TEACHER

Catholic Health LI • Hialeah, FL

250d

About The Position

The incumbent in this position is responsible for providing a safe and developmentally appropriate program, in compliance with agency policies and procedures, regulatory agencies' requirements, funding sources' stipulations, and accreditation guidelines. The incumbent must demonstrate competency to provide effective and nurturing teacher-child interactions, plan and implement learning experiences to ensure effective implementation and use of curriculum and assessment that promotes children's progress, including children with disabilities and dual language learners as appropriate, as well as be able to respectful, culturally responsive and build trusting relationships with families.

Requirements

• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to walk, climb stairs or ladders, and stand on feet for extended periods of time.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and respect towards persons of different cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Provides orientation to new employees as needed.
• Maintain your required certifications and mandatory skill updates.

Responsibilities

• Train, supervise, and evaluate the performance of assistant teachers as well as volunteers.
• Plan and implement activities to meet the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs of the children in the program.
• Ensure the learning environment is clean and safe.
• Comfort children and build children's self-esteem.
• Fosters reasoning and problem solving through active exploration and an increasing level of interaction.
• Develop culturally appropriate programs and activities.
• Be familiar with emergency procedures.
• Provide a daily lesson plan.
• Develop various activities that introduce math, literacy, science, music, games, and gross motor.
• Observe children and make a note of progress.
• Provide family-style meal service in a pleasant atmosphere.
• Ensure children are supervised at all times.
• Establish routines and provide positive guidance.
• Clearly and effectively communicate in a manner that children understand.
• Supervises parent/legal guardian signature is recorded on a daily basis in the center's sign-in/out log, and assures that no child is dismissed with a person other than those identified in the center's registration card.
• Discuss and document children's development with parents as per guidelines.
• Identify, refer, and discuss with the appropriate professionals children's problems as appropriate.
• Conduct Home visits and parent-teacher conferences according to guidelines.
• Participate in community activities.
• Prepare and submit to the direct supervisor a written record of accidents or unusual incidents, and child abuse and neglect, according to guidelines.
• Record meal counts and monitor portions according to guidelines.
• Keep parents informed of program expectations, program activities, and the child's progress in a positive and tactful fashion.
• Develop and maintain current, accurate, and confidential client information.
• Keep classroom inventory updated.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals