Teacher, Early Childhood Education

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

• Implement an engaging and enriching curriculum, fostering school readiness and appropriate development in every child.
• Collaborate seamlessly with your classroom team to achieve these goals.
• Supportive, approachable, and patient communication with both children and parents to help strengthen the vital bond between home and school.
• Actively supervise and engage 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.
• Follow 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.
• Support and promote RUCD Head Start School Readiness Goals with children and families.
• Understand, support, and promote 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.
• Prepare and follow daily lesson plans using developmentally appropriate practices based on children's interests and individualized goals.
• Administer 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.
• Preferred Qualifications: 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.

Qualifications

• Accommodating and analytical, with a strong attention to detail and a commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.
• Supportive, approachable, and patient.
• Conscientious, cooperative, and enjoys detailed, skill-based work as part of a team.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance are offered.
• Employee Assistant Program also provided.
• 401K.
• Paid holidays and vacation time.
• Opportunity to further your education.
• 40 hour workweek.
• Starting pay begins at $18.91/hour and may be higher depending on qualifications.
• Employees who meet the qualifications are eligible for a starting pay range of $20.85--$21.89 per hour, depending on qualifications.
• Sommer's off.