Early Head Start Teacher - Arlington

Summary

Do you possess personal attributes that develop trusting relationships with young children and their parents? Do you respect the confidentiality of each child and their family? Do you treat young children with gentleness, dignity and respect? Are you a team player including light housekeeping, diapering/toilet training, & meal service? Are you good at lesson planning and record keeping? Do you have excellent communication skills? If you answered yes to these questions and meet the minimum requirements, we want to talk to you!

Duties

• Prepare child development materials and arrange a physical environment to meet the changing needs of infants and toddlers.
• Plan and implement a child development program utilizing the Integrated Approach.
• Serve as the primary provider for a small group of children.
• Design and incorporate the Head Start content areas of health, nutrition and parent involvement.
• Planning and implementation of a program geared to infants and toddlers, including role modeling desired behavior by all childcare workers.
• Use the appropriate skills to meet social, emotional, physical and developmental needs of individual infants and toddlers.
• Prepare child development materials and arrange a physical environment to meet the changing needs of infants and toddlers.
• Observe children for safety and assessment purposes and maintain child assessment records.
• Participate in planning, assessing and evaluation of program content and center plans.
• Establish and maintain ongoing communications with each child and their family.
• A minimum of three home visits per year must be conducted with appropriate records of these contacts.
• Must conduct two parent conferences.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of IAD and resource materials.
• Supervise and guide children during mealtime, toileting, hand washing, rest periods and play activities.
• Supervise and direct teacher assistants and volunteers. Responsible for maintaining clean and sanitary classroom area.
• Participate in all staff development activities, in-service training and workshops. Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements

• High School Diploma with Infant & Toddler CDA or Associates Degree in Child Development or Early Childhood Education.
• Experience in a formal childcare setting.
• Must demonstrate an understanding of human behavior and have expressive and receptive language abilities.
• Possess a special ability to maintain positive relationships with children, co-workers and parents. Ability to work with infants warmly, calmly and in an unhurried way.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment and/or periodic physical examination, annual TB skin test, and complete background check every 24 months.

Nice To Haves
Bilingual abilities a plus.

Benefits

BENEFITS PACKAGE INCLUDES:

Child Care Associates offers a competitive benefits package that is provided to all fulltime employees that include health, dental and life insurance coverage. Additional voluntary benefits are offered to all fulltime employees in addition to the core benefits package.

After completing one (1) year of service, the company contributes 4% of the employee's earnings to the 403(b) retirement plan. If the employee also elects to make a contribution to the plan, Child Care Associates will match half (50%) of the employee's contribution up to 4% of base salary.

Child Care Associates provides other benefits, which are outlined in the Staff Handbook, such as paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).

About Us

Child Care Associates is a leading nonprofit in early education and care in Texas. We invest in the future of children in their youngest and most formative years. CCA has two key areas of impact: accessible early education and care, and innovation.