Head Start Teacher Job Waco area,Texas USA,Education / Teaching

Benefits

401(k)
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Wellness resources

General Responsibilities

All EOAC employees are responsible for supporting EOAC's mission and goals, respecting the confidentiality of all who come to us for information or assistance, and personally maintaining the dignity and integrity of one placed in a position of public trust. We all are responsible for improving the organization, communicating openly, and empowering each other to excel at our work. Maintain client/agency information confidentiality as required by State and Federal laws, appropriate regulations, and professional practice.

Summary

The Head Start preschool teacher is responsible for providing a safe, developmentally appropriate environment for 15-20 children who are 3-4 years of age. Actively supervises children and uses positive guidance strategies. Implements the program curriculum and plans weekly lesson plans with school-readiness activities that support children's growth in social-emotional, cognitive, language/literacy, perceptual motor, and physical development. S/he works with parents to complete their child's developmental & social-emotional screening and maintains continuous anecdotes to assess children's growth/development throughout the year.

Conducts two home visits and two parent-teacher conferences annually. Encourages parent involvement. The teacher is supported by a teacher aide and together create a welcoming, engaging learning environment. This position works 200 days August-June.

Requirements

An associate, bachelor, or advanced degree in Child Development (CD) or Early Childhood Education (ECE), or

An associate, bachelor, or advanced degree in a related field with 18 credit hours of coursework equivalent to a major relating to CD or ECE and experience teaching preschool children or

A bachelor's or advanced degree and:

Is (or was) admitted into the Teach for America Program
Passed a rigorous Early Childhood content exam, such as the Praxis II
Participated in a Teach for America summer training institute that includes (or included):
- Teaching preschool children and is receiving (or received) ongoing professional development
- Support from Teach for America's professional staff

1-3 years of classroom experience, preferred

Enjoys daily interactions with children, including but not limited to reading, singing, comforting, setting age-appropriate limits, problem-solving, and re-redirecting.

Able to follow the designated curriculum and create lesson plans, incorporating creativity with learning experiences.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including expressive and receptive language abilities.

Able to consistently interact professionally with adults.

Computer proficient.

Must pass a pre-employment and periodic background check, physical examination, and drug test.

Competencies

Provide effective and nurturing teacher-child interactions,

Plan and implement learning experiences that ensure effective curriculum implementation and use of assessment

Promote children's progress across the Head Start standards described in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework:
Ages Birth to Five and applicable Texas early learning and development standards, including for children with disabilities and dual language learners, as appropriate.

Plan and implement learning experiences that advance the intellectual and physical development of children, including:

Improving the readiness of children for school by developing their literacy, phonemic, and print awareness,
Their understanding and use of language,
Their understanding and use of increasingly complex and varied vocabulary,
Their appreciation of books, their understanding of early math and early science,
Their problem-solving abilities and their approaches to learning;

Establish and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment;

Support the social and emotional development of children;

Encourage the involvement of the families of the children in the Head Start program and support the development of relationships between children and their families.

Responsibilities

Plan and implement daily learning experiences that advance children's…


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