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Infant/Toddler Teacher – Early Head Start

FULL-TIME JOB OPPORTUNITY
Infant/Toddler Teacher (Early Head Start)
Responsibilities:

Coordinate and implement Early Head Start and other child development curriculum..
Provide supervision, role modeling, support, and encourage professional development of all child care staff and volunteers.
Assess and monitor developmental level of each child, facilitate referral for evaluations as necessary.
Ensure completion of all paperwork on a timely basis including but not limited to attendance, meal counts, lesson plans, daily health checks, fire drill records, narratives and daily notes.
Assist in the orientation and training of staff members regarding room, center and agency policies, procedures and expectations.
Actively participate in all required meetings including initial orientations, supervision, team meetings, staff meetings, in-services and training sessions.
Engage in ongoing teacher/parent communication to facilitate parent participation and involvement.
Assist in center, department and agency tasks and activities as assigned including clerical billing.

Requirements:

9 Credits in early childhood development, Associates/Bachelor’s degree preferred.
1 or more years experience working or volunteering with children.
Experience with child development practices and fostering parent/teacher communication.

Clearances:

Ability to physically negotiate all child care responsibilities for children ages 6 weeks to 3 years to include: lifting; carrying, feeding, bathing, sitting on the floor, walking, toileting and ability to react to urgent health and safety circumstances.
Background clearance including criminal, sex offender, child abuse, and drug screening.

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