Infant Toddler Teacher- Gladeview Area (5WKS PTO-$16.61 hr)

United Way Miami Inc•Miami, FL

4h•$17•Onsite

About The Position

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

Requirements

High School Diploma
Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) 45-hour child care training requirement must be completed during the first year of employment
15 in-service hours per year
CDA with a focus on Infant/Toddler or to complete it during the first year of employment
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 preferred

Responsibilities

Provide experiences that build on children’s prior experiences, encouraging curiosity and questions.
Encourage and model appropriate behavior and expectations.
Be attentive, flexible, and supportive of children and their families, practicing positive discipline.
Capitalize on opportunities to help children build vocabulary by asking follow-up questions.
Design and implement a reflective curriculum, materials, activities, and environments daily.
Observe, document, and gather data on 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 learning and 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 demeanor.
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.
Engage parents in ongoing communication about their child’s development screenings and assessments.
Implement the Brazelton Touchpoints guiding principles and assumptions.
Use data 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 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 and families.
Establish and maintain a relationship of cooperation and respect.
Participate in classroom and Center events.
Be open to communicate and collaborate at all times.
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.