SUMMARY

JOB DUTIES

• Maintains a safe, healthy and positive learning environment, which enhances the developmental learning of children.
• Assists with providing an environment that respects the gender, culture, ethnicity, family composition and special emotional, cognitive, and developmental needs of the individual child.
• Assists with lesson plans, developing materials, and implementing activities.
• Cleans classroom on a daily basis, including but not limited to, putting away supplies, and cleaning and sanitizing all toys and surfaces.
• Attends staff meetings, family staffing, and other scheduled meetings and required trainings.
• Adheres to all State licensing regulations.
• Acts as a positive role model for children, especially with regard to respecting the feelings and rights of others.
• Follows program procedures for reporting child abuse and neglect.
• Maintain confidentiality of family records and information.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITY

• Knowledge of curriculum, various content areas, and learning styles is critical to making decisions related to educational planning.
• Ability to report to work in a timely manner.
• Skill in operating personal computer utilizing a variety of computer software.
• Understanding and sensitivity to diverse cultures and lifestyles, and ability to work effectively with Alaska Native populations.
• Skill in managing multiple priorities and tasks concurrently and meet deadlines.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining cooperative and respectful working relationships with children, parents, supervisors, and other employees.
• Strong customer service skills and the ability to effectively present instruction, and/or information to students, staff, parents, administrators, and public.
• Ability to work independently as well as with teams.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (Education & Experience)

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Willingness to obtain a Child Development Associate (CDA) Certification within one (1) year of hire.
• One (1) year experience working with young children.
• Three references demonstrating positive experience working with or caring for children.
• A combination of experience, education, and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may substitute for degree requirements.
• Current Infant/Toddler/Child CPR/First Aide or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (Education & Experience)

• Associate’s degree in ECE.
• One (1) year experience working in an Early Childhood or Head Start Program.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT

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.

This position corresponds to medium duty work, involving physical exertion of 20-50 lbs. frequently; such exertion involves the lifting and/or moving of young children in the program, and/or goods and materials within the facility. There is frequent walking, standing, climbing, stooping, bending, and squatting/crouching in an indoor classroom as well as an outdoor environment. The majority of work is performed in a classroom setting with a wide variety of people with differing functions, personalities, and abilities. The office is a non-smoking facility with outside smoking areas. May involve local travel between various program components of FNA and home visits where exposure to extreme weather conditions are likely. Works in an environment where protection of client confidentiality is essential. Position requires cleaning the class area every day, including putting supplies in proper space, cleaning and sanitizing surfaces with bleach solution to disinfect. Personal Protective Equipment will be provided where/when needed.

SPECIFICATIONS

Supervision Received:

Position receives supervision from the Education Manager, with direction from the Lead and Primary Teachers as needed. Work will be monitored through weekly meetings, monthly reports, and regular communication with your supervisor. General guidelines for operations are based on program requirements and the general policies and procedures of FNA.

Supervision Exercised:

No supervision requirements for this position.

Position Impact:

Impact at the program level is high. Program’s level of compliance with program standards is directly affected by the effective performance of duties, especially as they relate to providing program services.

Contacts:

Contacts may include, and not limited to, volunteers, organizational staff, consumers, and outside agencies.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATEMENT

This Job Description describes the essential functions and qualifications. It is not an exhaustive statement of all the duties, responsibilities, or qualifications of the job; and management has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, job-related duties. This document is not intended to exclude modifications consistent with providing reasonable accommodation for a disability.

This position will (or may) require you to frequently (or incidentally) drive your personal vehicle for FNA business. Per FNA’s automotive insurance policy, in order to drive a FNA-owned vehicle, an individual must be at least 21 years of age. In order to drive a FNA-owned vehicle with consumers in the vehicle, an individual must be at least 25 years of age. No employee may transport a FNA consumer in a personal vehicle.

Continued employment status will be contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal background investigation and the pre-employment drug testing process. Where required, continued employment status (post job offer) will be contingent upon employee providing certification of annual tuberculosis (TB) screening and medical certification that employee does not, because of infectious or communicable disease, pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of program participants or others in the workplace.