Early Childhood Teacher

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES Responsibilities focus on supplying care and nurturing to children in order to contribute to the physical, emotional, social, and cognitive development of each child. DUTIES Responsibilites will include, but not limited to the following: - Planning, supervising, and implementing the program for the classroom in accordance with the established yearly calendar. Ensuring that the program is gearded to the needs of the individual children i.e. special needs, handicap, and pace of learning, etc. - Responsible for considering the cultural and socio-economic backgrounds of children and treating the children with dignity and respect. - Responsible for the ordered arrangement, appearance, decor, and learning enviroment of the classroom. - Assume an equal share of the joint housekeeping responsibilities among the center employees, i.e. playground swept and picked up and equipment returned to storage. - Assume joint responsibility of cleaning tasks on an on-going daily basis in assigned classroom to include but not limited to: ensuring toilets are flushed, the floors are kept swept, tables are kept clean, keeping trash covered and emptied, and keeping sinks cleaned and dried out. - Attend all staff meetings, weekly and monthly and follow through with/implement any information covered in the meetings. - Participate in recommended training programs, conferences, courses and other aspects of proffessional growth. - Establish and maintain a positive relationship with parents of the students. - Conduct at least two parent teacher conferences each year. - Assist in the ongoing evaluation procedure needed to assess the developmental levels of the children. - Attend public relations events sponsored by the center or events that the center is involved with. - Responsible for an assigned group of childrenm infant, toddlers, or preschool. - Responisble for planning activities of the classroom, implementing the planned activities, and supervising the activities. - Repsonisble for written lesson plans, which are due to the supervisor one week in advance for approval. - Responisble for turning in a requisition form to the supervisor for the materials and supplies needed to implement the approved lesson plans. - Responsible for turning in newsletter information on posted due dates. - Responisble for written updates to parents of each child. Infant and toddler group leaders are responsible for a daily update. Preschool group leaders are responsible for a weekly update. - Help to ensure the staff to child rations are met at all times, and that the classroom follows the rules and regulations for a childcare center. - Responsible for a minimum of 9 hours of in-service per year. - Responsible for all written documentation required by the Director on a daily basis i.e. attendance, meal counts, ration, etc. - Responsible for effectively utilizing the assistant group leader assigned to that classroom. KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES - Knowledge of child development and developmentally appropriate practices. Ability to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally to co-workers, parents, public, and the children. EDUCATION - Must be Early Childhood qualified according to the Colorado Dept. of Early Childhood. See link: "noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"} PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physicl demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to succeessfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, talk and hear. The employe frequently is required to walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hand and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside weather conditions. The noise level in this work environment is usally loud. PERSONAL WORK RELATIONSHIPS Periodic contacts are with the public to answer the phone. Ongoing contacts are with Assistant Group Leaders to give direction to ensure the flow of the classroom meets the goal and objectives of the center.