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

United Way Miami Inc•Miami Gardens, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

United Way Miami is hiring an Infant Toddler Teacher to join our team. As an Infant Toddler Teacher, you will provide a safe and nurturing environment for children that encourages their social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development. Collaborating with the Director EHS-CCP Site, design and implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum according to the guidelines and key elements established by UWM, 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, along with 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, and sensitivity to the needs of others.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual candidates are preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide experiences that build on children’s prior experiences by drawing on children’s curiosity and encouraging children to come up with their own questions, theories, and hypotheses.
Encourage and model appropriate behavior and expectations.
Practice positive discipline techniques.
Capitalize on opportunities to help children build vocabulary, by asking the children a series of follow-up questions to get a deeper understanding from the children.
In collaboration with the Director EHS-CCP Site and the Infant Toddler Specialist assigned to the program, design and implement a reflective curriculum, materials, activities, and environments daily that provide a balance that supports a child’s learning.
Responsible for the observation, documentation, and all aspects of the data-gathering process of each child’s health, behavior, growth, and development.
Responsible for using the observations to plan and respond to the individual needs of the children and the group.
Demonstrates cultural sensitivity and respect towards persons of different cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds.
Responsible for designing a thoughtful classroom environment to optimize small and large group interactions, social learning, and constructive play.
Responsible for analyzing and interpreting the learning process and sharing it with colleagues and children.
Follow a reflective planning cycle in which they: Observe and reflect, Document and reflect, Reflect, discuss, and plan, Implement and reflect, Partner with families in reflective planning.
Acknowledge and respond to all 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 the Family Engagement Staff.
Keep information confidential and only shared with pertaining staff.
Engage parents in ongoing communication about their child’s development screenings and assessments.
Responsible for implementing the Brazelton Touchpoints guiding principles and assumptions.
Responsible for using data and sharing with the families to individualize instruction and create action plans if needed.
Engage parents in ongoing communication about their child’s developmental screenings and assessments and provide parents with activities designed to enhance their child’s development based on their child’s assessment results.
Responsible for reviewing 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 that daily responsibilities are complete and jobs are shared.
Responsible for implementing 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.
Responsible for protecting the confidentiality of children, no information about a child or family is meant to be shared with other staff members.
Establish and maintain a relationship of cooperation respect, and maintain confidentiality.
Participate in classroom and Center events.
Be open to communicate and collaborate at all times.
May take action, but must 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.