Kennebec Valley Community Action Program

On-the-job Training

• Relationships and classroom community
  • Connects with families and children to make them feel welcomed, safe, and respected
  • Creates an inclusive environment, incorporating children’s IFSP/ IEO goals and information from parents and therapists
  • Provides clear and consistent behavioral expectations and minimizes transitions by assuring classroom organization through intentional preparation
  • Supervises and facilitates children’s involvement in all learning environments using a variety of modalities
  • Maintains a positive climate and is responsive to child perspectives
  • Assumes responsibilities of Primary Caregiving by assuring continuity of care, spending time engaging with each primary child each day in addition to care routines, intentionally expanding language, social-emotional development, and other skills
  • Engages in adult child interactions, encouraging self-help skills and encouraging peer interactions during family style meals
• Assessment and curriculum
  • Actively participates in curriculum planning sessions to develop clear learning objectives for optimal learning and documenting weekly learning plans
  • Utilizes standardized and authentic assessment data to create learning opportunities to advance child’s development and goals, providing follow-up with parents, partners, and staff
  • Incorporates children’s interests, culture, School Readiness goals, State Guidelines, physical activity recommendations and program curricula into individualized and group learning opportunities
  • Promotes children’s higher order thinking skills through the use of scaffolding, self and parallel talk, concept development, advanced language, and open-ended questioning
  • Maintains a portfolio of each child’s progress
• Health and nutrition
  • Assures implementation of child screenings within required timeframes based upon age of child and Head Start Performance Standards
  • Assures meals and meal attendance are in accordance with Child Care Licensing and USDA’s CACFP and Department of Education guidelines
  • Engages in reflective discussions with families related to health and development status of child to promote timely health care in accordance with EPSDT schedule
  • Assures ongoing follow-up and related documentation in a timely manner related to unmet health outcomes
  • Models healthy eating habits and tooth brushing
  • Models physical activity by being physically active
  • Assures cleaning, sanitation, and disinfectant procedures are followed to promote healthy habits within classroom environment
• Partners with families supporting parent-child relationships and promoting parents as first and most important teachers
  • Actively outreaches to parents for involvement with curriculum planning, including creating individualized curriculum and classroom goals
  • Demonstrates respectful interest in learning about each family’s values, beliefs, faith traditions, cultural influences, family structure, and circumstances
  • Assures required parent education topics are being addressed through a variety of individual and group strategies through collaboration with Family Services Coordinator
  • Engages parents in classroom and individualized curriculum discussion to establish effective home school connection and facilitates on-site and take-home parent-child activities, emphasizing connections to school readiness
  • Assures two home visits per year
  • Assures child progress is reviewed with parent quarterly
  • Supports meaningful and intentional transitions for the child and families into, within, and outside of C&FS programs
  • Documents family goals and associated follow-up
  • Engages in reflective discussions with Family Services Coordinators related to family goal-setting approaches and related follow-up
  • Supports families in crisis by identifying options and resources in collaboration with Family Services Coordinators
• Program involvement, leadership, advocacy, and social connections
  • Plans, coordinates, and or/ facilitates Parent Committee Meetings emphasizing a connection to Policy Council in collaboration with region staff
  • Actively recruits and promotes parent participation on C&FS sponsored enrichment activities, community events, and the Policy Council to increase opportunities for family networking and awareness of resources
  • Provides parents with orientation and philosophy of program and services provided
  • Collaborates with parents to conduct outreach and provide resources to Family Friend and Neighbor caregivers involved with children
  • Contributes to the development and/or distribution of newsletters
• Practice safe working habits and contribute to a safe and peaceable workplace
  • Assures all interactions are cooperative, respectful, and support KVCAP’s Workplace Violence Policy
  • Assures the creation and implementation of Safety Plans
  • Assures personal safety and actively communicates with team and supervisor
  • Assures completion, accuracy, and appropriate follow-up of Monthly Health and Safety Checklists
  • Assures required emergency procedures are practiced and communicated with families
  • Promotes protective factors to prevent child abuse and neglect; identifies and refers families to the Department of Health and Human Services Child Protection Services
  • Wears ID badge
• Contributes to effective program practices and interdisciplinary approaches
  • Actively engages in comprehensive Family Child Reviews with interdisciplinary teams
  • Contributes to effective, purposeful, and respectful team communications to promote continuous program improvement
  • Provides staff support and coverage for C&FS programs, events, initiative, and collaborative activities as assigned
  • Engages in reflective practice to support program assessment in a variety of forums
  • Supports the evolution of C&FS programming in a positive and professional manner, responding to any changes in structure, supervision, team members, job duties, and use of technology
  • Demonstrates understanding of and ongoing compliance with Child Care Licensing, Head Start Performance Standards, and C&FS Content Plans and other regulations
  • Coordinates, promotes, conducts and/or participates in data collection activities, including surveys and interviews
• Exhibits a positive attitude and a professional, confidential, and collaborative approach with supervisor, coworkers, clients, partners, and community
  • Communicates positively and effectively using appropriate verbal, nonverbal, and written messages
  • Demonstrates effective customer service assuring respect for culture and language
  • Promotes community partnerships and initiatives
  • Establishes and maintains professional boundaries
  • Adheres to KVCAP, C&FS and collaborative partner policies, procedures, and guidance
  • Supports and actively participates in team building and collaboration efforts
• Displays a commitment to continue professional development and reflective practice
  • Effectively utilizes supervisory support and technical resources to improve competence
  • Assesses self, values, and ethics as they impact on work with families
  • Maintains required certifications
  • Completes mandated trainings
  • Seeks opportunities for ongoing professional growth; implements to improve practice and share with colleagues as appropriate
  • Demonstrates progress toward annual evaluation goals