they need to thrive.

Responsibilities

• Actively supervises and engages children using the universal active supervision plan by using zone supervision, counting children throughout the day indoors and outside, using the name-to-face methods, adhering to a daily routine, and ensuring no child is ever left alone.
• Follows RUCD behavior management procedures to ensure appropriate teacher-child interactions where no child is maltreated or harmed, including pulling on arms or legs, slapping, physically restraining a child, etc.
• Supports and promotes RUCD Head Start School Readiness Goals with children and families.
• Understands, supports, and promotes developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate learning experiences for children in language, literacy, mathematics, social and emotional functioning, approaches to learning, science, physical skills, and creative arts through the use of the HighScope Curriculum, Second Step kits, Conscious Discipline, RUCD School Readiness Goals, RUCD Teacher Manual, RUCD Policies and Procedures and Head Start Performance Standards.
• Prepares and follows daily lesson plans using developmentally appropriate practices based on children's interests and individualized goals.
• Administers the Child Observation Record (COR) to assess children's growth through accurate anecdotal notes using timely observations to increase child outcomes and input scores daily.

Requirements

• Associate degree in Early Childhood Education with one year of paid experience working with young children; or Associate degree in another field with at least 15 credit hours in Early Childhood Education.
• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Early Childhood Education; or Bachelor's degree in a related field (or another field approved by the agency) with at least 15 credit hours in Early Childhood Education.
• Experience working with children with disabilities or special needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Early Childhood Education;
• Bachelor's degree in a related field (or another field approved by the agency) with at least 15 credit hours in Early Childhood Education.