Child Development Specialist III - Infant/Toddler

Posting Number: S07084P Job Description Looking for a rewarding opportunity to work with children? Join our Callier Center team! The Callier Center provides a nurturing, learning environment for infants through kindergarten age. We focus on developing every child's specific needs, including communication and language skills, physical abilities, emotional and social growth, and cognitive development. Our program fosters an environment in which children have the opportunity to communicate, play, and develop friendships with other children whose interests, abilities, levels of hearing, and methods of communication may be different from their own. Create, implement, and facilitate a comprehensive program for infant and toddler children (0–3), including a developmentally appropriate curriculum that is relationship-based, child-driven, and provides ongoing developmental assessment within a team of primary caregivers. Provide a safe, engaging, and exploratory learning environment. Maintain ongoing dialogue and collaboration with families to support children's optimal development. Provide leadership and mentoring support for the teaching team, part-time staff, substitutes, and volunteers. Provide educational activities appropriately designed for birth to 3-year-old settings; assist in mainstreaming activities to include special populations; provide parent conferences twice a year; develop assessment plans for periodic application; plan staff development experiences; and other duties as assigned. #J-18808-Ljbffr The University of Texas at Dallas