Teacher I - HS

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Position Summary

Head Start Teachers are responsible for successfully providing a safe and high-quality education and child development services for children enrolled in Head Start/Early Head Start programs. Teachers actively promotes school readiness and sets appropriate goals that address the social-emotional, cognitive, language/literacy, perceptual motor and physical development, and approaches to learning. Teachers develop individual learning goals and provide ongoing assessment of the developmental process. Teachers successfully implements strategies that include positive reinforcement, active supervision, and parent and/or family engagement.

Job Function

1. Demonstrate knowledge of Head Start’s Performance Standards, Early Learning Outcomes and other regulatory requirements
2. Develop and implement weekly lesson plans that include planned and appropriate activities that align with the developmental progressions described in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework and are based on relevant child assessment data.
3. Assess children assigned to their classroom and demonstrate the child’s knowledge, developmental stages, individual differences and cultural background.
4. Communicate and collaborate with teaching staff, substitutes, volunteers, and all content area staff to implement services that meet the needs of children and their families assigned to their respective classrooms.
5. Communicate and collaborate with teaching staff, substitutes, volunteers, and all content area staff to implement services that meet the needs of children and their families assigned to their respective classrooms.
6. Provide direction and guidance to Teacher Assistants and/or Teacher Aides assigned to their classroom.
7. Ensure required tasks and supporting documentation are completed timely and accurately including but not limited to lesson plans, child observations, developmental assessments, parent conferences, meal counts, etc.
8. Communicate and collaborate with parents to engage them in their child (ren)’s learning.
9. Demonstrate responsive care, effective teaching practices, including the implementation of positive strategies to support children’s well-being, and prevent and address challenging behaviors.
10. Supervise children at all-time including during meals, hand washing, toileting, rest periods, and play activities.
11. Conduct family-style meals that promote good nutrition, develop social and self-help skills and food safety practices
12. Ensure classroom is organized and classroom equipment and materials are clean for the children to use.
13. Prepare and implement an individualized curriculum for all children including IEP goals. Attends IEP meetings.
14. Maintain a safe, healthy learning environment, both indoors and outdoors.
15. Ensure children’s hygiene, health and safety is in accordance with all regulations.
16. Safeguard the equipment and materials assigned to classrooms to ensure adequate supplies are available for all children.
17. Update assessment data ensuring current information on the children’s progress in the classroom to align with Head Start and School Readiness Goals.
18. Provide effective teacher/child interactions required of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) that promotes School Readiness.
19. Design, manage and organize the classroom to create and encourage a positive, caring, and nurturing learning environment.
20. Plan and implement developmentally appropriate activities that promote children’s learning in literacy, language, cognitive, social / emotional, physical / health development on a weekly basis.
21. Understands that children differ in their learning styles and differentiates instruction to meet diverse student needs.
22. Designs coherent instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, current instructional practices, students, the community, and curriculum goals.
23. Use a variety of strategies to flexibly group children for the purposes of instruction, promoting children’s development, supporting collaboration among children, and building a caring community of active enthusiastic learners.
24. Use different teaching strategies to ensure every child is successful in the classroom, by providing a balance of large group, small group, teacher directed, child initiated activities that promote exploration, inquiry, creativity, and independence.
25. Conducts daily child observations and quarterly developmental assessments to collect information and plan individualized approaches to promote each child’s learning and progress.
26. Communicates formally and informally with parents regarding children’s progress on a regular basis through parent/ teacher conferences, home visits, telephone, newsletters and flyers.
27. Attend monthly parent meetings, use the family lending library where they will be able learn more about the curriculum and give staff feedback and suggestions on center and classroom activities.
28. Report suspected neglect, abuse, medical conditions / illnesses to immediate supervisor.
29. Ensure that children’s files are complete, accurate, and maintained confidentially.
30. May need to transport equipment, supplies and materials in own vehicle.
31. Conduct 45-day screenings Brigance, GOLD, bi-annual Parent-Teacher Conference, and bi-annual Home Visit.
32. Participate in staff development activities, in-service training and workshops to meet program and regulatory requirements. Participate in coaching opportunities, including observation and feedback sessions
33. Ability to maintain regular and punctual attendance in compliance with AVANCE-Houston policies and/or procedures.
34. Able to travel for business related activities.
35. Performs additional duties as assigned.

Education

• Required: Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education/Child Development or 12 hours in ECE/CD from an accredited program

Experience

Required: 6 months experience working with young children in an educational role.

Other

• Preferred: Bilingual English/Spanish