Assistant Teacher Head Start Full TimeN

For over 125 years Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens and currently offers 160-plus programs and services for children youth adults seniors and those struggling with mental Childhood Development Centers provide free Head Start services to low-income families at no cost to the children ages 3 to 5 years. The high-quality services are offered in the center-based program settings available for the Brooklyn and Queens the Montessori approach the centers ensure children are ready for school by providing a variety of developmentally appropriate activities that promote cognitive social emotional language-literacy and physical development. The Head Start Programstrives to actively engage parents recognizing family participation throughout the program as a key to a childs robust development as well as to offer the learning experiences tailored to the changing needs and abilities of children. STATEMENT OF THE JOBThe Assistant Teacher will assist the Teacher to plan and execute age and developmentally appropriate activities reflecting the Montessori curriculum. Responsibilities include but are not limited to assist the Teacher to maintain the written documentation/reports in order to meet compliance standards of CCNS ACS DOH CACFP and other overseeing agencies relevant to NYFD; help to facilitate parent involvement in all aspects of the program and promote positive growth and professional development. The candidate will adhere to policies and procedures established by CCNS ACS DOH DOE and CACFP and comply with procedural norms and standards of attendance punctuality and confidentiality relevant to a learning environment based on the Montessori approach that helps the children develop physically emotionally socially cognitively and creatively. Supervises the implementation of activities that will promote social emotional cognitive physical and creative development of children. Adhere to all funding source Performance standards in addition to the Agency mandates of Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services responsibility for the operation of the classroom in the absence of the information regarding children and the program with parents via daily contact and informal/formal interfacings home visits newsletters parents in their role as their childrens primary teachers by acting as resource person (i.e.: disseminating information actively listening to parents offering suggestions etc.).Complete written observations progress reports outcomes reporting CROWD and other documents relevant to the tracking of childrens other duties as :CDA (Child Development Associate) Credential required plus a Study Plan to obtain an Associates Degree or Bachelors in Early Childhood Education or in related filed to Early Childhood Education (Elementary Education Nursery to 6th Grade Elementary Education Special Education Students with Disabilities Birth to 2nd Grade). 30 credits; 60 credits or Associates Degree; 90 credits; or Bachelors Degree preferred including 24 credits in Early Childhood Education or in related filed to Early Childhood Education (Elementary Education Nursery to 6th Grade Elementary Education Special Education Students with Disabilities Birth to 2nd Grade).2 years teaching experience in a pre-school classroom trained or must commit to enroll in the Agencys Montessori training program within the first year of hire and complete the training as Spanish/English; Russian/English; Chinese/English; Korean/English; English/Creole speaking sitting standing walking talking hearing seeing stooping kneeling crawling be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 to travel to multiple locations within the five boroughs as :We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits including:Generous time off (Vacation/ Personal Days/ Sick Days/ Paid Holidays annually)MedicalDentalVisionRetirement Savings with Agency MatchTransitFlexible Spending Account Life insurancePublic Loan Forgiveness Qualified Employer Training Series and other additional voluntary more information on our organization please visit our website at: