STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC

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POSITION SUMMARY: The Early Childhood - Infant / Toddler Teacher plans and implements a quality program of educational activities for pre-school children ages pre-natal to three-years old that encourages growth and development in a variety of areas. The Early Childhood - Infant / Toddler Teacher promotes a cooperative, constructive relationship with families to ensure the child's growth / development meets their full potential. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: • Minimum of an Associate degree in early childhood education, child development, or related field required. • Previous professional experience working with preschool-aged children preferred COMPTENCIES AND ABILITIES: • Ability to develop and implement classroom curriculum that encourages language, cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development of children. • Ability to interact with children in a warm, nurturing manner. • Must have current first-aid and CPR training. • Ability to work with children with developmental delays or disabilities. • Knowledge of or ability to learn to conduct developmental screenings and assessments of children. • Working knowledge of child development, age appropriate behaviors, common childhood behavior challenges and appropriate interventions. • Knowledge of the practices of early childhood teaching. • Ability to intervene with children's behaviors in a non-punitive and supportive manner. • Ability to communicate effectively with young children and their families. • Ability to develop and implement individual learningplans for children. • Ability to implement individual education plans (IEP) and individual family service plans (IFSP) for children with disabilities. DUTIES AND RESPONBILITES: • Responsible for ensuring that daily activities and interactions reflect the mission and goals of the program. • Attend on-going trainings/workshops on the High Scope Curriculum and Child Observation Record (COR). Implement strategies learned from trainings/workshops attended. • Implement curriculum activities, strategies, learning environment, and interactions in accordance to the PQA. • Plan and implement a program of educational activities for children, including writing a weekly lesson plan that specifies a daily schedule, toward the achievement of specific curriculum goals as written in education component plan. • Create a clean, safe classroom environment that is conducive to learning, promoting social relationships. • Evaluate the accomplishments of the children on a regular basis and reports progress to parents/guardians. • Plan and implement an individual learningplan for each child in the classroom. Implement IEP and IFSP goals as part of the individualization process. • Plan and implement daily outdoor activities that develop gross motor skills and promote exploration and social relationships. • Develop curriculum activities that reflect the ethnic/multi-cultural makeup of the community. • Maintain compliance with child-care licensing and HHS regulations. • Monitor and work in conjunction with co-teacher to provide a well-organized classroom. • Assists in ensuring that all health and developmental screenings are up-to-date and complete. • Promotes parent-child bonding and nurtures parent-child relationships. Assist in facilitating parent education workshops as assigned. • Provide, document and report all program activities and interactions as required by contract, licensing, and programmatic goals. • Implement classroom health, dental, and nutrition performance standards and document in weekly lesson plans. • Coordinate mealtime service, including interacting with children and accurate CACFP record keeping. • Provide children with experiences that support their full range of developmental and socio-emotional needs. • Provide activities that foster development of a positive self-image; address physical and mental health needs of children and document in daily lesson plans. LICENSING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS: • Valid driver's license and / or reliable transportation. Starfish Family Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer EOE/M/F/D/V