Summary/Objective

The Head Teacher for Infant & Toddler position will be responsible for the successful development, safety and sustainability of a diverse classroom. The incumbent will be responsible for providing professional leadership qualities while embracing LULAC’s mission. This position will also be accountable for implementing LULAC standards while ensuring high quality of education and providing inspirational and purposeful guidance within the classroom.

Essential Functions

• The infant and Toddler Head Teacher is responsible for the care, supervision and management of a class of infants (8 weeks-3 years old) in accord with the goals and curriculum plan of LULAC Head Start Inc.
• Ensures the safety and health of children under his/her supervision.
• Provides a comprehensive child development program.
• Works together with families to develop the skills necessary for school readiness of the children.
• Conduct focused observations of children.
• Develop action plans.
• Carry out activities on a daily basis and evaluate the effectiveness of child development activities.
• Contribute to the effective operation of the overall early care and education center.
• Focus on Data-Driven Results: Relentlessly pursues the improvement of classroom performance, and operations; and is driven by a desire to produce quantifiable achievement gains.
• Complies and follows state licensing regulations.
• Plans and implements appropriated classroom activities based on individual needs of the children and group.
• Carries out goals, policies, and activities outlined in the Performance Standards as well as in local and federal regulations.
• Maintains individual files on required information for each child.
• Maintains regular communication with parents, including classroom committee, written documentation and personal contact.
• Assists in appropriate referrals for children and families.
• Plans and ensures completion of developmental screening, lesson plans, home visits, documentation, and anecdotal observations within required time frame.
• Plans, develops and implements individual education plan if needed.
• Maintains proper classroom coverage, 1 staff to every 4 children or fraction of.
• Maintains small group interactions to no more than 4 infants and/or toddlers.
• Responds quickly to children’s different and personal needs (verbal and non-verbal cues), temperament styles, abilities, and cultures.
• Assist with transition into the program.
• Ensure that childcare routines are carried out in a manner that is prompt, hygienic, and consistent with good child development principles. This includes routines related to diapering, hand washing, eating, napping, and transitioning between activities, and others.
• Ensure the safety of children through constant supervision
• Participates and follows program policy regarding regular practice of fire drills and other emergency procedures such as code red.
• Participate in regularly schedule conferencing sessions, staff meetings, parent meetings, home visits, in-service training, and other meetings as directed.
• Greets infants and their parents warmly and with enthusiasm every day.
• Provide daily care individually to each infant, including but not limited to diapering every 2 hours and feeding on demand.
• Observe children to detect signs of illness, injury, abuse, neglect, or other special need, and report these signs immediately to supervisor.
• Maintain confidentiality of child and family information at all times.
• Eat with and assist children in development of social and self-help skills, and sound nutritional practices during all meals.
• Maintain a safe and healthy classroom environment. Assure that classroom equipment, furniture, materials, and supplies are properly maintained and stored.
• Participates in program annual self-assessment.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and be flexible to changes deemed necessary by Management
• Ability to analyze complex problems and able to resolve the problems in a reasonable timeframe based upon state and federal policies and regulations.
• Must have strong team building skills.
• Utilize program data-gathering instruments.
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Set up and maintain appropriate records and files.
• Ability to have continual professional interaction with co-workers and provide information.
• The ability to frequently face deadlines with attention to detail and must complete tasks in a timely manner.
• Considerable amount of variable levels of concentration with frequent or constant interruptions.
• Must be able to handle multi-faceted tasks on a frequent basis.
• Must have the ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Dedication to working closely and cooperatively in a community-based organization with diverse staff, clients, families and/or partnerships.
• Sense of humor, high ethical professional standards, and multi-cultural perspective.
• Flexible and adaptable to change and/or able to acquire the necessary skills to work in a creative and demanding environment including the ability to problem-solve and manage ambiguity and adversity.
• Ability to work in an open, fast-paced, nontraditional agency under high pressure and sometimes competing deadlines.
• Ability to demonstrate cooperative behavior at all times and communicate well with all levels of staff, supervisors, children and families.
• Computer literate and comfortable with acquiring new technology skills.
• Ability to work with adults, children and network with outside agencies as needed
• Innovative Problem-Solving: Approaches work with a sense of possibility and sees challenges as opportunities for creative problem solving; takes initiative to explore issues and find potential innovative solutions.
• Adaptability: Excels in constantly changing environments and adapts flexibly in shifting projects or priorities to meet the needs of a dynamic transformation effort; comfortable with ambiguity and non-routine situations.
• Teamwork:Increases the effectiveness of surrounding teams through collaboration, constant learning and supporting others; sensitive to diversity in all its forms; respects and is committed to learning from others
• Dependability:Does whatever it takes to consistently deliver with high quality under tight deadlines; successfully manages own projects through strong organization, detailed work plans, and balancing of multiple priorities.
• Communication and Customer Service Skills:Communicates clearly and compellingly with diverse stakeholders in both oral and written forms.
• Additional responsibilities as required

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or related field with credits in ECE
• Early Childhood Training Certificate (ECTC)
• Infant & Toddler CDA (Child Development Associate Certificate)
• Experience in child development minimum one year
• Experience in classroom setting minimum one year
• Experience in working with infants, toddlers, and parents minimum one year
• Knowledge of Early Childhood Education
• Knowledge of child growth and development
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as individually.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability in organizing, planning, scheduling and coordinating day-to-day activities.
• Ability to effectively manage a group of children.
• Ability to identify a child’s special needs.
• Must have a warm and supportive attitude and disposition toward working with children and their families.
• Must be flexible in receiving assignments or adapting to changes in the program.

OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Must have a health screening and TB test prior to start of employment & bi-annually thereafter
• Must pass a criminal records background check and fingerprint clearance
• Some positions in this class may require the ability to communicate with others either by oral or written communication in a language other than English.

Work Environment / Physical Demands

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is often required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. This position requires someone who must be physically fit and capable of lifting, stooping, squatting, bending sitting and standing for an extended period of time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Early Childhood Education: 1 year (Preferred)
• Childcare: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• CPR Certification (Preferred)
• Child Development Associate Certification (Preferred)

Work Location:

• One location

Work Location: One location

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