Description

Job Overview

The Early Childhood Teacher responsible for providing a safe educationally stimulating, and nurturing environment for children at the AVANCE Service sites and is responsible for creating a welcoming atmosphere at all times for AVANCE internal employees and AVANCE external program participants.

Job Responsibilities

• Provides developmentally appropriate activities that stimulate learning in young children.
• Studies and prepares activities according to lesson plans.
• Provides and/or prepares supplies needed for the children's health and safety.
• Cares for children in the classroom and playground.
• Maintains a healthy, safe, stimulating, attractive and learning environment.
• Assures that parents sign-in and sign-out all children on attendance sheets.
• Labels all children's belongings and makes sure parents pick-up all belongings at end of session.
• Serves meals and/or snacks and teach table cleanliness and manners.
• Creates and maintains theme areas (centers) in classroom.
• Transports equipment, supplies and materials according to program schedule.
• Follows lead teacher’s guidance, instruction and assignments as needed.
• Prepares materials for instruction for parents and children one week in advance.
• Maintains proper hygiene of children and all equipment and space used in the care of children daily.
• Meets weekly with Lead Teacher to plan activities and curriculum.
• Daily schedule and lesson plan are posted and followed.
• Collaborate and support childcare teachers in situations when needed.
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

AVANCE Core Competencies

• Accountability
• The AVANCE Way
• Demonstrates Ability to Learn
• Fosters Innovation
• Takes Initiative
• Recovers from Setbacks

Qualifications

Education

Required:

• High School Diploma or Educational Equivalent

Preferred:

• CDA credential, AVANCE program graduate

Work Experience

Required:

• 2 years’ experience working in a day care as a caregiver

Additional Skills

• Excellent interaction with young children
• Bilingual in English and Spanish/oral and written

Travel

Add any travel requirements

Equipment

• Work is generally performed in an office environment.
• Noise level in the work environment is moderate to occasionally loud (examples: business office with computers and printers, light to moderate traffic, human voices).
• Standard office equipment generally used includes:
  • Telephone
  • Personal Computer (monitor, keyboard, and mouse) or Tablet
  • Printer/Photocopy Machine
  • Calculator
  • Fax Machine

• May be required to operate a motor vehicle during the course of duties.

Working Conditions

Mental and Physical Demands

Maintain emotional control under stress; work with interruptions and deadlines; walking, standing, stooping, bending, pulling and pushing, use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; occasional: lifting/carrying, pulling/pushing 10-30 pounds.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Environmental Factors