Childcare Teacher

Sea Mar Community Health Centers•Seattle, WA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Sea Mar Community Health Centers is seeking a Full-time Child Development Center Teacher for their Seattle, WA location. This role involves planning and implementing activities for an assigned classroom, requiring knowledge of child development. The organization is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, dedicated to providing comprehensive health, human, housing, educational, and cultural services to diverse communities, with a specialization in serving the Latino population in Washington State. Sea Mar serves all individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, sexual orientation, or ability to pay. The network includes over 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics, along with various nutritional, social, and educational services. Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization.

Requirements

Understanding of children growth and development and the ability to apply this understanding through planning activities, areas and materials that encourage the children in problem solving and independent play.
Ability to instruct other adults and to work with all children in an appropriate manner.
Willingness to accept supervision and maintain positive relationships with children, co-workers and parents.
Ability to meet the social and emotional, physical and developmental needs of the children, maintain a safe, clean and healthy environment and possess knowledge of nutrition, health, and first aid.
Able to observe and document children’s behavior and maintain children’s educational records.
Skills, awareness and willingness to work effectively with children and families with special needs and disabilities.
Willingness to read, to learn and to increase his/her own understanding of child development workshops, classes and study.
Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
Ability to read and understand Early Children Education journals and reports.
Ability to respond to common inquiries or concerns from families.
Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
Must be able to apply common sense understanding in carrying out detailed written and / or oral instructions.
AA required, CDA required or equivalent degree in Early Childhood Education.
30 hours initial STARS training required within the first 6 months of employment.
Two years’ work experience in a child care setting required.
Experience with and the ability to relate to children and families from diverse racial and economic backgrounds.
Must complete HIV and Child Abuse and Neglect training as required.
Must have and maintain current Food Handlers Permit, and take required annual TB test.
Must obtain Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR within 90 days of hire date and is required to maintain current BLS CPR throughout employment.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual English/Spanish

Responsibilities

Planning and implementing developmentally appropriate programming including the writing of weekly lesson plans based on children’s needs and interests.
Develop an anti-bias culturally relevant curriculum.
Setting up the environment to meet and challenge the changing needs of the children and to stimulate curiosity.
Responsibility for setting the tone for and maintaining classroom discipline.
Demonstrate verbally and by role modeling a sound knowledge of good teaching practices and of child growth and development.
Maintain a safe, clean and pleasant environment.
Tend to the physical care, safety and wellbeing of all the children in the group.
Participate in staff meeting discussions regarding the program activities.
Provide information to parents regarding their children as well as general child development information.
Participate in Sea Mar sponsored and /or community events.
Actively participate in the Intergenerational Program through, daily greetings and departures with Home Care Residents, full engagement between the children and resident, this includes thoroughly planned activities that are developmentally appropriate for both children and residents.
Perform other duties as assigned.