EHS - Teacher

ENRICHMENT SERVICES PROGRAM INCORPORATED•Columbus, GA

6d•$16 - $20•Onsite

About The Position

The incumbent provides for the establishment, maintenance, and management of classroom activities and providing those services necessary to meet the requirements of the Head Start Performance Standards. Maintains confidentiality about issues concerning other staff members, children, and families of Enrichment Services Program. This role involves understanding and demonstrating knowledge of child development, interacting affectionately and respectfully with children, enhancing children's play, communicating directly with children, engaging constructively, assisting with children's needs, encouraging social behavior, practicing positive discipline, and supporting children and families during transitions. The position also includes assisting with recording observations, recruiting volunteers, attending meetings and trainings, serving as an advocate, implementing curriculum, maintaining safety and health rules, supervising children, maintaining ratios, keeping accurate attendance records, completing paperwork, encouraging healthy practices, keeping the environment safe and clean, arranging space into activity areas, organizing materials, developing lesson plans and schedules, organizing learning centers, feeding infants and toddlers according to program policy, completing daily health and anecdotal observations, conducting home visits and parent-teacher conferences, completing assessments, and performing other assigned duties.

Requirements

TCC and/or CDA (for EHS Teacher)
Associate’s Degree in ECE or TCC/CDA with Associate’s Degree (for EHS Teacher I)
Bachelor’s Degree in ECE or TCC/CDA with Bachelor’s Degree (for EHS Teacher II)
Master’s Degree in ECE or TCC/CDA with Master’s Degree or higher (for EHS Teacher III)
One to three years of experience (for Level 2 compensation)
Compensation is based on educational credentials.

Nice To Haves

Emphasis on infant & toddler development (for salary calculation)

Responsibilities

Establish, maintain, and manage classroom activities.
Provide services necessary to meet Head Start Performance Standards.
Maintain confidentiality regarding staff, children, and families.
Understand and demonstrate knowledge of ages and stages of development.
Interact frequently, affectionately, and respectfully with children.
Speak in a friendly, calm, soft, courteous manner within close proximity of the child.
Respect and observe children's interests and intervene when needed to maintain safety.
Enhance children's play with language, toys, and activities.
Communicate directly with each child at the child's level.
Engage and communicate constructively with individual children during activities and routines.
Positively extend children's thinking and actions.
Assist and be responsive to children's needs, questions, and requests.
Encourage and model social behavior and expectations that are developmentally appropriate.
Acknowledge feelings with sensitivity and demonstrate appropriate expression of emotions.
Practice positive discipline techniques according to NAEYC, Bright from the Start, Caring for our Children Basics, and Head Start Program Performance Standards.
Be attentive, flexible, and supportive of children and their families during transitions.
Assist with recording observations in Teaching Strategies GOLD.
Recruit volunteers and solicit in-kind contributions.
Attend meetings, trainings, and workshops as required.
Serve as an advocate for the Head Start Program, families, and children.
Implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum.
Maintain and follow all safety and health rules.
Supervise children at all times, demonstrating awareness of the entire group.
Know the number of children in your group and maintain ratios at all times.
Maintain accurate attendance records.
Complete appropriate paperwork (e.g., accidents, medication, allergies).
Encourage children to utilize appropriate health, safety, and nutritional practices.
Keep the environment and equipment safe, clean, and attractive.
Encourage respect for classroom materials.
Notify designated individuals in advance when supplies are needed.
Assist in arrangement of space into clearly defined, well-organized activity areas.
Organize a variety of materials on low, open shelves for children to use independently.
Develop and implement daily lesson plans and daily schedules.
Develop, organize, and maintain learning centers within the classroom.
Feed infants according to their home schedule, hold them every time they are fed, and share information about their eating with their parents daily.
Begin family style dining with toddlers when they are ready and implement according to program policy and procedures, and Head Start Program Performance Standards.
Complete daily health & anecdotal observations of children.
Complete Home Visits and Parent Teacher Conferences a minimum of twice a year.
Complete assessments on the kids in a timely manner.
Perform other duties as assigned.