Head Start Teacher
Innovative Network of Knowledge (INK)

Edna, Texas

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Our company is surrounded by opportunity thanks to the great job you do for our customers! If you are ready for a new challenge and you think an open position is the right one for you, we encourage you to apply!

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Head Start Teachers: Associate degree Required, Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • Early Head Start Teachers: Child Development Associate (CDA) credential or comparable credential.
  • Training or equivalent coursework in early childhood development with a focus on infant and toddler development.
  • Two (2) years of experience in an early childhood classroom.
  • Valid driver's license and work eligibility status.
  • Pass a criminal and driving background check.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bi-lingual (Spanish)

Critical Action Items:

1. Ensure staff, consultants, contractors, and volunteers protect the physical and mental health and safety of our children and no child is left alone or unsupervised while under our care.

2. Provide responsive care, effective teaching, and an organized learning environment that promotes healthy development and children's skill growth aligned with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five, including children with disabilities.

3. Use prescribed curricula to provide developmentally appropriate learning experiences in language, literacy, social and emotional development, math, science, social studies, creative arts, and physical development, and integrate child assessment data in individual and group planning.

4. Contribute to and support screenings, assessments, and ongoing evaluation of the child's developmental level and progress in outcomes.

5. Provide and support opportunities for parents and family members to engage in their child's development and in program services, including but not limited to parent conferences and group activities.

6. Follow appropriate practices to keep children safe during all activities, including reporting at a minimum suspected or known child abuse and neglect, appropriate supervision of children at all times; and all standards of conduct.

7. Comply with positive adult-child interactions as measured by the CLASS: Pre-K instrument.

8. Complete minimum training requirements as specified in state and federal standards.

Other Responsibilities:

1. Incorporate age-appropriate equipment, materials, supplies and physical space for indoor and outdoor learning environments, including functional space, and change materials periodically to support children's evolving interests and development.

2. Respond to classroom observations through modifications to teaching strategies and lesson plans in accordance with prescribed curricula.

3. Identify potential interference with a child's development and school readiness and coordinate with education, family, mental health and/or child development professional program staff to address identified needs.

4. Participate in school functions, scheduled meetings and team decision and operations.

5. Work collaboratively with other staff members, service providers and professionals.

6. Maintain confidentiality in all areas of child and program operations.

7. Perform other job duties as assigned.

Measurable Deliverables:

1. Regular communication with parents ensures they are well-informed about their child's routine, classroom activities, behavior, and progress.

2. Child files, classroom forms, and other documentation is compliant, current, and organized.

3. The classroom is free from physical and environmental hazards.

4. Incident reporting occurs within the timeframes designated in program policy and protocol.

Requirements:

1. Demonstrate the ability to respond sensitively and competently to the service population's cultural and socio-economic characteristics.

2. Communicate in writing and verbally in English and Spanish (preferred).

3. Demonstrated ability to maintain emotional control and professional composure at all times.

4. Maintain computer literacy required to meet the responsibilities of the position.

5. Demonstrate a working knowledge of all Innovative Network of Knowledge (INK) and procedures.

6. Ability to organize and prioritize duties and responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.

7. Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, holidays, and weekends.

8. Ability to work independently.

Here at Innovative Network of Knowledge (INK), we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Please feel free to apply for this position even if your work experience and education do not align perfectly with every requirement for this job description. You may very well be the perfect candidate for this role or other ones that we have open. Thank you for your interest in joining our mission!

INK is committed to following immunization recommendations produced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). As such, our company policy requires that all employees must receive an annual Influenza vaccination or obtain an approved exemption as a medical or religious accommodation. This is a condition of employment, and all new hires will be responsible for providing proof.

INK is an Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") Employer. It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of INK, not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, training, working conditions, transfer, job assignments, benefits, layoff, and termination.
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