Early Childhood Education Teacher
Hybrid-based
ONET: 25-2011.00
5
Years
60
Skills
10000h
On-the-job training
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
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