Teacher - Anne Arundel County Head Start

Teacher - Anne Arundel County Head Start at The Y of Central Maryland summary:

Head Start Teacher responsible for planning and delivering developmentally appropriate preschool curriculum for 3- to 4-year-olds, collaborating with co-teachers, family advocates and specialists to support children of all abilities. Duties include lesson planning, individualization (IEP/IFSP integration), ongoing assessment and documentation, classroom management, family engagement (conferences & home visits), and ensuring safety and regulatory compliance. Participates in coaching, professional development, and program-wide meetings while modeling nutrition, supervision on trips, and mandated reporting obligations.

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POSITION SUMMARY:

• This position serves as a Teacher for a Head Start classroom with a direct focus on children 3 to 4 years of age. The teacher will work collaboratively with one other Teacher to ensure the successful operation of a classroom with a total of 17- 20 children. The teacher also works with a team of other teachers, family advocate and family members to implement the curriculum to achieve outcomes for children of all abilities.
  
  Teachers are expected to utilize a working knowledge of the principles of child growth and development to work with children and collaborate with related service areas.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Planning

• Responsible for the preparation and overall delivery of daily lesson plans. Post them for parents, volunteers and visitors in the classroom.
• Develop an individual plan for each child including goal setting based on identified needs and prescriptions for objectives and activities to meet established child outcomes.
• Address challenging behaviors by observing to determine possible causes of the behavior, implementing preventive measures, teaching the child new social and communication skills and partnering with families to support the child at home.
• Implement a child-centered curriculum and learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation to promote development in all domains for children of all abilities.
• Use observations of children and anecdotal notes to document children’s progress and individualize curriculum.

Early Learning Implementation

• Follow and Implement the Creative Curriculum for Preschool/Infant, Toddler & Twos & Frog Street curriculum providing developmentally and linguistically appropriate experiences appropriate to age, language and culture of children served.
• Implement experiential learning activities advancing the intellectual and emotional competence of preschool children.
• Provide a print rich environment in which children develop literacy, numeracy and social skills using increasingly complex language and problem solving abilities.
• Provide positive guidance supporting children as they acquire readiness skills for kindergarten and beyond.
• Implement daily lesson plans in…