"Children's Center Master Teacher, pursuant to Ed Code 87470"

Job Description

Children's Center Master Teacher, pursuant to Ed Code 87470
Cabrillo College

Salary: See Position Description
Job Type: Full-time (100%)
Job Number: 2025-02049
Closing: 9/30/2025 11:59 PM Pacific
Location: Aptos, CA
Department: Children's Center

Employment Opportunity

Cabrillo College is excited to announce a unique opportunity to contribute to the rich landscape of our organization!

Starting Salary Range: This full-time temporary contract position will enjoy a 190-Day work schedule ranging from $37,412 to $67,662 per year, salary placement determined by documented education and experience with maximum initial salary step placement on the Children's Center Teacher Salary Schedule of step 9. This categorically-funded in-person position pursuant to Ed Code 87470 is scheduled to begin as soon as possible, with three (3) additional professional development days to be arranged.

Excellent benefits, including quality health insurance at a low cost for you and your family! Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, life, short and long term, and vision (optional) insurance provided at a share of cost on a pretax basis, CalSTRS Retirement and an Employee Assistance Program. Benefits begin the first day of the second month of employment. Depending on health plan selections, in many cases full-time employee net out-of-pocket for benefit premiums may be as low as $0. Please see the Benefits link on the HR webpage for more information.

College Commitment to Equity and Diversity

The ideal candidate shares and participates in Cabrillo's commitment to the values of diversity and equity while serving its socioeconomically and ethnically diverse student community. For the 2024 Academic Year, 61% of Cabrillo students are members of minoritized populations, identifying themselves as LatinX (50%), Multi Ethnic (6%), Asian (3%), Black Non-Hispanic (1%), Filipino (<1%), American Indian/Alaskan Native (<1%) and Pacific Islander (<1%).

Cabrillo is proud to be an Hispanic Serving Institution, enrolling 50% Hispanic students, and recent data indicates that the college has closed the achievement gap for graduation success (50% of graduates are Hispanic). The college is dedicated in its efforts of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, having established Board goals of supporting antiracism efforts and promoting a year-long equity reading certificate program for faculty, staff, and managers.

About the Department & Center: The Cabrillo College Children's Center functions as the demonstration lab school program for the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Department. The Center also serves as campus child care for student families, as well as community members for children six (6) months old through five (5) years.

Children's Center staff members are part of a collaborative teaching team with the ECE faculty, families, and adult ECE students. The philosophy of the Center embeds the principals from the National Association of Education for Young Children (NAEYC), and emphasizes a developmentally-based curriculum with a commitment to anti-bias principles. The Center supports and nurtures the well-being of all families living in a diverse society. Staffing reflects the belief that an optimal learning and caregiving environment for children includes a team of people who are diverse in many ways, including ethnicity, languages spoken, family life and community. The Center receives its primary funding from and adheres to the Title 5/22 regulations from the California Department of Education-Early Education Division, the California Department of Social Services-Child Development Division and the U.S. Department of Education.

About our College: Cabrillo College is highly regarded for its success of transfer and career education, and currently serves over 11,400 students each semester. We transfer many of our students to three nearby universities - the University of California at Santa Cruz, San Jose State University, and California State University at Monterey Bay. Cabrillo's career education is closely connected to the nearby agricultural and farming industries as well as the Silicon Valley business environment.

Examples of Duties

• Demonstrating professionalism and continuous learning as an early educator related to center and department goals
• Facilitating a high-quality and inclusive classroom learning environment that supports the developmental stages of infants, toddlers, preschool age and children with disabilities, based on the center's philosophy and goals
• Implementing Title 22 regulations under the guidelines of the California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing for all aspects of Health, Safety & Nutrition
• Implementing Title 5 standards and best practices under the guidelines of the California Department of Education, Early Education Program
• Addressing all aspects of culture, language, diversity & equity within the classroom environment
• Building effective relationships and communicating well with students and families of diverse academic, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds, including adult students with disabilities
• Developing and implementing curriculum reflecting diversity and the anti-bias approach
• Understanding the role of play-based curriculum in children's learning and development
• Implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum based on the practice of ECE theorists, NAEYC Standards and the California Department of Education Guidelines and Foundations for Early Learning
• Observing and assessing children's development through the use of the authentic assessment approach, cycle of inquiry, DRDP Developmental Profile, ASQ-Ages & Stages Questionnaire, learning stories and other relevant forms of documentation
• Implementing curriculum based on the essential school readiness domains specifically in areas of social-emotional development, language & literacy, cognitive development, physical well-being, and motor development and approaches to learning
• Working closely with ECE faculty in the supervision and mentoring of student teachers and interns/apprentices, while working with young children in the lab school setting
• Planning and facilitating activities that support family partnerships including (monthly meetings, conferences, special functions, community resource support and other general systems to ensure family success)
• Maintaining an organized and safe classroom classroom & office environment
• Ordering and purchasing curriculum materials and supplies, which may require driving to local vendors
• Meeting regularly with the Director and ECE faculty to discuss needs of children, families, curriculum development, and ECE students
• May provide bilingual services to monolingual and limited English-speaking program participants
• Participating in campus and community events related to early care and education, which may include evening or off-campus activities
• Participating in campus and community governance committees, and processes
• Maintaining timely and accurate records of student enrollment, attendance, and academic progress
• Participating in required in District investigations and/or student grievance matters of alleged unlawful harassment, discrimination, and retaliation
• Demonstrating sensitivity to and understanding of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, staff, and families
• Completing required District trainings such as Title IX, Mandated Reporter, EEO/Diversity/Elimination of Bias, Workplace Safety, etc.
• Attending and actively participating in regular faculty meetings and campus-wide committee functions
• Performing other related duties as required or assigned

Minimum Qualifications

Required Education from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited organization and licensure qualifications in one of the three disciplines listed below:

Child Development/ Early Childhood Education

• Understanding of, and sensitivity to, the diverse academic, socio-economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, disability, and sexual orientation, of community college students, faculty, and staff AND
• Master's in child development, early childhood education, human development, home economics/family and consumer studies with a specialization in child development/early childhood education or educational psychology with a specialization in child development/early childhood education OR
• Bachelor's in child development, early childhood education, human development, home economics/family and consumer studies with a specialization in child development/early childhood education or educational psychology with a specialization in child development/early childhood education AND Master's in social work, educational supervision, elementary education, special education, psychology, bilingual/bicultural education, life management/home economics, family life studies, or family and consumer studies OR
• The equivalent

(And similar for other disciplines...)

Required Professional Expertise: (List as in text...)

Required Discipline Specific Requirements/Licensure:

• Possession of, or be eligible for, the California Child Development Permit at the Site Supervisor OR Director Level, AND
• Completion of six (6) Early Childhood Education (ECE) Administration Units, AND two (2) ECE units in Adult Supervision.

Desired Qualifications/Performance Expectations: (List as in text...)