Early Head Start Early Childhood Teacher
About The Position
The Early Head Start Early Childhood Teacher creates a safe, engaging classroom that supports infants’ and toddlers’ early learning and development. The role designs and leads individual and small-group learning activities, prepares lesson plans, and coordinates classroom experiences and community guests. The teacher supports children’s social-emotional development while respecting individual differences and cultural backgrounds, partners with families through conferences and ongoing communication, and records and uses child progress data across learning domains. Reporting may align with the Child Outcomes Framework and use ChildPlus as appropriate. The teacher also coordinates in-kind collection efforts with families and ensures timely, accurate reporting.
Requirements
- Minimum Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or a related field, or a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential.
Responsibilities
- Design and lead individual and small-group activities that strengthen language, social, motor, and cognitive development.
- Prepare lesson plans and enrich learning by coordinating community guests and classroom experiences.
- Support healthy social-emotional development while honoring individual differences and cultural backgrounds.
- Partner with families through parent-child conferences and ongoing communication.
- Collect and use child progress data across learning domains, and create reports aligned to the Child Outcomes Framework, including ChildPlus as appropriate.
- Coordinate in-kind collection efforts with families and ensure timely, accurate reporting.
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Paid holidays
- 403(b) retirement plan with 3% employer match
- Employee Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
