Child Care Teacher FT 6898

OMB NO: 1625-0120

Expiration Date: 05/31/2029

Announcement: 6898

Opening Date: 02 September 2026 Pay Plan/Series/Pay Band: NF

Closing Date: Until Filled Work Schedule: Full-Time (30-40 hrs/wk)

Position: Child Care Teacher Salary: $24.00/hour

Who May Apply: All Sources Location: Washington DC

Child Development Center

DUTIES:

Plans and executes early childhood education and development activities. Teaches children with a variety of educational material and programs. Collaborate with parents to promote understanding and follow-up actions benefiting the children. Directs caregivers and volunteers to ensure activities are executed as planned.

Ensures that program plans and activities incorporate the observed needs of the individual children and youth. Implements activities and special events that meet the physical social emotional and cognitive needs of children. Incorporates special instructions provided by parents such as special dietary needs physical needs or other information that may affect the child or youths experience in the program. Prepares and implements program options for children and youth with special requirements.

Demonstrates instructs leads and facilitates planned and spontaneous program activities. Role models developmentally appropriate practice and classroom or activity area management techniques. Promotes and models safety fitness health and nutrition practices. Helps prepare arrange and maintain indoor and outdoor activity areas and materials. Inventories equipment on a recurring basis and recommends replenishing damaged missing and depleted supplies. Establishes a program environment that sustains participant interest and promotes positive interactions with other children youth and adults. Helps arrange for and/or serve appropriate snacks or meals where applicable. Interacts with children using approved child guidance development techniques.

Other duties as assigned.

You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the qualifications below. Your resume/application must demonstrate the required experience/education.Please see additional information on how your application is evaluated.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Minimum:

1. Two year degree in Early Childhood Education (ECE) Child Development or related field of study which can include Youth Recreation Physical Education Elementary Education Secondary Education Youth Development Psychology Social Work Home Economics with an emphasis in Human Development or other degrees as appropriate to include the Child Development Associate (CDA) and two years of experience.

2. Ability to satisfactorily complete Tier 1 background investigation to include state checks upon hiring and renew every 5 years.

3. Possess and maintain the physical ability to lift and carry up to 45 pounds and over sit and rise from the floor walk bend and stoop and stand on a routine basis. Duties may involve working both indoors and outdoors.

4. Must be able to read write and speak in English.

5. Ability to satisfactorily pass the Civilian Medical Clearance Examination that is performed at preplacement and then every two years for every childcare position type.

Preferred (in addition to the minimum):

USCG COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMAND COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS:

By choosing to work for the Coast Guard Community Services Command you will enjoy one of the best benefit packages available anywhere.Benefit offerings are subject to applicable worker categories (Full-time Part-time Intermittent) location position and length of time in service.

OTHER ESSENTIAL INFORMATION:

HOW TO APPLY

Additional Information on how you will be evaluated:

Your resume or application must clearly demonstrate the required experience and/or education. Experience includes both paid and unpaidwork such as volunteer service through National Service programs (e.g. professional philanthropic religious community student social committee sports or internships). Volunteer work can help develop essential skills competencies and leadership experience that may translate directly to paid employment. Your resume is the primary tool used to assess your qualifications. Therefore we strongly encourage you to provide clear specific and detailed descriptions of your experience.

You MUSTsubmit a resume or any other written format in English of your choice. It is recommendedthe resume clearly identifies: (1) The announcement number title and pay band of the job you are applying for and (2) Information such as full name; mailing address; country of citizenship (U.S. Citizenship required OR valid authorization to work in the US); highest Federal grade or NAF pay band held with job series title and dates held (if applicable); a statement requiring proof of veterans preference by means of DD 214; education; and relevant work experience including start/end dates supervisors name and phone number salary and title series and grade if experience was with a non-appropriated fund instrumentality of the Federal government. You shouldalso include a copy of your most recent performance appraisal if you are a current Federal or NAF employee. Applications may not be sent in franked Government envelopes; applications filed in this fashion will not receive consideration. If information is not complete you may be excluded from consideration. The first application and/or resume submitted for a specific requisition will be considered the only submission. Any duplicate submissions to the same requisition will not be considered. The application date will be used in determining these factors.

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Child Care Teacher FT 6898

Washington DC US

Equal Employment Opportunity: All candidates will be considered without regard to any non-merit factor such as race color religion sexual orientation national origin age disability or marital status.

PRIVACY ACT NOTICE

Authority: The U.S. Coast Guard rates applicants under the authority of Title 5 of U.S. Code SectionsExecutive Order 9397 and Departmental Regulations.

Principal Purpose: To collect information needed to determine how well an applicants education and work experience qualifies them for the job they are applying for.

Routine Use: This information provided will be shared with the hiring manager and interview panel members. It may also be shared in response to a request for discovery or for appearance of a witness information that is relevant to the subject matter involved in a pending judicial or administrative proceeding.

Disclosure: Voluntary however failure to disclose the requested information may result in an applicant not receiving consideration for a position inwhich the information is needed.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement:An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection and a person is not required to respond to thisinformation unless it displays a current valid OMB control number and an expiration date. The control number for this collection is OMB 1625-0120expiration 05/31/2029. The estimated average time to complete this application is 40 minutes. If you have any comments regarding the burden estimateyou can write to U.S. Coast Guard Community Services Command 510 Independence Parkway Suite 500 Chesapeake VA 23320.

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