Infant​/Toddler Teacher

Infant/Toddler Teacher

Responsible for the care and education of a group of children as part of a teaching team and to act as a team leader or co‑leader. Implements and plans curriculum with active participation of other caregiving team members, collaborates with parents, and assesses the needs of individual children.

• Implement screening procedures that identify concerns in the developmental, behavioral, motor, language, social, cognitive, and emotional skills of each child in the classroom within 45 calendar days of the child’s entry into the Program.
• Implement a research‑based curriculum with effective teaching practices that promote positive outcomes by promoting growth in the developmental progression described in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework:
  Ages Birth to Five. Integrate child assessment data and developmentally appropriate learning experiences in planning and implementing a collaboratively designed lesson plan.
• Conduct Parent‑Teacher conferences at least two center visits and two home visits, with more frequent conferences conducted as appropriate.
• Demonstrate verbally and by role modeling a sound knowledge of good teaching practices of child growth and development. Participate in team lesson planning, modify lesson plans for the developmental needs of individual children and implement lesson plans and activities to support each child’s development and positive child outcomes. Plan and implement a program geared to infants and toddlers. Set up the physical environment to meet the changing needs of assigned children and to ensure active supervision.
• Implement the classroom’s emergency procedures, including the posting of procedures, locations and telephone numbers of emergency response systems, emergency evacuation routes, notifying families of emergencies and other procedures and the maintenance of up‑to‑date family contact information and authorization for emergency care. Conduct and document monthly fire drills. Conduct and document severe weather and lockdown drills four times per year.
• Implement the classroom medication administration procedures, including storing all medication under lock and key, administering medication and maintaining individual records of dispensed medication.
• Assure that the child’s outdoor and indoor environments are safe and clean at all times, including storing outdoor equipment such as wagons and tricycles and storing dangerous materials and potential poisons under lock and key. Work with the Child Care Assistant in cleaning duties such as sweeping, mopping, disinfecting, washing dishes and other required duties.
• Supervise and ensure the safety and well‑being of all children in the classroom at all times, including “active supervision.” Maintain child/staff ratio and ensure that no child is left alone or unsupervised. Assure that the classroom’s environment is developmentally appropriate for each child.
• Assist the Family Advocates in making referrals for services for children and their families and in obtaining physicals, dentals, immunizations and other necessary documentation from parents.
• Conduct activities in the classroom to conform to the Program’s written program plans, Performance Standards, Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework:
  Ages Birth to Five, Minimum Standards for Licensing, CACOST’s Head Start Birth to Five Program policies and procedures, School Readiness Goals and the Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework.
• Assure that the classroom maintains full enrollment and that average daily attendance is at least 85% of enrollment.
• Support parent involvement and development by maintaining open communication with parents concerning their child’s needs and strengths, conduct Center meetings and offer opportunities for parents and family members to be involved in the program’s education services and in obtaining In‑kind documentation.
• Insure the implementation of children’s IFSPs or Plans of Care for children with Disabilities.
• Responsible for the documentation of attendance, education, health, nutrition, mental health, transition, and parent family engagement and disabilities into the…