Infant & Toddler Teacher

POSITION SUMMARY

This position is responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating physical, emotional, social and intellectual developmental experiences for the enrolled infant/toddler children. The teacher position operates a safe, diverse and developmentally appropriate classroom in accordance with OEC regulations. The teacher position is supervised by the director or assistant director.

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide care, age appropriate instruction/ activities, supervision and management of a class on infants and toddlers (6 weeks-3 years old) in accordance with the center’s core curriculum.
• Ensure the health and safety of children under his/her supervision while providing a comprehensive child development program.
• Coordinate and engage in the planning and implementation of experiences for young children using the CT Early Learning and Development Standards and other standards or frameworks applicable to funding.
• Respond to children’s different and personal needs (verbal and non-verbal cues), temperament styles, abilities, and cultures. Ensure that childcare routines are carried out in a manner that is prompt, hygienic, and consistent with good child development principles. This includes routines related to diapering, hand washing, eating, napping and transitioning activities
• Provide daily care individually to each infant, including but not limited to diapering every 2 hours and feeding on demand
• Complete weekly observations and assessments on children’s progress and development
• Partner with families in meaningful ways to support the development of relationships between children and their families and share and gain information pertaining to each child’s approach to learning, progress, and general health and well-being.
• Maintain regular communication with parents including drafting of letters and reports and giving written information to parents as needed
• Prepare children’s daily reports to parents and referral forms and plans for children with special needs as needed
• Prepare weekly learning experience plans
• Complete weekly and routine observations on classroom environment, implementation checklists, and adjustments to learning experience plans
• Coordinate assistant teacher’s tasks and activities modeling best practices
• Keep records of children’s observations, performance and development
• Ensure compliance with NAEYC, state, local, and agency policies, regulations and procedures
• Ensure that records and documentation are up to date and secure to assure client’s right to privacy
• Coordinate with instructional leader, supervisor and teaching team, where applicable, schedule meetings and conferences with parents regarding children’s progress and individual development plans
• Work with a team of professionals, such as assistant teachers, administrators, Birth to Three (e.g., therapists, etc.) to coordinate information about children’s progress and adjust teaching practices to meet the needs of all children.
• Participate in training, planning and evaluation activities and meetings with staff and parents as needed
• Provide assistance to director to cover other classrooms’ children and activities when needed
• Engage in on-going professional learning opportunities to remain current with early childhood research and best practices
• Ensure health, safety, cleanliness and well-being of students through consistent schedule and appropriate supervision at all times
• Ensure classroom ratios at all times
• Provide oversight and assistance to teaching team with support from the instructional leader
• Ability to perform rigorous physical tasks and to care for very active young children. Ability to stand for most of the day, bend, stand up, run, jump suddenly to respond to children needs or during activities
• Ability to lift/carry children up to 50 pounds
• Other duties as assigned

PQI Functions

• Identify patterns and trends of administrative services
• Use results of data to inform supervisor of trends that may impact services

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Hold a current CDA credential plus 12 ECE credits and be enrolled in a higher education program with supervised experience working with unrelated infant/toddler aged children and demonstrating continuous progress towards an Associate Degree, which will be required for continued employment by 2025. OR
• Hold an AA in Early Childhood Education or Child Development and be enrolled in a higher education program with supervised experience working with unrelated infant and toddler aged children and at least one semester of student teaching and/or practicum with infant/toddler or pre-school aged children and demonstrating continuous progress towards a Bachelor’s Degree, which will be required for continued employment by 2029.
• Must possess the personal qualities necessary to care for and work with children, relate to other adults, including staff and parents.
• Possess the management competencies and criteria established by Catholic Charities for a supervisory role specifically:
  • Proficiency of oral and written communication skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and meets timelines.
  • Excellent planning skills and ability to manage details.
  • Skill and experience in motivating and managing personnel.
  • Ability to work well with individuals at all levels, both internally or externally and works to create a team environment.
  • Monitoring and supervising job performance of direct reports.
  • Scheduling and managing employee schedules to effectively meet program requirements.
• Child CPR/First Aid certification

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