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You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailJob Title: Summer SR/VPK Teacher
Summary: Responsible for planning and implementing daily learning activities nurturing the children and managing and maintaining the preschool classroom and its equipment and supplies.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Plans teaching activities within the YWCAs developmentally appropriate framework to encourage the advancement of childrens cognitive social/emotional physical and creative skills.
Supervises and works with all staff and trainees including substitutes to ensure program philosophy values and goals are met as well as Early Childhood Program VPK Standards and regulatory requirements are maintained.
Recognizes health and safety hazards and protects children from harm. Protects the physical care and nurtures children in a clean safe teaching environment that supports their needs for physical movement sensory stimulation fresh air rest and nourishment.
Encourages the positive selfimage of children through active listening responding and encouraging independence while giving verbal and nonverbal reinforcement. Uses positive nonpunitive discipline techniques. Guides children in controlling their behavior by using positive appropriate approaches.
Cleans and maintains the classroom and equipment on a regular basis.
Manages budget expenditures through the proper care and use of materials and equipment.
Helps complete timely accurate reporting that can include but is not limited to attendance and program reports daily meal counts developmental records of each child incident reports etc.
Adapts and responds to changing and challenging conditions in ways that enhances program quality.
Develops and maintains cooperative supportive relationships with center staff children and their families.
Attends and participates in YWCA inhouse staff training.
Teaches students through a variety of social experiences classroom arrangements and support materials that promote program objectives and independent and group management in an environment that protects childrens health and safety at all times as well as their needs for physical movement sensory stimulation fresh air rest and nourishment.
Education/Experience:
Bachelors degree from an accredited college/university in Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education and VPK course credentials certification required and a minimum of one to two years experience working with preschool children in a child care facility preferred. DCF child care 45hour training certificate required. First Aid/ CPR certificate needed. Required to pass DCF level 2 background check and preemployment drug testing.
Required Experience:
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