BA)|Hourly

Catholic Charities•Hartford, CT

About The Position

The teacher is responsible for putting into practice the curricular goals and benchmarks in the classroom. The teacher is in charge of ensuring the safety of children entrusted to her/him and of ensuring the development and school readiness of each individual child and of the group. The teacher is supervised by the director or assistant director.

Requirements

Bachelor of Arts /Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education or Child Development with at least three hundred sixty (360) hours of documented supervised experience working with unrelated pre-school aged children and at least one semester of student teaching with pre-school aged children OR
Hold an AA in Early Childhood Education or Child Development and be enrolled in a higher education program with at least five hundred forty (540) hours of documented supervised experience working with unrelated pre-school aged children and at least one semester of student teaching with pre-school aged children and demonstrating continuous progress towards a Bachelor’s Degree, which will be required for continued employment by 2029.
Must possess the personal qualities necessary to care for and work with children, relate to other adults, including staff and parents.
Possess the management competencies and criteria established by Catholic Charities for a supervisory role specifically:
Proficiency of oral and written communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple tasks and meets timelines.
Excellent planning skills and ability to manage details.
Skill and experience in motivating and managing personnel.
Ability to work well with individuals at all levels, both internally or externally and works to create a team environment.
Monitoring and supervising job performance of direct reports.
Scheduling and managing employee schedules to effectively meet program requirements.
Child CPR/First Aid certification
A pre-employment health certification, including a documented, negative tuberculin test or normal chest x-ray is required as well as a criminal background check

Responsibilities

Provide supervision, technical assistance, guidance and support to children and assistant teachers
Complete observations and assessments on children’s progress and development
Maintain regular communication with parents including drafting of letters and reports and giving written information to parents as needed
Prepare children’s daily reports to parents and referral forms and plans for children with special needs as needed
Prepare weekly/daily lesson plans
Complete weekly and routine observations on classroom environment, implementation checklists, and adjustments to lesson plans
Coordinate assistant teacher’s tasks and activities modeling best practices
Keep records of children’s observations, performance and development
Ensure compliance with NAEYC, state, local, and agency policies, regulations and procedures
Ensure that records and documentation are up to date and secure to assure client’s right to privacy
Coordinate with head teacher, and where applicable, schedule meetings and conferences with parents regarding children’s progress and individual development plans
Participate in training, planning and evaluation activities and meetings with staff and parents as needed
Provide assistance to head teacher to cover other classrooms’ children and activities
Ensure classroom ratios at all times
Other duties as assigned
Ensure the consistent accurate collection of the data
Identify patterns and trends of administrative services
Use results of data to inform supervisor of trends that may impact services