What are the responsibilities and job description for the Early Head Start Teacher position at Suwannee Valley 4Cs?
Job Description
Join the Suwannee Valley 4C’s Teaching Team!
Starting Pay Rate $15.84 Hour
Suwannee Valley 4Cs is the Head Start and Early Head Start grantee in Columbia, Hamilton, Lafayette and Suwannee counties. Established in 1985, we are a private, non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of low-income children and their families by offering comprehensive early childhood development services.
Work Schedule: M-F, 7:30 am- 4:00 pm, 12 month position
OVERVIEW OF BENEFITS:
- 14 Paid holidays/year
- Paid Time Off (PTO)13 days/year
- Teacher Planning Time Daily
- Health, Dental and Supplemental Insurance
- Agency-paid Life Insurance
- Pension Plan
- Tuition Assistance/Scholarship
Basic Function:
Assist the Co-Teacher in conducting classroom activities, planning, and recordkeeping, maintaining classroom environment and ratios, and supervising children.
Qualifications:
- Infant/Toddler Teacher – Staff Credential Preferred (CDA, FCCPC)
- Three (3) years of classroom experience working with infants/toddlers preferred
- Child care training (Parts I & II – 40 hours) requirement pursuant to Chapter 65C-22, required by DCF
- 5 Hour Literacy Course as required by DCF
- Safe Sleep/Shaken Baby Syndrome training required by DCF to complete at Orientation/within 30 days of hire
- Must clear Department of Children and Families background screening requirements
- Must pass physical
- Must have current First-Aid/Pediatric CPR certification
- Must have access to dependable transportation with valid current liability insurance and a valid driver’s license
Skills:
- Ability to lift 45 lbs. from floor level and carry 75 feet several times a day
- Ability to get up and down from floor level throughout the day
- Ability to bend and lift child from floor level to changing table throughout the day (EHS)
- Ability to establish and maintain warm, nurturing long-term relationships with young children and their families
- Good communication skills
- Flexible, resourceful and cooperative attitude; adapts positively to change
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisor, subordinates/peers
- Understanding of and sensitivity to the needs of low income families with young children
- Personal commitment to the healthy development of young children
- Good record-keeping skills
Please upload a copy of your DCF Child Care Training Transcript along with your resume
EOE / Drug Free Workplace
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $15.84 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
License/Certification:
- 45 DCF hours in childcare completed (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $16