Teacher Amite Job at CAPCA
STATEMENT OF THE JOB: Under the overall supervision of the Early Childhood Director and the direct supervision of the Project Director, the Teacher is responsible for implementing the educational program for 3-5 year old children at the center level.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Maintain a professional attitude at all times with staff, parents, volunteers and children.
- Plan and implement learning experiences that advance the intellectual and physical development of all children in their care, improving the school readiness of each child aligning experiences with the five central domains of the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF):
- Approaches to Learning
- Social and Emotional Development
- Language and Literacy
- Cognition
- Mathematics Development
- Scientific Reasoning
- Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development
- Establish and maintain a safe and healthy learning environment.
- Create a warm and welcoming environment, which supports the social and emotional development of children through positive, trusting, and nurturing teacher-child relationships.
- Encourage the involvement of the families served and support the development of positive family-child relationships.
- Responsible for:
- guiding childrens behavior in positive, proactive ways through the use of regular routines, picture schedules, classroom jobs, and positive descriptive praise,
- implementing the curriculum daily lesson plans,
- promoting developmentally, linguistically, and culturally appropriate practices,
- scheduling and conducting regular educational home visits at the family home and parent teacher conferences at the center and
- monitoring and documenting childrens growth and development on an ongoing basis, through the use of data collection tools provided, and using the collected data to individualize for every child.
- Is knowledgeable in all aspects of use and design of learning centers.
- Provide supervision for children at all times and other staff or volunteers as designated.
- Responsible for the orderliness and cleanliness of center.
- Promote good eating habits by sitting at the table, conversing, encouraging good table manners and eating with the children when food is served
- Maintain a high quality daily program of work and designated record keeping.
- Work cooperatively with other classroom/center staff.
- Coordinate with administrative office and support staff to implement appropriate recommendations made by local education agencies and/or consultants.
- Assist in obtaining and documenting volunteer hours and donated items from parent and community members, which may be used as In-Kind (Non-Federal Match).
- Attend and participate in monthly center staff meetings.
- Participate in the following, as requested:
- parent meetings
- behavioral staffings
- IEP meetings
- Serve as a member of the IEP Team and work with administrative staff and therapist to implement classroom supports that help children reach their IEP goal(s).
- Must be able to see, hear and respond to childrens needs, emergencies, and conflicts that might occur in the classroom, playground, bathrooms, or other areas used by children.
- May assume responsibility of giving overall direction to the Center in the absence of the Center Manager, if designated.
- Responsible for avoidance or appearance of fraud and ensuring compliance in the overall management of the center.
NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Respect confidentiality in all aspects of the Head Start Program.
- Willing to participate in all training designed for professional development.
- Document attendance of a minimum of 15 clock hours per year of approved professional development that is high-quality, sustained, intensive and classroom-focused.
- Able to handle stress, tension and exasperation that contact with many children and adults may bring every day.
- May be called upon to administer first aid to children or staff at any time in the program. The incidental nature of this circumstance effectively establishes first aid as a collateral duty, rather than a primary one.
- Perform other duties as needed and required for efficient operation of the Center, needs and welfare of the children.
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