GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION

The Teacher must be able to consistently, and successfully perform all essential functions of the position.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support in facilitating and monitoring of the continual evaluation of each child’s progress.
• Support in facilitating direction, resources, and support to the program staff in planning, implementing, and evaluating program curriculum.
• Support in the implementation of developmentally appropriate curriculum activities for children.
• Support in designing interest areas to provide choices, opportunities for safe risks, and challenge children to interact, learn, create, and thrive while corresponding with the developmental and individual needs of each child, thus fostering the desire to learn.
• Support Classroom and Behavior Management

ADMINISTRATIVE

• Plan, supervise, and implement the program in accordance with the policies and philosophy of SJB Child Development Centers.
• Supports in maintaining accurate updates of records at site including but not limited to: enrollment, attendance, CACFP, communication logs, curriculum, child observations, and parent participation.
• Support with all proper documentation by deadlines, to include, but not limited to DRDPR’s, ITERS, ECERS, SACERS, Environmental Rating Scales, Lesson Plans, etc.)

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Minimum of 12 semester ECE or CD units (including core courses – Programs/Curriculum, Child Family Community, Child/Human Growth & Development).
• Three semester units in the care and development of infants is required for those who work in the infant and toddler classrooms.
• Associate Teacher Permit or higher or eligibility to obtain an Associate Teacher Permit or higher within 90 days.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met (or may be encountered) by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Physical Demands:

• Requires an employee to do the following on a regular basis: stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, feel, reach with hands and arms, stoup, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, hear, smell, lift 35 pounds or more, move safely and quickly across surfaces on a regular basis.
• Requires an employee to occasionally climb or balance.
• Requires an employee, on a regular basis to use the following visually: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to judge distances.
• Requires an employee to use their hearing on a regular basis to: respond quickly to sounds, recognize alarms, and receive detailed information through oral communication.
• Requires an employee to have the ability wear personal protective gear correctly most of the day (as needed).

Work Environment

• Requires an employee to work outdoors in cold, wet and heat conditions on a regular basis.
• Requires an employee to work in a noisy environment on a regular basis.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $27.50 - $32.18 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Infant/toddler: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Associate Teacher Permit or qualify to apply (Preferred)

Work Location: In person