HS - EHS Floater
About The Position
Action pact is a community action agency that works with local partners to improve lives and communities. The full-time EHS Floater provides a safe, nurturing, and positive learning environment for children and assists the assigned teacher with classroom planning and day-to-day management. Classroom assignments rotate within the center, and the Floater may be required to assist at other centers in the service area. The Floater assists the teacher with classroom, child, and parent-related duties in accordance with Head Start performance standards and program review requirements. This includes supporting curriculum implementation, lesson planning, child observation and assessment, classroom organization, parent engagement, and children’s safety and development. The position is based at Ware Early Head Start, 1235 McDonald St, Waycross, GA 31501.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- Valid Georgia driver’s license.
Nice To Haves
- CDA or TCC credential.
- Some coursework in Early Childhood Education.
Responsibilities
- Conduct daily head counts and complete attendance and meal-count records.
- Follow the approved curriculum and daily schedule and assist with developing and implementing developmentally appropriate lesson plans.
- Support activities that promote children’s cognitive, social, intellectual, physical, and emotional development, including nutrition, mental health, and dental health learning.
- Monitor, document, and follow policy for reporting suspected child abuse.
- Observe, assess, and record children’s behavior and development, including documenting assessment tools, ongoing observations, evaluations, goals, and updates in children’s records.
- Assist with developing and implementing individualized education plans for children with professionally diagnosed disabilities and individualized prescriptive plans for children at risk, in coordination with appropriate staff and parents.
- Assist with compiling classroom inventories and requesting, storing, and maintaining appropriate classroom materials and supplies.
- Assist the teacher with home visits and coordinate volunteer activities.
- Maintain confidentiality regarding children, families, and program information.
- Assist with classroom management and use appropriate techniques to address disruptions and behavior problems; corporal punishment and isolation are prohibited.
- Help advise parents about each child’s progress or problems and document parent contacts and attempted contacts.
- Welcome and encourage parent participation and reinforce positive behavior shown by parents.
- Help supervise children’s arrival and departure and assist with loading and unloading buses.
- Help establish and organize classroom interest areas, equipment, supplies, and displays of children’s work.
- Maintain classroom records in the teacher’s absence and report equipment repair or placement needs to the teacher.
- With approval, help coordinate with appropriate community resources and promote parent and community volunteers and in-kind donations.
- Respond appropriately to crisis or emergency situations.
- Encourage children’s experimentation, exploration, problem-solving, cooperation, socialization, and choice-making.
- Assist at other centers within the service area as needed and perform other assigned duties.
Benefits
- Paid time off and sick leave accruing from day one.
- 15 paid holidays.
- Monday–Friday work week.
- Low-cost medical insurance.
- Free employee dental and vision insurance.
- Free life insurance coverage up to two times salary.
- Free long-term disability insurance.
- Retirement plan eligibility from day one.
- Tuition reimbursement may be available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
