Infant & Toddler Teacher - Council Bluffs Early Head Start

West Central Community Action•Council Bluffs, IA

19d•Onsite

About The Position

West Central Community Action is seeking an Infant & Toddler Teacher for the Madison Avenue Early Head Start classrooms in Council Bluffs. The position focuses directly on children from birth to age 3. The teacher creates and manages an attractive, warm, and challenging learning environment; provides appropriate early intervention, learning, care, and responsive caregiving; and meets the needs of both the group and individual children and families while maintaining a safe environment. Work must follow written Head Start Program Performance Standards, Head Start Policies and Procedures, and Iowa State Licensing codes.

Requirements

Associate of Arts or Associate of Science in Early Childhood Education is required; a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, with an infant/toddler emphasis, is preferred.
A Child Development Accreditation, together with a high school diploma or some college coursework, may be considered in lieu of an associate's or bachelor's degree.
An active, current, and valid driver's license and active, current, and valid auto insurance are required.
Ability to participate in and support all program activities.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, with an infant/toddler emphasis.

Responsibilities

Create and manage a warm, attractive, and challenging learning environment for infants and toddlers.
Provide appropriate early intervention, learning, and care activities, including respectful and responsive caregiving.
Maintain a safe environment and meet the needs of the group as well as individual children and families.
Participate in and support program activities, and advocate for and participate in recruitment for WCCA programs, including Head Start.
Maintain accurate attendance, nutrition, in-kind, and other required records and reports.
Conduct monthly center staff meetings and attend assigned family events, pre-service sessions, and professional development trainings.
Report suspected child abuse to DHS when there is reasonable cause to suspect a child is a victim of abuse.
Recruit, train, and supervise volunteers in the Early Head Start classroom.
Create and implement a consistent daily classroom schedule while maintaining flexibility to meet infants’ individual, on-demand needs.
Assess and finalize each child’s data in TSG four times annually by assigned checkpoint dates.
Accurately and promptly document parent communication about children’s attendance and activities in Child Plus.
Interact with infants and toddlers calmly, caringly, nurturantly, and soothingly; respond to cries, babbles, and talks and use appropriate child-guidance techniques.
Complete two home visits and three parent-teacher conferences annually with each Early Head Start family.