Infant Toddler Teacher - Miami Gardens (5WKS PTO - $17.11 per hour)

United Way Miami•Miami Gardens, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

United Way Miami is hiring an Infant Toddler Teacher to join their team. The Infant Toddler Teacher will provide a safe and nurturing environment for children, fostering their social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development. This role involves collaborating with the Director EHS-CCP Site to design and implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum aligned with UWM guidelines, the EHS-CCP grant, and Head Start Performance Standards.

Requirements

High School Diploma required.
The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) 45-hour child care training requirement must be completed within the first year of employment.
15 in-service training hours annually.
A CDA with a focus on Infant/Toddler is required.
Candidates who do not currently possess a CDA may be considered for employment as a Substitute Teacher at an hourly rate of $16.50 on a temporary basis while working toward obtaining their CDA. The CDA must be obtained within the first 90 days of employment.
One year of experience working with young children in an early childhood education setting preferred.
Knowledge of modern web browsers, Beginning Word, Beginning Outlook.
Flexibility.
Understanding concepts of diversity and inclusion.
Good communication skills.
Working in a team environment.
Sensitivity to the needs of others.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual candidates are preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide experiences that build on children's prior knowledge, encourage curiosity, and foster their questions, theories, and hypotheses.
Encourage and model appropriate behavior and expectations.
Be attentive, flexible, and supportive of children and their families.
Practice positive discipline techniques.
Capitalize on opportunities to help children build vocabulary by asking follow-up questions.
In collaboration with the Director EHS-CCP Site and Infant Toddler Specialist, design and implement a reflective curriculum, materials, activities, and environments daily.
Be responsible for the observation, documentation, and data-gathering process of each child’s health, behavior, growth, and development.
Use observations to plan and respond to individual and group needs.
Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and respect towards diverse backgrounds.
Design a thoughtful classroom environment to optimize interactions, social learning, and constructive play.
Analyze and interpret the learning process and share it with colleagues and children.
Follow a reflective planning cycle: Observe and reflect, Document and reflect, Reflect, discuss, and plan, Implement and reflect.
Partner with families in reflective planning.
Acknowledge and respond to parents and visitors in a friendly, courteous, and professional manner.
Communicate daily, including conferences, events, and meetings.
Share resources with parents.
Schedule, develop plans, and conduct home visits in collaboration with Family Engagement Staff.
Keep information confidential and share only with pertaining staff.
Engage parents in ongoing communication about their child’s development screenings and assessments.
Implement the Brazelton Touchpoints guiding principles and assumptions.
Use data and share it with families to individualize instruction and create action plans.
Provide parents with activities to enhance their child’s development based on assessment results.
Review overall summary scores, subscales, and individual items from screenings and assessments.
Take the lead in guiding the team in developing classroom goals and action plans.
Ensure daily responsibilities are complete and jobs are shared.
Implement reflective supervision with the teaching team.
Supervise children, following all safety and health rules, and knowing the number of children in the group at all times.
Keep the environment safe, organized, and accessible to children.
Complete appropriate documentation to report incidents and accidents.
Keep abreast of the latest trends and research in the early childhood field.
Demonstrate knowledge and flexibility in child care practices, continuing ongoing professional growth.
Attend all required meetings/training and be punctual.
Protect the confidentiality of children.
Establish and maintain a relationship of cooperation, respect, and confidentiality with colleagues.
Participate in classroom and Center events.
Be open to communicate and collaborate at all times.
Take action and inform the Director when caring for a child with a significant injury, acknowledging and listening to a parent’s concern, filing a neglect and abuse complaint, or recording an unusual incident.
Follow state, federal, and UWM guidelines.
Demonstrate a full range of motion.
Be able to lift up to 40 pounds.
Supervise and interact with children outdoors.
Respond immediately and appropriately to multiple situations or emergencies.
Communicate incidents/accidents with supervisor(s) and families, and complete proper documentation.
Maintain mental and physical alertness and an appropriate energy level.