Teacher Early Head Start - Full Time; 5465-207-N

Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens•New York, NY

5d•$20 - $23•Onsite

About The Position

Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens provides quality social services through over 160 programs for children, youth, adults, seniors, and those with mental illness. The Early Childhood Development Centers offer free Early Head Start services for children aged 6 weeks to 3 years in center-based programs within Brooklyn and Queens. Utilizing a Montessori approach, these centers prepare children for school through developmentally appropriate activities that foster cognitive, social, emotional, language-literacy, and physical development. The program emphasizes active parent engagement, recognizing its crucial role in a child's development, and tailors learning experiences to meet children's evolving needs and abilities.

Requirements

CDA (Child Development Associate) Credential required plus a Study Plan to obtain an Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education within 7 years.
Minimum of 1 year of teaching experience in a pre-school classroom or infant toddler classroom.
If not already Montessori trained, must commit to enroll in the Agency’s Montessori training program within the first year of hire.
Frequent sitting, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing, stooping, kneeling crawling, crouching.
Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
Ability to travel to multiple locations within the five boroughs as needed.

Nice To Haves

Associate Degree; Bachelors Degree; Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education or in related field (Elementary Education, Nursery to 6th Grade Elementary Education, Special Education, Students with Disabilities Birth to 2nd Grade; Child Psychology, Child Development, General Education accompanied by 12 credits specific to Early Childhood Education) preferred.
N.Y.S. Initial/Professional Certification - Birth-2 preferred. Nursey to 6th grade, Birth to 2nd Grade, pre-k to 6th Grade, student with disabilities - birth to 2nd grade, and Special education in Nursery or Kindergarten to 12th grade preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the teaching team in planning and executing age and developmentally appropriate activities reflecting the Montessori curriculum.
Implement activities that promote the social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and creative development of children.
Elicit input from the team to complete written observations, progress reports, and other documents relevant to tracking children's progress.
Adhere to policies and procedures established by CCNS, ACS, DOH, DOE, and CACFP.
Comply with procedural norms and standards of attendance, punctuality, and confidentiality relevant to HIPAA.
Ensure a learning environment based on the Montessori approach that helps children develop physically, emotionally, socially, cognitively, and creatively.
Participate in the implementation of activities that will promote social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and creative development of children.
Ensure daily routines such as napping, eating, toileting, timely diaper changing, and washing are carried out in a healthy manner with respect given to an individual child’s needs.
Share information regarding children and the program with parents via daily contact and informal/formal interfacings, home visits, newsletters, etc.
Use information obtained via observations, conferences, tracking, etc., to design developmentally appropriate and individualized lesson plans.
Perform other duties as assigned.