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Job Description
Position: Head Start Teacher
Program and Location: Head Start Holdrege
Position Summary: The Teacher is responsible for direct contact with children in the classroom providing developmentally appropriate activities on a daily basis challenging them at their level and encouraging success for all students. The Teacher also provides a safe pleasant active learning and problem-solving environment.
Responsibilities:
- Provide experiences that advance the intellectual and physical development of children establish and maintain a safe healthy learning environment and support the social and emotional development of children.
- Ensure implementation of the High Scope curriculum which includes active learning and practices that are developmentally appropriate.
- Ensure initial and mid-year home visits along with two parent/staff conferences are complete.
- Ensure classroom management and lesson planning/implementation.
- Recruit maintain and train classroom volunteers throughout the program year.
- Ensure implementation of oral health practices.
- Be actively engaged in all Head Start activities and model appropriate behavior.
Tasks and Duties:
- Train and mentor classroom staff.
- Track daily attendance.
- Ensure completion of developmental and social emotional screenings.
- Ensure speech screenings and child growth assessments are completed.
- Ensure the playground is a safe environment.
- Attend annual center open house.
- Update center inventory annually.
Education Requirements:
- High School Diploma or GED and AA or Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education Child Development or related field. Equivalent coursework will be considered.
- Ability to establish and maintain an effective relationship with Head Start families other agency employees and the general public.
- Basic computer skills.
- Ability to provide leadership to classroom staff parents/guardians and classroom volunteers.
- Obtain and maintain current required Teacher certifications.
- Ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with the general public and agency employees.
- Must keep all agency matters confidential.
- All Head Start employees are expected to abide by the Standards of Conduct.
Required Skills:
- Ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with Head Start families other agency employees and the general public.
- Ability to provide leadership to classroom staff parents/guardians and classroom volunteers.
- Model appropriate and professional behavior.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills.
Schedule/Hours: The hours are 40 hours a week for 41 weeks. Scheduled hours are generally between 7:30 am 3:30 pm Monday-Friday. This position has summer months off. Head Start employees who have summer months off are eligible to apply for unemployment during this layoff period.
Pay Rate $18.00 - $25.00 per hour. Starting wage will depend on education and experience and additional compensation will be considered for individuals with a BA in a related field or in Early Childhood Education.
For more information contact Taner Nixon at or email
Employment Type
Full-Time
