Part-Time Early Family Literacy Program Lead Ece Teacher (Pm Flexible)

POSITION SUMMARY

Responsible for direction and overall supervision of a group of mixed age preschool children (1-7 years old). Performs activities that ensure the safety, involvement, and creativity of each individual in the group. Works with co-teachers, and EFL (Early Family Literacy) team to plan, discuss and implement daily plans in accordance with the current curriculum (TS Gold/Creative Curriculum), incorporating the Colorado Department of Education Standards.

Applicant must be highly culturally aware, equitable, have experience with trauma informed care and also responsive as per our demographic of families.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Planning and Implementing activities for young children ages 1-7 years old (possibly older students from time to time, school age/elementary experience is welcomed!)

Must be able to scaffold lesson activities as developmentally appropriate per student's age. This is a mixed age group, needing PM 4:30 - 8:00 pm care for our newly expanding GED Adult education courses.

Classroom and behavioral management, the ability to supervise 1-15 children at a time, in a positive environment while being highly aware of cultural differences/multilingual student/families needs.

OTHER JOB DUTIES

• Maintaining daily records of children's attendance
• Organize and maintain educational materials for classroom (this includes cleaning, planning...)
• Form strong and positive relationships with our families, which includes PACT (Parenting time) and conferences twice/Three times per year. Bilingual preferred (Spanish, Farsi/Other)
• Attending professional development workshops/classes is required.
• General childcare duties as well as knowledge of the Colorado rules and regulations for licensing is needed to maintain/provide high quality foundational care.
• Updating and using TS Gold and ASQ questionnaire as an assessment platform for our students

Must be flexible to travel between multiple locations: Commerce City, Westminster, and Denver as needed.

WAGE

Starting at $21.50 per hour

LEAD TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS

• ECE 101 & ECE 103 or Pyramid Plus (at minimum, additional ECE coursework preferred)
• CDA (Child Development Associate) Certification
• Pyramid plus & EQIT training and 3185 hours working with 4+ children under the age of 8
• Bilingual preferred (Spanish/Dari/Pashto/Farsi…)
• Cultural awareness/ Practice culturally responsive teaching