The Early Head Start (EHS) Teacher will lead the teaching team in planning and executing age and developmentally appropriate activities reflecting the Montessori curriculum. The Teacher will be responsible for implementing activities that will promote the social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and creative development of children. The Teacher will elicit input from the Team to complete written observations, progress reports, and other documents relevant to the tracking of children’s progress. The Teacher will adhere to policies and procedures established by CCNS, ACS, DOH, DOE, and CACFP and comply with procedural norms and standards of attendance, punctuality, and confidentiality relevant to HIPAA.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: In addition to the following, other duties may be assigned.
- Ensures a learning environment based on the Montessori approach that helps the children develop physically, emotionally, socially, cognitively, and creatively.
- Ensures information obtained via observations, conferences, tracking, etc. is used to design developmentally appropriate and individualized lesson plans
- Ensures daily routines such as napping, eating, toileting, timely diaper changing, and washing are carried out a in healthy manner with respect given to an individual child’s needs.
- Ensures information regarding children and the program is shared with parents
Minimum of 1 year of teaching experience in a preschool classroom or infant-toddler classroom.
Educations or Certification
- Associate’s, Bachelor’s, or Master’s Degree in Education; or
- Associate’s, Bachelor’s, or Master’s Degree in another field with additional credits in Education/Early Childhood Education (ECE). or
- Bachelor’s Degree or CDA required with a Study Plan (60 credits, including 24 credits in Education).