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JOB PURPOSE:
Under general supervision of the Regional Site Director and Site Lead Teacher, delivers high quality Early Childhood Development services to children enrolled in site programs, including educational, social, physical, nutritional, and psychological development of children under their care. Communicates with parents on their child’s individual progress and maintains records of attendance and educational achievement. Plans lessons, serves meals, and ensures a healthy and safe learning environment for children.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsible for the care and supervision of all enrolled PACE Education center-based children, planning and implementing classroom lessons, conducting meetings and conferences with parents, coordinating activities and events for children and parents, interacting with the public and providing customer service by phone, email and in person, and preparing correspondence, reports, records, and other paperwork required by the early childhood education program.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF THE POSITION INCLUDE:
General Floater Responsibilities
- Provides breaks for Teaching Staff.
- Supports all Classroom Teaching Staff.
- Promote feelings of security and trust in infants and toddlers by conveying warmth, supportiveness, and comfort; establish strong and caring relationships with children
- Provide assistance to interested families, including completion of pre-enrollment forms, answering questions, touring the facility, etc.
- Ensure the proper care, safety, and supervision of children always while at the site.
- Ensures the child/adult ratio is met and maintained.
- Conduct safety checks and maintain a safe, clean, care-giving environment, practices good personal hygiene and handwashing, and assure the well-being and safety of all the children in the environment and sanitize all areas of the classroom, including food preparation and eating area.
- Tend to children’s personal hygiene needs, during routines such as diaper changing, cleaning, feeding, and changing soiled or wet clothes.
- Assist Teaching Staff with teacher-parent conferences and home visits, as needed.
- Ability to attend assignments away from assigned site, such as in-service trainings, home visits, parent conferences, etc.
- Prepares and/or serves meals and snacks; holding infants, sitting with toddlers to encourage social interaction, good nutrition, and performs housekeeping tasks (including but not limited to preparing meals, dishwashing and laundering of sheets/blankets bibs etc.).
- Supervise children during nap time.
- Works effectively with other team members.
- Organizes and maintains instructional and program supplies.
- Maintains an organized and developmentally appropriate classroom.
- Maintains full enrollment and participates in recruitment of children as indicated in the ERSEA plan.
- Accurately completes all assigned paperwork and documentation, on a timely basis, according to agency policies and procedures.
- Provides appropriate customer service to parents, children, community representatives/members, and all PACE staff daily.
- Must have exceptional organizational and time management skills.
- Cooperates with Regional Site Director and other Service Area Coordinators in planning, supervision, and implementation of overall program
- Provides a well-supervised and safe learning environment. This includes cleaning and sanitizing of toys, materials and equipment in the classroom, outdoor learning environments and as well as the meal prepping/dishwashing and toileting/diapering areas).
- Substitute as needed in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
- Attend all assigned meetings and trainings as required by the program.
- Supports and ensures the achievement of recruitment and enrollment goals.
- Assists in accomplishing the program's non-federal share through the access of community resources (services, donations, discounts, and/or goods).
- Other duties as assigned within the scope of the position.
Responsibilities when Covering for an Early Head Start Teacher
- Implement daily classroom lesson plans in accordance with curriculum plan.
- Ability to work with children with Individual Educational Plans.
- Plans and implement classroom lessons and activities for children.
- Develop and utilize integrated curriculum plans, which reflect mandated elements and components, parental and cultural influences, and promote the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of Early Head Start children.
- Prepare infant/toddler classroom and outdoor learning environments for children to learn through active exploration and interaction with adult caregivers and adapt activities for infants and toddlers with special needs.
- Prepares attendance records, first aid/injury reports, food service records, meal participation records, family contact records, memos, correspondence, and other job-related documents.
- Maintains records of enrollment, attendance, and other required paperwork, both manually and digitally.
- Schedule, support, and follow through with the developmental screening and ongoing assessment of infants’ and toddlers’ motor, language, social, cognitive, perceptual, and emotional skills (including DRDP-2015 IT, ASQ-3, ASQ: SE-2, etc.). Record and analyze children’s observations.
- Encourages and supports parent’s participation in their children’s screening and assessment process, including anecdotal evidence.
- Accurately completes all assigned paperwork and documentation, on a timely basis, according to agency policies and procedures.
QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE):
- Education and Work Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or an Associate’s degree and must be actively enrolled to pursue a Bachelors degree in child development or related field.
- Must possess a current and valid Child Development Teacher Permit or higher
- The Multiple Subject Teaching Credential authorizes the holder to teach all subjects in a self-contained classroom, including preschool. PACE will accept a valid credential in lieu of a Child Development Permit.
- Must obtain total of (6) units but (3) semester units must be presented at hire and (3) units may be completed within the first year of employment.
- Must be at least 18 years old
- Knowledge and Skills
- Ability to provide effective and nurturing teacher-child interactions, and to plan and implement learning experiences that:
- Ensure effective curriculum planning and implementation based upon individual children’s development continuum and integrate child assessment data in individual and group planning.
- Promote children’s progress across the standards described in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five and applicable state early learning and development standards, including for children with disabilities and dual language learners, as appropriate.
- Include developmentally appropriate learning experiences in language, literacy, social and emotional development, math, science, social studies, creative arts, and physical development that are focused on achieving progress outlined in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five.
- Establish and maintain a healthy learning environment; and
- Encourage families’ engagement with their children in all Head Start programs to support the development of relationships between children and their families.
- Must be a team player with outstanding interpersonal skills
- Must have good organizational, written/oral communication and observation skills
- Basic computer skills required.
- Bilingual in English/Spanish is a plus, but not required
SPECIAL CONDITIONS:
- Current Adult & Pediatric CPR/1St Aid Certificate
- Reliable transportation to get to assigned work location in accordance with assigned working hours
- Must pass the following background checks prior to start of employment:
- Sex Offender Registry
- Child Abuse and Neglect State Registry
- State or Tribal Criminal History Check, including fingerprints
- FBI Criminal History Check, including fingerprints
- Must have verification of T.B. clearance at time of employment, to be renewed every four (4) years (every 4 years for chest x-rays).
- Must pass health screening (LIC 503) at time of employment, health screening is accepted within one year prior to hire, to be renewed every four (4) years.
- Provide proof of the following immunizations as required: Measles, Pertussis (Whooping Cough), and Influenza.
- COVID vaccination required; must have two-dose series of Pfizer or Moderna or a single-dose of Johnson & Johnson. Those that need a medical or religious exemption must reach out separately.
- Must complete 15 clock hours of professional development annually that builds the knowledge, experience, skills, and abilities of staff to improve child, family, and staff outcomes. Of this, a minimum of 50% of the 15 hours (or 7.5 hours) must be focused on the specific content area or job assignment.
- Must complete an annual Professional Development Plan (PDP) to be reviewed 3 times during the year.
- Must obtain 21 hours/year of professional development (105 hours every five years) to maintain their teaching certification.
- PACE will assist applicants that are eligible and have an active Certificate of Clearance with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to apply for a Temporary County Certificate, Child Development (TCC) through Los Angeles County while waiting for CTC (Commission on Teacher Credentialing) to process.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The working conditions and physical demands of this position will be those that must be met to successfully perform the essential duties of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. The physical environment the incumbent will work in is typically a pre-school environment with moderate noise levels that would be expected in that type of work environment. Outdoor and indoor supervision of playgrounds / workplace for on-going periods occurs regularly. Lift and carry up to 45 lbs. or more. The individual must be able to work with children at their eye level and always maintain visual supervision of children, as well as hear, communicate, and comprehend effectively with children, staff, and parents. The individual also must be able to walk, sit, kneel, crawl, carry, push, pull and participate in activities indoors and outdoors as needed in an environment with children and adults.
- T.B. Test within the past six months prior to employment, and every four (4) years thereafter (every 4 years for a chest X-ray).
- Must pass health screening (LIC 503) at time of employment, health screening is accepted within one year prior to hire, to be renewed every four (4) years.
- Provide proof of the following immunizations as required: Measles, Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Influenza, and COVID-19.
- Representative physical demands of the job include normal vision and hearing, standing for extended periods, sitting for extended periods, kneeling, and stooping, manipulating objects with hands, reaching overhead, and occasionally lifting and carrying objects weighing up to 45 pounds.
Pay: $28.82 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Do you have at least 3 units of infant/toddler?
Education:
License/Certification:
- Child Development Teacher Permit (Required)
Work Location: In person
