Substitute Preschool Teacher - Head Start - On Call

Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency•Salem, OR

2d•Onsite

About The Position

OUR MISSION: MWVCAA invests in people and their futures to reduce the impacts of poverty. Our Vision: We envision a just future, where our communities are empowered to reach positive outcomes and everyone is respected for their infinite worth. Join our Head Start team! The Substitute Head Start Teacher works in partnership with Teacher Assistants and Classroom Aides to promote the growth of preschool children in the areas of social-emotional, physical, cognitive and language development. Involves families in every aspect of their child's education, including facilitating parent involvement. This is a benefitted position averaging 20-29 hours weekly. This position has multiple openings available. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED; and Associate Teacher: Pre-School Certificate or CDA, and enrollment in an Early Childhood Degree program.
Teacher I : Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Education or a related degree with a minimum of 18 credit hours of Early Learning coursework.
Teacher II : Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or a related degree with a minimum of 18 credit hours of Early Learning coursework.
Two years of experience in early childhood programs.
Successful registration with the Central Background Registry of the Child Care Division.
CPR/First Aid Certification or the ability to obtain within 60 days of hire.
Food Handlers Card or the ability to obtain within 30 days of hire.
Candidate must pass pre-employment physical examination, renewable every two years.
Candidate must pass pre-employment and random drug/alcohol screenings.
Demonstrates tact, diplomacy, and empathy when communicating with clients, staff and community partners.
Demonstrated proficiencies with Microsoft Office (including Outlook), videoconferencing platforms, and web tools.
Effective interpersonal communication skills, in both oral and written form.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision and ability to adjust focus; hearing abilities required.
Regularly lift and/or move 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Manual dexterity for handling office equipment.
Ability to remain calm and quickly evacuate children from the classroom in an emergency.

Responsibilities

Ensures safety in the classroom at all times, with appropriate supervision of children, utilizing the transition and counting form and procedure.
Ensures children are released only to parent/guardians or authorized adults.
Records children's daily attendance, working with site team to determine the cause of absences.
Provides for the development of children's cognitive, physical, social-emotional and language skills through implementation of curriculum, lesson planning and individualization.
Conducts developmental and social-emotional screenings for each child, with input from parents.
Provides follow up to concerns, including the provision of resources, or referrals for children with identified developmental or social-emotional needs.
Creates lesson plans utilizing a variety of curriculum to address children's individual goals, taking into account each child's characteristics, strengths, and needs.
Effectively uses the ChildPlus and Teaching Strategies Gold databases to enter or obtain information.
Completes Progress Checkpoints for child assessment, using information obtained from child observations.
Shares information with program administration and parents.
Uses office time efficiently to make and receive parent phone calls, order supplies, preparing children's work to go home, preparing materials for activities, and other office work as needed.
Verifies and submits weekly Meal Counts and Attendance forms.
Attends a variety of classes, workshops, seminars, pre-service training and other Head Start Teacher trainings, and keeps current on developments in early childhood education, and developmentally appropriate practices.
Attends a variety of meetings including individual reflection meetings, region meetings, site team meetings, debriefing after observations, and other meetings as necessary.
Complies with MWVCAA safety and personnel policies, including punctuality and attendance.
Provides regular opportunities for parent participation by training parents who volunteer in the classroom.
Participates in planning for and implementing monthly parent meetings.
Participates in classroom orientations at the beginning of the school year.
Provides tools, resources and opportunities for parents to observe and practice appropriate redirection skills with their child.
Develops and maintains relationships with parents/guardians, to ensure consistent and frequent communication.