Early Childhood Developmental Specialist (ECDS) - Pediatrics

FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY CARE•Russellville, AR

26d•Onsite

About The Position

To provide instruction, observe and evaluate a child's performance while creating a classroom environment that encourages learning and builds positive relationships with the children, families, and staff. To create individual plans of care and ensure its implementation by an interdisciplinary team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (B.S or B.A) from a four-year college or university and one of the following: Child Development Associate credential, Birth to PreK credential, documented experience working with special needs children and 12 hours of completed college coursework in early childhood, child development, special education, elementary education, or child/family studies.
Must have supervisory skills.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government relations.
Ability to draft reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of Program Administrators, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Responsibilities

Demonstrates a mastery level of each child's curriculum outcomes and be able to articulate these to teacher assistants and parents.
Actively contributes to the continuing development of improved curriculum to achieve plan of care outcomes, child growth and development and kindergarten readiness indicators.
Maintain a classroom climate conducive to learning and active engagement in activities.
Continuously plan learning activities that recognize the different needs, abilities, and skills necessary for effective participation of children.
Continually develop a cooperative, energetic, flexible, and creative working relationship with children, colleagues, and administration.
Provide for appropriate child participation in developing and achieving classroom mastery level concepts.
Provide continuous monitoring and recording of child mastery level concepts commensurate with child's plan of care.
Prepare and complete all plans of care for each child on caseload.
Actively participate in conferences to include Enrollment, Annual Review, and Dismissal.
Responsible for implementation of Individual Treatment Plan (ITP).
Sets up, implements, and monitors Behavior Management Systems, and individualized behavior intervention plans as needed.
Report child progress to parents accurately and professionally.
Collaborate with therapists, nursing staff, and parents to create ITP.
Work collaboratively with therapists in classroom setting to ensure best outcomes for children.
Conducts a face-to-face interdisciplinary enrollment conference including parent/guardians for all DD children and annually thereafter, more frequently if needed.
When requested, will be responsible for referrals and eligibility evaluations after referral.
Presents and interprets evaluations to parents at conferences.
Conducts evaluations once qualified.
Conducts developmental screenings as scheduled or requested.
Facilitate smooth transition to public school by scheduling conferences with the families and appropriate school districts in the spring of each year.
Will contact the school district, set up appointment times, and complete all required paperwork.
Review and approve day habilitation notes in Credible for accuracy each day.
Demonstrate the ability to disaggregate test data and determine areas to provide instruction for each child on caseload.
Demonstrate effective use and proper care of materials and supplies
Responsible for developing and posting lesson plans using approved curriculum and written clearly enabling substitutes to follow in teacher's absence
Creates/gathers curriculum materials one week in advance and actively teaches skill lessons in groups and/or individually based on plan of care
Directly supervises, engages with, and teaches all children in classrooms throughout the day.
Responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing classroom schedules.
Creates and maintains an environment based on ITERS/ECERS standards, sustaining a rating of 4 or higher in DD classrooms and a 5 in ABC/ABCSS classrooms.
Uses positive behavior guidance and classroom management techniques according to DHS/DDS regulations and FCC guidelines.
Assures Quality Standards of Care for Early Childhood programs are met. See Attachment
Assuring room ready for children's arrival each morning. by preparing the day's activities and gathering needed supplies.
Ensure classrooms are always in ratio.
Communicate effectively with program administrator and teacher assistants to ensure compliance.
Plan and organize parent/family involvement events.
Creates and maintains regular communications with parents including monthly calendars, daily notes or cuddle-grams, planned activities, newsletters, etc.
Reports on children’s record updates to office staff, as needed.
Responsible for timely completion of required documentation.
Follows FCC Policy/Procedures manual and minimum licensing requirements for childcare centers.
Works safely by following OSHA/Infection Control guidelines.
Will assist with nursing duties like medication administration and medical procedures after being trained.
Completes developmental screening on all ABC/ABCSS children within 10 days of enrolment and make referrals for any who failed screening.
Collects Work Sampling/ Ounce data on ABC/ABCSS children and maintains portfolios on all ABC/ABCSS children.
Enters all Work Sampling/Ounce data into databased system.
Completes all ABC data entry in COPA for all ABC children in your assigned classroom.
Conducts a minimum of two parent teacher conferences with ABC/ABCSS children
Provides direct teaching in classroom for minimum seven (7) contact hours per day per ABC student.
When necessary, contact families to fill empty ABC classrooms slots as openings arise.
Assists in ABC/ABCSS enrollment as deemed by Program Administrator.
Identity assigned teacher assistants strengths and weaknesses, coaching staff to improve performance when necessary.
Will conduct annual evaluations of assigned teacher assistants.
Demonstrate and model continuous professional growth and apply learning to classroom activities.
Perform duties as needed when assigned as back-up Lead Teacher.
Reports any abuse/neglect signs to the appropriate person as soon as possible after discovery
Conducts regular staff meetings for no less than 30 minutes in order to review children's goals & objectives, review FCC procedures, as well as provide staff development for classroom planning purposes.
Other duties as assigned
Assists/attends in-house staff meetings, training, workshops, conferences, parent functions and extra-curricular activities which may require out-of-town or overnight travel.
Participate in weekly, monthly, and annual staff meetings as arranged by Program Administrator.
Develop and conduct monthly staff training as needed.
Attends all training activities as required by Administration, licensing units, and/or Staff Trainer.
Takes responsibility to obtain required professional development hours yearly to maintain compliance.
Maintains current certification in Infant/Toddler CPR, First Aid and OSHA by attending annual courses and serves as First Responder for Preschool. (At HBV vaccine offer, must sign waiver to decline.)
Licensed teachers will maintain Arkansas teacher licensure in Early Childhood.
Maintains confidentiality of all information received regarding Friendship Community Care, Inc., and the clients.
Conditions of confidentiality shall comply with Friendship Community Care Non-Disclosure Policy and HIPPA Policies.
To adhere to the following and comply with all Quality Assurance’s & HIPAA procedures:
The Code of Conduct and Compliance Investigation Procedures as read and discussed in the new employee training must be followed at all times.
Consumers’ progress notes be maintained and completed daily or as needed on the prescribed forms.
Consumers’ records must be maintained weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly.
All information must be filed in consumers’ records as needed and updated as prescribed by funding sources.