Overview

The mission of Laramie County Community College is to transform our students' lives through the power of inspired learning. Our over-arching goal is that our accomplishments as a community college will distinguish LCCC from others in the nation, in turn benefiting our communities and bringing pride to the Great State of Wyoming. Our core values include Passion, Authenticity, and the Desire to Make a Difference. 

A cover letter detailing how you meet the minimum and preferred qualifications for this position is required. You can upload a cover letter when you create an applicant profile.

• Hours of Work: Monday – Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm (typically). 
• Screening will begin ASAP and continue until the position(s) is filled.
• Start date to be determined, but as soon as practicable after the hiring/interview process

Salary and Benefits: This is a full-time, benefited Professional l level position. Starting wage range: $42,504.00 - $48,048.00/annually, depending upon experience.

• Educational Benefits for the employees and dependents
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 15 – 18 Paid Holiday/Closure Days
• Two Paid Personal Days
• Healthcare/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Generous Retirement Benefits - 14.62% Employer Paid/4% Employee Paid
• Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
• Onsite Childcare Center
• Professional Development Opportunities

Job Summary: Core responsibilities of this position include:

The Teacher, Children’s Discovery Center position is a full-time benefited position responsible for functioning as the primary and lead teacher in the assigned classroom; responsible for daily operation, planning, scheduling and supervision of the respective classroom working in partnership with Associate Teachers and CDC Director to provide a developmentally appropriate pre-school program utilizing approved curriculum resources. Teachers are expected to act as mentors for any LCCC or University of Wyoming, or any college students coming to their classrooms for observations or internships.

For information about Cheyenne, visit http://www.lccc.cc.wy.us/about/welcome.

Essential Functions

Essential Functions: – this position is Non-exempt, i.e., is not eligible for compensatory or overtime pay provisions of the FLSA. This listing of essential duties is not all-inclusive, but representative; other duties may be assigned).

• Utilizing active supervision to ensure the safety of all children and foster a sense of trust and well-being among children and their parents by supervising young children at all times, including in the classroom, on the playground, and during walks, and promoting a safe and secure environment to minimize the risk of accidents or injuries.
• Help all children grow and develop socially, emotionally, physically, and cognitively by providing developmentally appropriate activities and lessons and ensuring well-rounded foundation for future learning and personal growth. Providing valuable insights for individualized learning plans by completing formal and informal assessments.
• Ensure the successful implementation of the goals and objectives of the Children’s Discovery Center by working collaboratively and communicating effectively with other teaching staff and administrators, leading to a cohesive educational environment and enhanced outcomes for all children.
• Ensure families are well-informed about their children’s progress and development by initiating and maintaining effective communication to support and enhance the children’s educational experience.
• Ensure the facility meets high standards of educational quality, support continuous improvement, and retains its accredited status by initiating, maintaining and updating accreditation portfolios required by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) for visits every 5 years.
• Enhance professional development by contributing to staff and college in-service training sessions and other training opportunities to ensure staff are well-equipped with current knowledge and skills, and to foster a culture of continuous improvement and growth within the organization.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge

• Education and Training – Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• Psychology — Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Customer and Personal Service – Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer rand personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Sociology and Anthropology — Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.

Skills

• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Active Listening - giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Conflict Management – Use of tools, skills and processes to find respectful and creative ways to resolve disputes and disagreements.
• Coordination – Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Electronic mail software - Microsoft Outlook.
• Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.
• Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Office suite software - Microsoft Office software
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Social Perceptiveness – Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Speaking – Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Abilities

• Auditory Attention – The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
• Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
• Communication – The ability to effectively express your thoughts, ideas, and messages to diverse people in oral and written form. Public speaking skills and ability to write/edit emails, letters, and technical reports.
• Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Emotional Intelligence – Ability to manage both your own emotions and understand the emotions of people around you.
• Finger Dexterity – The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Fluency of ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic.
• Hearing Sensitivity – The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
• Memorization - The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
• Originality – The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
• Perceptual Speed - The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
• Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
• Reaction Time – The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
• Response Orientation – The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures).
• Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• Spatial Orientation – The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
• Speech Clarity – The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Speech Recognition – The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Time Sharing - The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information.
• Visualization – The ability to imagine how something will look after it Is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Physical/Mental Demands:

• To successfully perform the essential functions of this position, an employee must be able to maintain appropriate composure and necessary confidentiality with regard to both past and current employee, student, and donor data; documents; issues; etc., and respect privacy needs of employees, students, donors
• The ability to comply with highly inflexible deadlines is required to successfully perform the essential functions of this position; there will be multiple occurrences of sudden, urgent task completion required
• While performing the essential functions of this position a variable work schedule may be required including long workdays, evenings, and weekends as needed
• There may be occurrences of interacting with employees and/or students, past employees and/or students, members of the general public, and others who express opinions, may exhibit strong emotions, which will require the employee to interact professionally, diplomatically, and appropriately in such situations
• While performing the essential duties of this position, an employee would frequently be required to stand, walk, run, squat, kneel and sit while interacting with young children on a daily basis
• Employee may at times be required to intervene and diffuse angry or frustrated clients
• An employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds to perform essential position functions
• The overall work environment requires the mental ability to shift focal point quickly due to interruptions; an employee must be able to mentally track multiple projects and tasking as well

Qualifications

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution in child development – early education, education, or a closely related field of study.
• Ability to meet requirements of Wyoming Department of Family Services including but not limited to background check, tuberculosis test and current proficiency in CPR and first aid.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution in child development – early education, education or a closely related field of study.
• Two years of instruction in early childhood education.

If you are selected for the position, your appointment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. LCCC reserves the right to end this employment agreement should the results of your background investigation not be successful.

LCCC DOES NOT SPONSOR H1B VISAS.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Laramie County Community College is committed to providing a safe and nondiscriminatory educational and employment environment. The college does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status, political affiliation, sexual orientation or other status protected by law. Sexual harassment, including sexual violence, is a form of sex discrimination prohibited by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The college does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational, extracurricular, athletic or other programs or in the context of employment.

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