Early Head Start Teacher (714) at BakerRipley

Description

BakerRipley team members impact the lives of more than 500 000 people every year through our community development work, which has inspired and supported our Neighbors for more than a century.

We believe our neighborhoods are bridges to opportunity, that people can transform communities, and that everyone has something to contribute.

Our unique backgrounds and experiences help us deliver innovative support to uplift our Neighbors. As one of the largest nonprofits in Texas, our success is fueled by our Mission: Connecting Neighbors and communities to resources, education, and opportunity.

Qualifications

This position serves as a teacher in a classroom of Early Head Start infants and toddlers by planning, implementing, and supervising all center-based activities. This position may work with infants and toddlers with developmental delays. The position works in tandem with an integrated team to support the goals of the program.

• Plan and provide developmentally appropriate activities and experiences that advance all areas of children’s development (social, emotional, cognitive, physical) in a manner appropriate to age and stage of development.
• Provide a safe, healthy and well-managed environment to meet the changing needs of infants and toddlers.
• Develop and implement individualized goals for children that meet their needs and are developmentally appropriate.
• Develop an individual plan for each child to include goal setting based on identified needs and prescriptions for objectives and activities to meet established goals (outcomes).
• Screen, observe and document student progress in the GOLD online assessment system
• Prepare and maintain accurate records, including child observations, individualization, lesson plans, attendance, meal count, parent participation, in-kind contributions and volunteer time sheets.
• Establish consistent, stable and supportive relationships with infants/toddlers and their families.
• Encourage, facilitate, and support parental involvement in all aspects of the Early Head Start Program.
• Schedules home visits and parent-teacher conferences with families as required and on an as-needed basis and documents these events.
• Work closely with the Early Head Start Mentor Teacher in planning and implementation of the Early Head Start curriculum
• Provide a safe and nurturing environment for infants and toddlers in accordance with all regulations
• Perform any other duties as may be required.