Teacher

Easterseals Blake Foundation started as the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona. Since then we have expanded our services to better serve our community members. We are now one of Arizonas top providers of comprehensive behavioral health services child welfare and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve more than 40000 individuals and families across 10 counties and support more than 3700 children in Foster Care throughout Southern Arizona. Are you ready to make profound positive differences in peoples lives every day

We offer our fulltime employees the following benefits:

• Medical Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Shortterm Disability insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employer paid life insurance longterm disability insurance and Employee Assistance Program

General Position Description: Implements ageappropriate curriculum and activities while creating a nurturing and stimulating environment that promotes the social emotional cognitive and physical development of children in the classroom.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Designs and maintains a homelike classroom environment to enhance culturally sensitive learning based on the developmental needs of the children.
• Develops curriculum considering the age and experience of the children reflecting all areas of development including physical emotional social language and cognitive skills.
• Adapts the curriculum and instruction to meet the needs of the individual childs strengths needs and interests.
• Tracks developmental milestones and shares observations of progress and concerns.
• Uses a variety of teaching strategies to encourage learning following the individual childs lead and preferred modality for learning.
• Facilitates interaction and cooperation among the children. Encourages children to lead their own small group activities.
• Facilitates a sense of responsibility and selfregulation in children intervening only when necessary in settling disputes or differences.
• Establishes partnerships with parents and families in order to achieve shared goals for children.
• Works collaboratively with the Director colleagues and community organizations in best serving the childs needs.
• Provides instruction and leadership for teaching assistants.
• Participates in the process of ongoing professional development and meetings. Maintains comprehensive communication among all contacts within the agency members and external agencies. Models professional standards and ethics in accordance with EBF Code of Conduct Strategic Plan Mission and Vision.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Associates degree or higher in Early Childhood Education Early Childhood Special Education Elementary Education or Child Development; or unrelated Associates degree or higher with 36 units of higher education credits in Early Childhood Education Early Childhood Special Education Elementary Education or Child Development; or a state certification to practice as a teacher in a public school and the certification is reflective of the age of the children served required. Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.

Regulatory

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Current unrestricted AZ drivers license with no more than two 2 minor moving violations or one 1 accident within the past three 3 years). Three 3 years of driving experience required.
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an AZ DPS Level 1 fingerprint clearance card (employer provides).
• CPR and First Aid certification (Employer provides).
• Initial and current negative TB test result (employer provides).
• Physical exam may be required depending on location or licensing requirements (employer provides).

Skills/Job Knowledge/Abilities: Knowledge of typical and atypical child development. Knowledge of developmentally appropriate and best educational practices supported by research and evaluation. Knowledge of and sensitivity to cultural and linguistic diversity. Knowledge of methods to include children with developmental challenges. Ability to be selfdirected when necessary yet flexible when the needs of the children change. Ability to use principles of reflective practice with children families and colleagues. Ability to use technology as a tool for recordkeeping documentation and investigation. Able to establish and maintain a team atmosphere of communication and collaboration for all that reach out to the Department. Must be sensitive to cultural and linguistic diversity. Excellent customer service in stressful situations. Maintains a professional appearance communications and actions. Excellent interpersonal communication skills. Possesses basic computer knowledge.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements (with or without accommodation): Normal childcare and classroom environment with multiple interruptions in person. High activity environment with children and parent interactions. Able to lift up to 50 lbs to support children in care. Visual acuity to read information from computer screens forms and to assess the wellbeing of the children. Able to speak clearly in conversations general communications and to communicate verbally with children and emergency personnel as needed for daily operations. Hearing ability for communication in persona phone and/or other electronic methods. Manual dexterity for typing writing and to assist children with daily functions. Able to stoop squat reach pull push stretch ascend and descend stairs stand and sit for long periods of time. May be required to work additional hours or days depending on circumstances.

Easterseals Blake Foundation and Aviva are an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative action employer that promotes a work environment of inclusion and diversity. We are committed to provide employment opportunities to all candidates based on their qualifications free of discrimination based on race color religion national origin sex (including pregnancy sexual orientation or gender identity) age disability veteran status genetic information mental or physical disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

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