Summary
Implements instructional and developmentally appropriate programs for young children within the Early Childhood Programs in compliance with established state licensing regulations and national accreditation standards.
Duties
- Develops, implements, and evaluates student centered and age-appropriate curriculum to ensure adherence to national accreditation requirements.
- Provides daily age-appropriate educational activities for students. Provides small group interactive sessions to ensure understanding of concepts, lesson and/or activities.
- Plans and implements special events and classroom activities in support of emergent curriculum. Supervises classroom activities of students for understanding of specific lesson objectives and educational exercise.
- Assigns classroom activities to assistants to facilitate overall classroom management and delivery of instruction. Works closely with other teaching staff and administration to coordinate and plan projects and activities.
- Supervises all playground student activities and behavior to ensure appropriate safety and interaction skills. Plans and implements outdoor curricular activities with the students, extending the learning environment from indoors to outdoors.
- Works closely with families to discuss student progress, concerns, needs. Works to maintain strong, positive relationships with student, families, colleagues, and the community.
- Continually seeks creative ways to inspire, foster and support parental involvement, utilizing the uniqueness of each student and family to introduce cultural diversity into the curriculum and classroom.
- Adheres to the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment.
- Coordinates the activities of the practicum and internship students to deepen their understanding of education best practices through hands-on learning in the classroom setting and completes the required laboratory student assessment reports. Meets with education faculty and co-teaching staff to evaluate internship and practicum students.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education/Background
High School Diploma/GED with a minimum of 64 credit hours completed successfully towards a Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or must have an Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's degree in Early Childhood Education or related field and experience with young children. Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.