Infant Toddler Teacher

About the role

CPLC's Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs are committed to giving every child, regardless of circumstances at birth, an opportunity to succeed in school and life. Provides full-day, full-year early childhood development services to low income children, ages 0-3 years, and their families in educationally-stimulating learning environments. Migrant Head Start program provides full-day, full-year program services to children, ages 0-5 years, of migrant and seasonal farm and agriculture working families where hand-picked and row crops are prevalent.

Responsibilities

• Promote school readiness by preparing children and their families for school and life success.
• Provide high quality developmentally appropriate care and education for children aged 0-3 in a center-based classroom.
• Work as part of a center-based inter-disciplinary team to support children in all areas of development while providing education, health, and social service support to families.
• Abide by all state and federal regulations that apply to care and education of young children including the revised Head Start Program Performance Standards (issued 9/1/2016), Head Start Act (12/7/2007), Texas Child Care Licensing (for centers in Texas), New Mexico State Child Care Regulations-New Mexico Kids (for centers located in New Mexico), Office of Head Start Initiatives and ECD Content Area Plans and Procedures.
• Actively supervise children by sight and sound at all times and in all environments.
• Maintain all health and safety regulations to create an optimum learning environment.
• Facilitate health practices to keep children safe in the school bus, outdoor and indoor environments.

Requirements

• Infant Toddler Child Development Associates Credential (CDA), or a CDA‑comparable credential from an accredited institution with training or equivalent coursework in early childhood development and/or child development with a focus on infant toddler development