HS - EHS Teacher

Action Pact•Douglas, GA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Action pact is a community action agency that works with local partners to improve lives and communities. The Early Head Start Teacher provides a safe, nurturing, positive learning environment for children and plans and implements early childhood development learning experiences in an assigned classroom. The teacher manages the classroom day to day and supervises assigned Teacher Assistants and classroom volunteers. This position is based at Coffee Early Head Start, 511 Pine Street, Douglas, Georgia.

Requirements

A minimum Infant/Toddler CDA is required.
Valid Georgia Driver’s License.

Nice To Haves

TCC, AA, or BA preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan daily lesson plans using the assigned curriculum, ensuring activities are age-appropriate and varied; review the curriculum plan with the Center Coordinator/Lead Teacher before implementation.
Implement a curriculum that supports children’s physical abilities, social/emotional development, and mental skills, in accordance with Head Start performance standards.
Supervise, monitor, and observe each child; assess and record individual and group needs, interests, strengths, concerns, behavior, and developmental progress; make recommendations for individual educational plans.
Use an age-appropriate assessment tool regularly and ensure children’s files document assessments, ongoing observations, records, evaluations, and plans based on ongoing assessment.
Develop and implement an individual education program (IEP) for each child with an identified and professionally confirmed disability, in conjunction with the Education and Disabilities Specialists and within the authority given.
Coordinate classroom volunteers and aides, work with staff professionals on parent involvement, promote parent and community volunteers, and seek in-kind donations.
Maintain written reports and records concerning each child’s health, attendance, problems, and progress; ensure service documentation is accurate and submitted on time.
Participate in conferences with parents and staff professionals, keep parents informed about each child’s progress or problems, document contact efforts, encourage parent participation, and reinforce positive behavior by parents.
Visit the homes of assigned children at least twice a year, assist with planning for development outside the classroom, and complete required reports.
Use appropriate classroom management techniques, establish an organized and learning-conducive classroom climate, and encourage exploration, problem solving, cooperation, socialization, experimentation, and choice making.
Organize the classroom and its interest areas, equipment, and supplies, including greeting, food preparation and eating, changing, bathroom, display, active-play, quiet-play, individual-play, and group-play areas.
Supervise children’s arrival and departure; conduct daily head counts and maintain attendance records and rosters, including late arrivals and early departures.
Inventory, request, and store appropriate classroom materials and supplies; maintain an up-to-date portfolio for each child as part of assessment.
Evaluate each assigned Teacher Assistant in writing at least annually and submit the evaluation to the Center Coordinator/Lead Teacher.
Attend staff meetings, workshops, in-service training sessions, and parent meetings when required.
Engage actively with children in indoor and outdoor activities at their level and perform other duties as assigned.
Respond appropriately to crises or emergencies and monitor, document, and follow procedures for reporting suspected child abuse.
Maintain confidentiality and comply with the confidentiality policy.
Do not use corporal punishment or isolation as disciplinary measures; the posting states these are prohibited and may result in immediate termination.