EHS TEACHER
Company: CLACKAMAS COUNTY CHILDRENS COMMISSION
Location: Clackamas
Posted on: September 26, 2024
Job Description:
Description:CLACKAMAS COUNTY CHILDREN'S COMMISSION EARLY HEAD
START TEACHERGENERAL OBJECTIVE: Develop and maintain a safe,
nurturing, and stimulating learning environment; provide varied
experiences to help each child achieve the overall goal of school
readiness, good health, and social competence through acquisition
of social, emotional, intellectual, nutritional, hygienic, and
physical skills in a manner appropriate to the child's age and
stage of development. Support the parent's role as the primary
educator of the child and promote the parent-child attachment;
build trusting relationships with families; and assist families in
meeting personal goals.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:TEACHER:
- Effectively lead and monitor all aspects of a full-day
classroom for an assigned group of infants and toddlers, ensuring
that children have continuous supervision.
- Responsible for care of assigned class of children.
- Supervise assigned Assistant Teacher and Classroom Aide.
- Working with other site staff, creates developmentally
appropriate nurturing environments and childcare routines.
- Plan, implement, and evaluate daily classroom activities to
ensure that they:
- are developmentally appropriate;
- follow the Agency's research-based curriculum
- respond to the goals set for individual children.
- reflect the diversity and culture of the class; and
- meet Federal Head Start Performance Standards
- Ensure that children have a safe and developmentally
appropriate learning environment that meets Federal Head Start
Performance Standards and Oregon Office of Childcare
regulations.
- Maintains child observation notes to be used for
individualization and assessment completions.
- For all children in assigned class, conduct assessments, make
appropriate referrals, actively participate in goal planning, and
attend any follow-up meetings, including:
- Developmental Screenings/Assessments.
- Child Assessments three times per year, per agency
calendar.
- Individual Goal Plan (IGP forms) and child goals, in
partnership with parents.
- Referral of children with suspected disabilities or other
special needs, as appropriate.
- Attend and participate in IFSP and case management meetings as
scheduled.
- Consult with Education Supervisor and make child attendance
referrals as needed.
- Maintain CLASS-- - and/or TPITOS-- - scores at or above the
expected thresholds.
- Work collaboratively with agency specialists and parents to
ensure children with disabilities and special needs receive all
recommended services.
- Accurately enter child observations to be used for
individualization and online assessment completions into electronic
database (TS GOLD).
- Accurately enter Education service activity completion and
corresponding notes into electronic database (ChildPlus).
- Use ChildPlus and TS GOLD reports to monitor individual status
of teacher related job expectations.
- Maintain complete and accurate child files, forms, and reports
within allotted timelines to document and track the needs of
children and services provided.
- Include the Assistant Teacher, Classroom Aide, and volunteers
in the classroom planning process.
- Demonstrate effective ways to guide young children through
modeling in the classroom and continuous use of positive
teacher-child interactions.
- Take a lead role in planning content development for monthly
family nights.
- Responsible for attending and actively participating in monthly
family nights.
- Achieve and maintain TS GOLD Inter-Rater Reliability for
infant/toddler age range.EDUCATION HOME VISITING:
- Facilitate parents as primary teacher of their own children.
Partner with parents in scheduling and completing the required
number of Education and Social Service home visits and parent
conferences per child, per year.
- Provide parenting skills and child development information to
parents. Provide guidance in choosing developmentally appropriate
activities for children and model age-appropriate, constructive,
positive ways to work with young children.
- Partner with the parents in setting educational goals for each
child.
- Responsible for planning and carrying out individual goals in
coordination with classroom curriculum and for assisting parents in
doing this during and between home visits.
- Responsible for bringing information regarding classroom
curriculum to parent's attention when planning Home Visit
activities.
- Maintain complete and accurate child and family files (in
electronic and hard copy formats), forms, and reports for
Education, Disabilities and Mental Health services within allotted
timelines to document and track needs of families and services
provided to children and families.
- In consultation with team members, coordinate and participate
in parent open house during start-up of each year.
- Attend and participate in regular case management meetings,
ensuring each family on assigned caseload is reviewed at least
annually. Participate in monthly meetings with HS staff to review
shared EHS/HS families. Participate in IFSP related meetings for
children with identified disabilities in assigned classroom.
ADDITIONAL EXPECATIONS:Program Participation and Team Member:
- Arrive to work on time; punctually attend and actively
participate in all required activities, meetings, and
trainings.
- Be a respectful, cooperative, and reliable team member and
participant in program activities.
- Project a professional work image, both in dress and
manner.
- Be familiar with, and adhere to, position-related policies and
procedures as well as the program's overarching objectives.
- Follow Agency policy/procedures for reporting and documenting
suspected child abuse and/or neglect.Code of Conduct:Perform all
work in compliance with the Clackamas County Children's Commission
Code of Conduct.Confidentiality:Respect and maintain
confidentiality of information regarding enrolled children and
families, personnel issues, and other program operations as
appropriate.Training:In consultation with supervisor, develop
professional work goals and training plan. Participate in training
as requested.Working Conditions: Work with physically active three
to five-year-old children for one class period (approximately 7.5
hours daily) Extensive standing and walkingRequirements:Education
and Experience: Education: Bachelor's or advanced degree in early
childhood education (ECE) with qualifying coursework specific to
infants and toddlersOR Bachelor's or advanced degree in a related
field with qualifying coursework specific to infants and toddlers
and equivalent to a major in early childhood education OR
Associate's degree in early childhood education or child and family
studies with qualifying coursework specific to infants and toddlers
OR Current Infant/Toddler Child Development Associate-- - (CDA)
credential Experience in an early childhood education classroom,
certified childcare center, or comparable group care program.
Knowledge of Head Start preferred.Skills and Abilities: Ability to
positively interact with families of various cultural and
socio-economic backgrounds. Ability to use a positive approach in
directing and redirecting child behavior. Ability to take a
leadership role in the classroom. Ability to work cooperatively as
a member of a team. Good computer and data entry skills. Ability to
possess and maintain a valid driver's license and insured vehicle
available for use on the job (or have alternative transportation).
Ability to possess and maintain compliance with State of Oregon
Criminal Background Registry. Ability to possess and maintain
current First Aid/CPR certification. Ability to obtain and maintain
an Oregon Food Handler's Card
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Keywords: CLACKAMAS COUNTY CHILDRENS COMMISSION, Portland , EHS TEACHER, Education / Teaching , Clackamas, Oregon
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