Early Childhood Teacher

UNC-Chapel Hill•Chapel Hill, NC

About The Position

The Early Childhood Teacher plans and implements developmentally appropriate activities for children on a weekly and daily basis, incorporating relevant suggestions and goals from outside providers such as occupational, speech, and physical therapists and the Horizons Child and Family Therapist. The teacher follows the regulations of the North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Head Start, along with the policies and procedures of the childcare center and UNC Horizons Program. The position provides supervision and interaction to maintain a safe, healthy, nurturing learning environment, and helps maintain the center’s physical environment by removing broken or dangerous items and reporting health and safety hazards or items needing replacement. The teacher communicates with parents, offers support and encouragement regarding children’s goals, accomplishments, and well-being, and conducts parent/teacher conferences about adjustment, behavior, progress, or other concerns. The teacher participates as an active member of the UNC Horizons and childcare center teams, attends staff meetings, trainings, the annual conference, and other events, and communicates questions and concerns to team members and supervisors as appropriate. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., on a rotating schedule.

Responsibilities

Plan and implement developmentally appropriate activities for children on a weekly and daily basis.
Incorporate suggestions and goals from outside providers into children’s plans.
Comply with NC Division of Child Development and Early Head Start regulations and childcare center and UNC Horizons policies and procedures.
Supervise and interact with children to maintain a safe, healthy, and nurturing learning environment.
Help maintain the center’s physical environment by discarding broken or dangerous items and reporting health or safety hazards and items that need replacement.
Establish and maintain effective communication with parents.
Offer parents support, advice, and encouragement regarding their child’s goals, accomplishments, and overall well-being.
Conduct parent/teacher conferences to discuss adjustment, behavior, progress, and other concerns.
Participate actively as a member of the UNC Horizons and childcare center teams.
Attend UNC Horizons staff meetings, trainings, the annual conference, and other events.
Attend and actively participate in Horizons Child Development Center events, meetings, and trainings.
Communicate questions and concerns regarding Horizons with team members and supervisors where appropriate.