Infant/Toddler Lead Teacher
Location: Wailuku, Hawaii
Description: Maui Family Support Services, Inc. is in need of Infant/Toddler Lead Teacher right now, this career will be ordered in Hawaii. More complete informations about this career opportunity kindly read the description below.
Job Summary
Under the direction of the Center Supervisor, the Lead Teacher collaborates with the Center Supervisor and Teachers to plan and implement a quality Infant/Toddler educational program in accordance with the Early Head Start Performance Standards, Maui Family Support Services goals, objectives, beliefs, and vision.
Responsibilities and Duties
Child Development Center and Participants
- Conducts monthly participant record reviews and assists the Center Supervisor and Data Specialist in maintaining required data collection systems, including (but not limited to) information pertaining to participant attendance, child assessment and evaluations, and program activities required by EHS standards.
- Ensures the recommended curriculum is being used by Teachers to meet EHS performance standards.
- Reviews Teachers’ lesson plans and supports them in preparing, developing, and implementing appropriate activities and spaces (indoor and outdoor) for participants.
- Assures quality services to program participants by doing classroom observations, monitoring parent-teacher conferences, and selective home visits. Monitoring of staff is essential.
Physical Space & Equipment
- Plans the use and maintenance of indoor and outdoor areas and equipment.
- Keeps accurate inventory records of equipment.
- Manages and restocks supplies and equipment as needed.
- Arranges custodial care, maintenance and repairs in accordance with procedures and licensing requirements.
Health & Safety
- For the health, welfare, and safety of the children in the assigned groups.
- Ensures child health checks are conducted daily.
- Takes appropriate action in case of child’s illness or accident; by notifying the Center Director, the Health Specialist and parents, completing incident reports, and keeping accurate contact logs in the children’s file.
- Ensures the assigned group is visually supervised at all times: NEVER leave a child alone.
- Knows and follows emergency procedures, practice drills, and be aware of all emergency escape routes.
- Immediately reports any stranger on the premises or other unsafe conditions to the Center Supervisor or member of the Executive Leadership Team if the Center Supervisor is unavailable. Follows all safety procedures re: access to the building and classrooms, using camera monitoring and access card systems in accordance with Safety Policies and Procedures.
- Supervises meal time activities of the children in the group, including meeting all nutritional guidelines.
- Ensures that notices of children’s allergies and special nutritional needs are posted in the kitchen and in the child’s classroom file along with a Contingency Plan and/or written recommendations from the child’s pediatrician.
- Ensures Teachers and Teacher Aides sit down with the children and have lunch together with the children “family style.â€
- Ensures the supervision of the children on the playground, in the classroom, and on daily walks. Ensures that adult supervisors are spaced for maximum coverage of the play area for the safety of the children.
- Ensures daily attendance records on the children are kept of the children in the group on the Child Plus Management System. Accounts for all children at all times.
- Reports unsafe conditions, injuries/illnesses and incidents within 24 hours of notice. Ensures that employees perform duties using health and safety work techniques and procedures in accordance with DHS Licensing standards and regulations and MFSS safety and health rules and sanitation standards.
- All MFSS Staff: As a mandated Reporter, reports all concerns of suspected child abuse and neglect (C/AN) to Supervisor immediately.
- All MFSS Staff: Provides Brief Intervention to all Participants identifying as smokers to increase the health and wellness of the child and family to and to support tobacco cessation (refer to Cessation Resources).
- Ensures the implementation a safety program for the Center including review and training of emergency procedures, evacuations, and conducting monthly fire drills.
Other Duties - The Lead Teacher will:
- Conduct and assist Teachers in completing home visits and parent conferences as required by Early Head Start Performance Standards.
- Attend and participate in monthly and mandatory staff meetings and events and participate in agency in-service training and other meetings as required.
- Assess, evaluate, and report progress on individual children as prescribed by the Education Specialist. Assist Teachers in the assessment and reporting process.
- Participate in parent education programs when required by MFSS Executive Leadership Team, Director of Early Childhood Education, the Education Specialist, and the Center Supervisor.
- Assist in maintaining USDA recordkeeping accuracy and USDA facility compliance as prescribed by USDA and licensing guidelines and as recommended by the Center Supervisor.
- Participate in program planning and yearly EHS program self-assessment.
- In the absence of the Center Supervisor, plan and conduct regular Center staff meetings.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Center Supervisor and the Director of Early Childhood Education.
Qualifications and Skills
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other qualifications listed below are needed to adequately fulfill essential job duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to differently-abled individuals to perform the essential functions.
- Current and valid driver’s license.
- Current and clean driver’s abstract.
- Current automobile insurance.
- Current Infant/Child CPR/First Aid certification.
- Current TB clearance.
- Have the personal characteristics to provide affection, security and continuity of care to children.
- Meet the organizational, state and local requirements for minimum education and literacy.
Education and/or Experience :
A Lead Teacher shall have:
- A bachelor’s degree in ECE or CD or related fields, e.g., maternal-child health, nursing, or human development, and, twelve months full time experience working with children under thirty six months of age in a licensed group care setting, and, twelve credits approved ECE or CD training courses (may be part of the bachelor’s degree), including 30 hours course work in infant and toddler development from an accredited Teacher training institute or program; OR
- Two years of college, preferably in ECE or CD or related fields, and, twenty four months full time experience working with children under five years of age in a licensed group care setting of which twelve months shall have been with children under thirty six months of age, and, twelve credits approved ECE or CD training courses, including thirty hours course work in infant and toddler development from an accredited Teacher training institute.
The Lead Teacher is under the guidance of the Center Supervisor with a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, if she/he does not meet #1 and #2 above.
Job Type: Full-time
Required education:
- Bachelor's
Required experience:
- Full Time working with Children under 36 months: 1 year
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This career will be opened on: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 18:20:44 GMT