Infant Toddler Teacher- Mt. Vernon

About the role

The position is responsible for preparing and executing daily activities and lesson plans for children. It incorporates a child's home/language/culture functionally in activities of the center. Opportunities and encouragement are provided for children to acquire and enlarge their vocabulary, serving as a clear and respectful language model.

Responsibilities

• Provides a safe and healthy learning environment for children.
• Follows all state and federal regulations regarding instruction practices, fire, health, and safety standards.
• Carrries out assigned staff responsibilities regarding lesson plans, evaluations, and records.
• Formulates lesson plans for classroom activities and Home Learning Tasks.
• Responsible for the daily completion of USDA Meal count.
• Enhances physical and intellectual competence in children by promoting physical, cognitive, language, and creative skills.
• Attends Teacher Meetings as scheduled to facilitate mentoring classroom staff in ECE.
• Reinforces positive communication, respect, and interaction between children and adults.
• Communicates with and actively involves parents in all aspects of center activities.
• Follows established program curriculums, procedures, documentation, and service plans.
• In coordination with Lead ECE Specialist or School Readiness Liaison, monitors and provides technical assistance to teaching staff.
• Performs administrative duties as assigned.
• Collaborates with Teachers to bring consistency and best practices to the classroom.
• Models appropriate instructional techniques for Teachers & Volunteers.
• Provides assistance in completing all appropriate documentation: i.e. Daily Assessment form, Feeding Guide and Health checks.
• Actively participates with age appropriate interactions and classroom activities such as free play, mealtime, floor time and class room activities.
• May include bathing, diaper changing, formula preparation (for infants).
• Follows center procedures to receive and discharge the children.
• Shows interest in furthering professional growth by attending staff meetings, workshops, seminars, and additional training on Child Development and willing to mentor CDA candidates.
• Administers educational screenings, identifies, and refers children with potential high risk of health, disability or behavioral concerns.
• Maintains confidentiality of program and client related information at all times.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Current Child Development Associate Certificate (CDA) or comparable certificate (State Initial ECE Certificate), or equivalent coursework in early childhood development with a focus on infant and toddler development.
• An Associate’s Degree in ECE or an Associate’s Degree with 30 ECE-related college credits.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of child development theories and practices.
• Experience working in a federally funded and regulated environment.
• Experience in policy and procedure processes.
• Experience in planning and facilitating groups.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Experience in the classroom risk management.
• Understanding of the interrelationships between services and systems.
• Ability to learn new tasks quickly and efficiently.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Ability to gather and analyze data for reports.
• Strong customer service focus.
• Ability to work with culturally diverse population.
• Knowledge of personal computer, including Microsoft Office.
• Accurate data, documentation and recordkeeping skills.

Skills

• Knowledge of personal computer, including Microsoft Office.
• Accurate data, documentation and recordkeeping skills.

Benefits

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