Teacher 38 Week

Job Description

Job Description

Head Start is a federally-funded program that provides preschool education, ensuring that both children and parents are prepared for kindergarten and a life filled with learning. Head Start children also receive numerous health services ensuring good physical, dental, nutritional and mental health. Head Start is provided to income-eligible families at no cost and services pregnant moms, children with special needs, infants, toddlers and children up to age five. Learn more HERE

Motivated, passionate Head Start teachers improve the learning outcomes, living standards, and later academic and professional success of their students. If you want to make a difference in the lives of young children, come and join the Head Start community. As a Head Start Teacher you will:

• Provide developmental services with quality and confidentiality for Head Start children and families.
• Plan and implement daily developmental learning models for pre-school age children, incorporating differences in cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, emotional and physical abilities, individual styles and pace of learning.
• Maintain a physical environment that promotes optimal growth and development and positive social interaction; enjoy meals with children to promote pro-social behavior.
• Monitor and supervise children at all times; conduct daily observations and health checks.
• Implement developmentally appropriate reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social programs that enhance children’s knowledge, language and literacy development; and furthers children’s listening, vocabulary, and attention span by using prompts for discussion and follow-up activities; implement programs that promote healthy, accepting attitudes toward children’s bodies and their functions.
• Develop and implement Individual Education Plans for all children, including those with diagnosed disabilities; evaluate and document children’s progress by observing and documenting children’s play, conversations, routines/schedules, health checks and work samples, and through conversations with families.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related field from an accredited college or university is preferred.
• Understanding of diverse cultures and experience working with diverse populations, including low to moderate-income families
• Two (2) years of experience teaching preschool children in an urban environment.
• Two (2) years of customer service experience.
• Ability to work with and teach infants and toddlers.