Child Care PEL 04 Teacher

 04 Teacher 

Job Description 

Reports to: Site Director Classification: Exempt 

Work Direction: The 04 Teacher shall generally work forty (40) hours each week and 10
months a year in accordance with the schedule personally arranged, and mutually
agreed to by the Site Director and Director of Early Care and Family Services.  

Basic Function: The 04 Teacher is responsible for the overall management of the
classroom, which includes having a working knowledge of general development of
young children and educational systems. The 04 Teacher is also responsible for
the active participation/contribution in the progress of the Center’s
educational philosophy and environmental goals. The incumbent must demonstrate
leadership and problem solving skills in and out of the classroom setting. 

JOB DESCRIPTION 

· Supervises and develops teachers, teacher
assistants, and volunteers. Ensures
teaching staff meet standards and goals of State Pre-K.  

· Conducts feedback and coaching sessions with
teaching staff. Shows teaching staff how
to correlate standards, goals and benchmark goals with lesson plans.  

· Ensures staff is doing what is age/
developmentally appropriate for each age group.  

· Models for reaching staff appropriate ways of
teaching, critiquing and writing lesson plans/curriculum and offers alterative
suggestions whenever necessary. 

· Schedule teachers, teacher assistants for
in-services.  

· Supervises and provides on-the-job training for teachers,
teacher assistants, teacher aids and volunteers.  

· Recommends or initiates referral procedures for children
with special learning needs or other issues. 

· Communicates and establishes relationships with parents
through daily contact, in-services, meetings, orientations and educational
sessions. 

· Orients children and parents to the classroom. 

· Addresses parent concerns in a timely manner. 

· Prepares for, conducts and documents parent/teacher
conferences. 

· Shares as well as receives knowledge gained through
observations and interactions with the children the plans for future learning
and growth. 

· Attends staff meetings, parent meetings and in-services,
training sessions and approved career development seminars. 

· Ensure compliance with Head Start Performance
Standards, federal, state and city regulations and licensing requirements. 

· Ensure performance evaluations, goal setting and staff
development plans are reviewed on a periodic basis. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

Knowledge and Skills  

· Ability to write reports and correspondence,
and read and interpret documents.  

· Ability to perform basic math, and to compute
rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.  

· Knowledge of various software programs such
as MS Word, Excel, Power-Point, and Publisher.  

· Ability to effectively communicate with
community members and groups, managers, regulatory agencies, and families both
individually and in group settings.  

· Conflict resolution skills.  

· Ability to supervise and manage staff
efficiently and effectively within the guidelines of Trinity Child Care
policies and mandates.  

· Ability to organize and manage time
effectively. 

Education  

This position
requires a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Early Childhood Education with at Type
04 State Certification along with one (1) year supervisory experience, plus
three 3) years classroom experience.  

Training and Experience  

The incumbent
must possess the knowledge of child development, licensing, and funding
standards. The incumbent must be
familiar with legislation and advocacy of childcare services in the State of
Illinois; this includes best practices in Early Childhood Development
standards. Additionally, the incumbent
must possess the ability to relate and develop a mutual respect for the
families and children served and must possess the ability to get along with
diverse personalities, demonstrate tact, and maturity.  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

The physical
demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an
employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the
employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel
objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant
vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to
adjust focus.  This position requires the
Teacher to work in a clean, well-lit area. Additionally, the incumbent must be able to lift and/or move up to 30
pounds. The incumbent must possess the
ability to stand, stoop, bend, and carry children, sit without back support for
15-20 minutes at a time. The incumbent
will be required to work in or visit other Trinity UCC Child Care Centers
and/or other offices/sites in the Chicagoland area responsible for administering
Early Childhood Development services and/or activities and must be able to
travel to these various locations. The incumbent must have experience working
on computers and have some knowledge of Creative Curriculum approaches to Early
Childhood Education. 

The statements in this job description are intended
 to describe the essential/non-essential nature and level of work performed by
 Child Care staff assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and
 responsibilities, as other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.   

Created: April 11, 2017