Teacher/Family Advocate Infants and Toddlers External

Ths recreuitment is for openings in Corvallis and Albany

What we offer:

The opportunity to work in a mission-driven organization serving children and families

A competitive wage in addition to a generous benefits package, to include:

Employer paid medical/dental/vision and life insurance,

403(b) retirement plan with employer contributions and match,

Employee Assistance Program

PTO and phased in paid Winter and Spring break, and paid Holidays.

1 paid week off in July

Kidco is a qualifying employer for Student Loan Forgiveness programs

Generous tuition assistance program

Opportunity for professional growth and advancement

This position is salaried, exempt.

Wage is based upon ORO step placement:

Step 6-8: $22.52/hour with plan to achieve step 9 within program year. (newly hired Teachers with an Associates will be placed at Step 8 pending ORO Step application)

Step 9: $4747.48 /per month (newly hired Teachers with a Bachelors degree or higher will be placed at Step 9 pending ORO Step application)

Step 10 or above is $5427.84/ per month.

6% bilingual increase upon successful completion of assessment for Spanish proficiency

Essential Job Responsibilities:

Working with infants and toddlers

• Provide a safe and consistent care environment by demonstrating appropriate, effective group and individual management skills.

• Establish a consistent schedule that includes flexibility to meet the changing needs of the infants and toddlers.

• Individualize child and group activities to reflect the unique needs, strengths and development stage of all children in care.

• Provide primary care for identified group of four infants and/or toddlers.

• Integrate all Early Head Start components into the care time (i.e. nutrition, health, safety and mental health).

• Encourage experimentation, exploration, problem solving, creativity, socialization and choice-making: ask open-ended questions and listen respectfully to verbal and

nonverbal communication.

• Adjust verbal communication to meet the child?s developmental level and style of

communication.

• Use positive, age appropriate guidance strategies. Monitor own emotional state, body language, tone and volume of voice to be professionally appropriate with infants and toddlers.

• Provide an atmosphere that promotes and reinforces parental involvement in the care room.

• Work with special needs consultants to develop a collaborative approach that benefits all children in care and meets specified Individual Family Service Plan needs.

• Provide leadership, training and support to teaching partners and volunteers in the classroom.

Working with Parents

• Communicate with parents on a regular basis.

• Work with families in a positive, respectful, non-judgmental way.

Recordkeeping and Curriculum Development

• Assess individual and group needs, attending to children?s interests, strengths and goals, providing particular focus on primary care children.

• Establish daily and weekly goals which reflect individual and group needs

• Write on-going anecdotal records and observations of children.

• Structure environments/curriculum within EHS guidelines responsive to developmental task acquisition and promotion of age appropriate participation and independence.

• Prepare materials to support activity plans; change and create learning areas as needed; delegate tasks as appropriate.

• Adapt curriculum to address and meet individual goals for children, including IFSP goals for children with disabilities.

• Maintain up-to-date child files to include observations, screenings, assessments, individual child plans, family contact forms and consultant recommendations.

• Provide leadership, mentoring, guidance and training to teaching/care partners.

• Assist ECE Supervisor to develop, review and update training plans for teaching/care partners.

• Assist teaching/care partners in meeting training needs by giving ongoing, appropriate, constructive feedback.

Home/EHS Partnership

• Conduct home visits required by center model for the purposes of screening, assessment, support and goal-setting and for sharing information on parenting,

• home/center activities, educational strategies and developmental progress in conjunction with families.

• Create a facilitative and supportive relationship with families.

• Conduct periodic conferences with parents to formally review child?s progress and set goals.

• Engage center families in on-going, informal information-sharing pertinent to their child?s ongoing needs and developmental changes.

• Maintain family contact record keeping system for assigned families.

• Participate in monthly parent meetings.

• Monitor teacher/care partner?s home-contact performance.

Family

• Assist families in the development of family partnership goals; provide timely and relevant referrals; monitor progress on the goals and other necessary follow up. Document and maintain family information in children?s database.

• Work collaboratively with Family Services staff and provide services for families not on FA caseload that you are the assigned as teacher.

• Facilitate and help conduct monthly parent committee activities for all families in your classroom.

• Maintain family contact recordkeeping system for assigned families

• Work with parents to establish and maintain regular attendance for their child.

• Maintain monthly contacts to promote partnership and provide for regular communication.

• Provide information relative to Head Start health and nutrition requirements; work with Health Advocate to support families in completing health screenings.

• Arrange for transportation for child/parent to appointments and meetings.

• Possess and demonstrate strong working knowledge of Head Start Performance Standards and other regulations.

• Assists with recruitment and enrollment of children into Head Start/ Early Head Start, coordinates and participates in all related functions. (AV/PO)

• Home Visits include goal setting and family assessment.

Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with Family Services Team to plan for and deliver quality services.

• Meet with consultants for goal-setting, planning and reviewing children?s progress.

• Attend IFSP meetings

• Working with ECE Supervisor and following established Kidco procedures, identify, track and refer children to appropriate consultants, specialist or agency when needed.

Additional Job Responsibilities

• Attend and participate in program meetings as requested by supervisor.

• Complete all areas of responsibility in compliance with program code of conduct and confidentiality policies.

• Be a contributory team member in a positive/productive manner.

• Demonstrate commitment to mission, values and policies in the performance of daily duties

• Other related duties as assigned by supervisor.