MINDS Preschool Teacher , II, III - Anchorage CDC

Position: GROWING MINDS PRESCHOOL TEACHER I, II, III - Anchorage CDC
Vacancy Name

GROWING MINDS PRESCHOOL TEACHER I, II, III - Anchorage CDC

Vacancy No

VN712

Employment Type

Full Time Non-Exempt

Location

Anchorage-Child Dev Center

Salary Range

$20.86-$26.07

Salary Period

Hourly

Benefits

Full time-eligible to participate in the benefit programs on the first day of the month after your 60th day of employment.

Job Details

JOB SUMMARY:

Teacher I/II/III will be responsible for providing a safe and nurturing environment for infants, toddlers and preschool children. The Teacher I/II/III is also responsible for providing a quality education to infants, toddlers and preschoolers with the goal of increasing their social competence, school readiness. In addition, the Teacher II/III provide training to Teacher Apprentices and may provide peer mentoring to Teacher I.

Teacher I/II will be required to effectively balance managing non-instructional tasks, such as lesson planning and assigned trainings, while ensuring the smooth functioning of assigned classrooms.

This position will be located at our new Tudor Elementary School location.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS,

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Teacher I

* Assist in the development and implementation of plans to enhance education, health, social and emotional growth of children.

* Create lesson plans that support children with a variety of age-appropriate learning experiences in all areas of development including social/emotional, cognitive, language, and gross and fine motor skills.

* Teach individual and group lessons from lesson plans with fidelity to CDC curricula.

* Effectively implement schedule, routines and expectations to ensure a smoothly running classroom that is responsive to student needs.

* Assess the physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and language needs of children using a variety of screening and observation tools.

* Develop lesson plans that challenge, strengthen, and meet the individual learning goals and developmental needs of children, in accordance with the Teaching Strategies Creative Curriculum guidelines.

* Use a variety of teaching strategies to meet educational and developmental goals and the physical, emotional, social, cultural, cognitive and language needs of children.

* Use appropriate discipline and guidance techniques such as redirection, acknowledgement of appropriate behavior, and setting acceptable limits.

* Provide a healthy, safe and secure learning environment by consistent limits, appropriate guidance techniques, and the development of an atmosphere of respect for children and adults.

* Provide training for parents and other staff through role modeling, discussions, and other means.

* Participate in staff meetings, training, planning and problem-solving sessions.

* Accurately complete all paperwork, parent/teacher conference forms and lesson plans.

* Substitute in different classrooms as needed on a short term or longer-term basis as assigned by management.

* Ensure knowledge of and compliance with Municipality of Anchorage Childcare Licensing regulations by completing annual training and following appropriate procedures consistently.

Teacher II

* Perform duties and responsibilities of a Teacher I at a high level of proficiency.

* Support leadership team by coordinating teacher coverage in all classrooms to ensure ratio is met during staff breaks.

* Use instructional data, checkpoints, observation, family provided goals, etc., to ensure that lesson plans and individualizations are contributing to measurable student progress.

* Consistently role-model best practices from trainings, CDA curriculum, CDC and other research based ECE publications.

* Independently perform tasks in the classroom, have plans, documents, and reports in on time.

Teacher III

* Perform duties and responsibilities of a teacher I and II at a high level of proficiency.

* Act as a teacher mentor for assigned protégés with support and guidance from the Management Team.

* Perform classroom observations and lead reflective conversations with assigned apprentices to support improving practice.

* Act as mentor to assigned Teacher Apprentices and Support the Operational Manager in training and coaching Teacher Apprentices.

* Mentor Teacher I's to improve effective teaching practices, lesson planning, observation and documentation.

* Support Teacher Apprentices by providing classroom training on daily procedures and tasks.

* Mentor other teachers to use advanced features, such as reports, of Procare and My Teaching Strategies, for planning and documentation purposes.

* Work with the leadership team on Continuous Quality Improvement efforts, including the self-assessment, improvement planning and evaluation and assessment efforts.

WORK

ACTIVITIES:

Teacher I

* Ability to maintain open, friendly, and cooperative relationships with families, to encourage program involvement, and to promote parent-child bonding and nurturing parent-child relationships.

* Ability to promote feelings of security and trust in infants/toddlers and preschoolers by being warm, supportive, and comforting, and by…