Child Development Specialist

Job Summary

The Lead Teacher (Infant/Toddler) will join a collaborative team at UTEC's 2Gen Early Education Center. They will lead the infant and toddler classrooms, responsible for creating a warm and loving educational setting. The Lead Teacher will play a key role in the implementation of planned activities in all domains.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with classroom teachers in implementing activities for children.
• Support and maintain a safe and positive classroom.
• Reinforce classroom rules and practices under the guidance of the classroom teachers
• Assist classroom teacher with record-keeping, such as attendance, Daily sheets,
• Provide effective and nurturing child interactions
• Provide feedback to classroom teachers on observations of children, including their progress, interactions, interests and development.
• Assist classroom teachers by getting materials ready, setting up activities and assisting in clean up.
• Assist children with basic care, meals, snacks, toileting and diapering, and classroom clean up.
• Help supervise and support children's behaviors under the guidance of the classroom teacher.
• Communicate regularly with classroom teachers to share information about children and families.
• Respond immediately to the individual needs of children and families.
• Maintain confidentiality of information outside the classroom; information is shared only with those staff directly involved with the children and families
• Assist in special event programs for families and children, and school community
• Follow all company, state and procedures.
• Participate in monthly staff meetings.
• Cover teachers breaks and Planning time.
• Covering teachers when sick or Vacation time.
• Actively participates in professional development training to ensure that:
• Floater working at least ten but fewer than 20 hours per week shall complete a minimum of 12 hours of professional development activities per year.
• Floater working 20 or more hours per week shall complete a minimum of 20 hours of professional development activities per year;