JOB TITLE
Teacher / Infant and Toddler Teacher
PROGRAM
Urban Strategies Early Head Start
WORK SCHEDULE
Full Time Position, Five days per week, 40 hours per week, 12 months a year
LOCATION
Program onsite (Travel to local community and to other programs within the localized demographic areas as assigned). ***$5,000.00 Sign On Bonus***
REPORTS TO
Center Manager/Coordinator and/or Assistant Director (in applicable programs) and/or Director, and dual supervision with Education Manager/Instructional Coach and/or similar position (may vary per program)
JOB TYPE
Non-Exempt
GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION
The Infant and Toddler Teacher promotes and develops the infant and toddler in the social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and linguistic growth and development of infants and toddlers. They ensure learning environments are nurturing spaces that support the development of all children by providing responsive care giving in a well- organized and managed environment. provide an educational and development focused environment and are responsible for age-appropriate classroom management. They build strong relationships with families by supporting parent-child relationships that are key to children's healthy development, school readiness, and well-being.
ABOUT YOU
The ideal candidate for our program is:
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
POSITION-SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Conduct daily playground health and safety monitoring
2. Coordinates and/or participates in the set-up and clean-up playground daily
3. Detect and report any signs of illness, discomfort, or unusual behavior of children to Managers or the Family Advocate or Social Worker.
CURRICULUM / ASSESSMENT / TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
PARENT, FAMILY, & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
OTHER TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
EXPERIENCE and/or REQUIREMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE and/or REQUIREMENTS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
WORKING CONDITONS
Ability to see at normal distance, hear normal conversations and sounds and use hands and fingers to fill out required forms. Ability to lift infants and toddlers weighing up to forty (40) pounds, twenty (20) pounds overhead and forty (40) pounds from waist to shoulder; occasional lifting of fifty (50) pounds is required and must be able to push/pull up to fifty pounds horizontally. Ability to sit on the floor, bend at the waist, kneel and/or stoop 75% of the time.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions as long as the staff disability does not create an undue risk of injury to any enrolled children in the classroom.
SALARY
$15.76 - $18.80 Hourly
ABOUT US
Urban Strategies was founded by a Hispanic woman in 2003. Our mission is to equip, resource, and connect grassroots organizations so that all children and families can reach their full potential.
We work with trusted faith- and community-based organizations and focus on the Latino community to engage and come alongside the whole family. Our vision is that all children and families reach their full potential. Our organization is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Our team works across the United States and Puerto Rico with direct service centers located in California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, New York, and Puerto Rico. We also have some programming conducted in Latin America.
COMPANY CULTURE
Our work is drive by our three core values:
BENEFITS
PERKS
Employment bonuses available
Meaningful employee engagement programs.
Education discounts (BA-PhD) with a variety of education partners.
OTHER
In keeping with its equal employment opportunity legal requirements, Urban Strategies will not discriminate against any person in employment because of legally protected classifications such as race, color, national origin or sex. Urban Strategies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or other legally protected classifications under applicable federal, state and local legal protections. This policy applies to all terminations and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotions, terminations, layoffs, leaves of absences, compensation, and training. Please note that Urban Strategies in order to fulfill its mission is legally allowed to make decisions in its employment practices based on its distributed employee manual. All employee positions are critical to the fulfillment of this mission. Consequently, Urban Strategies expects all employees to live out the standards as set forth in the Employee Handbook and otherwise as interpreted by the Urban Strategies leadership. Among other things, this means that Urban Strategies may take employment-related action against an employee based on his or her noncompliance with the policies, procedures, and practices of Urban Strategies, including employment termination.
To apply:
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