Infant Toddler Teacher

Infant Toddler Teacher

Children's Home Society of Florida

***HOURLY RATE OF $18.79***

Since opening our doors in 1902, CHS became a part of Florida's history.

CHS has been committed to growing and evolving to provide the right services and solutions to address the needs of children and families throughout the changing times. Every day, our team works with parents and kids to empower them and encourage them. With innovative technology solutions and a dedicated, experienced team throughout the state, we're changing the face of foster care and positively impacting children and families' lives for generations to come.

Join our team to continue to do good and create history serving Florida's children and families!

The Infant Toddler Teacher is responsible for all aspects of the care and education for assigned children; provides direct delivery of center-based Early Head Start (EHS) services for infants and toddlers including physical caregiving, developmental assessments, and implementing age-appropriate curricula. Serves as the primary teacher for assigned children and ensures safe and healthy learning environments and individualized learning activities for enrolled children. Overall, the Infant Toddler Teacher contributes to the CHS high performance culture by exhibiting our values and providing quality results that position CHS as the leader in delivering proactive behavioral health, case management, community and early childhood solutions for children and families.

WHY JOIN CHS?

• Uplifting mission-driven work culture
• Make an impact in your community and become a part of Florida's history!
• Growth and professional development opportunities
• Great benefits package, including generous paid time off and holidays

Primary Job Functions

1. Create an open, friendly, and cooperative atmosphere in which children and families feel comfortable and secure.

• Provide the safety of each child at all times through active supervision, effective arrangement of space and materials, and proper maintenance of equipment.
• Carry out childcare routines in a manner that is respectful, prompt, hygienic, and consistent with best practice.
• Observe children to detect signs of illness, injury, abuse, neglect, emotional disturbance, or other special needs, and report these signs immediately to the Center Director or designee.
• Operate and maintain the classroom arrangement, appearance, decor, and cleanliness providing compliance with all licensing, Office of Head Start (OHS), and other local, state, and federal regulations.
• Regularly observe and evaluate children's development and document progress on individual and school readiness goals.
• Plan and submit complete lesson plans, goals, and resources, as assigned.
• Plan and implement age- and developmentally-appropriate experiences that promote physical, emotional, social, and cognitive development through conversation, play, and creativity, both indoors and outdoors.
• Interact positively with each child throughout all aspects of the daily routine.
• Promote and nurture parent-child bonding and relationships.
• Inform families about their children's experiences through daily contacts and regularly scheduled home visits and parent conferences.
• Serve as a role model for the children and families, treating them with dignity and respect.
• Complete all daily food service documentation as required by the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
• Maintain confidentiality with respect to children, families, and team members in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Conducts screenings and assessments in accordance with the program's Performance Standards.

2. Contribute to a positive, engaging work environment.

• Develop a strong knowledge base and stay current on job-related issues and trends.
• Participate actively in departmental meetings, training and education, as well as the quality process.
• Comply with CHS's code of conduct, policies, procedures and other obligations.
• Assist with training other team members and providing back up when necessary.
• Pick up projects on the fly; perform other duties as assigned from time to time.
• Demonstrate the CHS Common Bond values in the performance of all job duties.

Job Qualifications

Education, Licenses & Certifications:

• Child Development Associate (CDA) credential with Infant Toddler Endorsement or equivalent college coursework, required
• Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education, preferred
• Bilingual, preferred

Experience:

• Experience working with children ages birth to three

Knowledge of:

• COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Skills and Proficiency in:

• Planning, project management, organization and time management
• Oral and written communication
• Collaboration, teamwork, consulting, facilitation, coaching and mentoring
• Computer systems and MS Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook

Ability to:

• Perform at a high level of autonomy, with general supervision.
• Perform under strong demands in fast-paced, diverse, sometimes ambiguous environments.
• Commit to providing high customer satisfaction with positive service delivery results.
• Meet critical deadlines, while maintaining attention to detail, accuracy and quality.
• Handle highly stressful, sensitive situations; maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries.
• Demonstrate the behaviors of our CHS Common Bond Values.
• Interact effectively with children/families from diverse backgrounds
• Set appropriate limits and boundaries with clients; act decisively to protect clients, when necessary
• Assess and apply proper intervention strategies
• Identify and understand environmental stressors
• Recognize importance of social, economic, environmental factors in the development and resolution of personal/family problems
• Be sensitive to service population's cultural/socioeconomic characteristic.
• Be energetic, passionate and adaptable with a deep commitment to social service, empathy for children and families and a positive approach to embracing and managing change

All applicants are subject to background screening through the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). For more information, visit

Together, good can be done.

Travel Required: Yes. Statewide

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