| Location | Jefferson, WI |
The Green Bay Area Public Schools Head Start serves 336 three to five year olds at two locations in our district. The Head Start Learning Center is located on Bellevue St and backs up to the East River Trail, while Jefferson Head Start is tucked back in an established neighborhood just north of Velp Ave and west of the Fox River. Each site houses eight Head Start classrooms and staff who support our children and families through home visiting and our collaboration with the district 4K and Early Childhood teams. Students attend either a half day or full day program, Monday through Thursday.
Although our program is housed at two locations, we operate as one program with the principals of both buildings working together to co-direct the program. Our classroom teachers utilize the Creative Curriculum and Teaching Strategies Gold as their assessment. We are a Pyramid Model Implementation site. The goal of Head Start is to promote school readiness of children ages three to five from low-income families by supporting the development of the whole child. Services include
Early learning: providing care and education for young children to prepare them for school.
Health: Ensuring that children are reaching developmental milestones and have access to the nutrition they need to thrive.
Family well-being: Assisting families in supporting one another and reaching their goals so they are all able to succeed.
Our Head Start teams, consisting of teachers, paraprofessionals, home visitors, coordinators and educational service coaches work together to meet these goals.
Essential Functions:
Follows the Core Values of the Green Bay Area Public School District as driver of our
words and actions.
Excellence: Students and educators analyze, pursue learning, research, think creatively and work independently and/or collaboratively while applying their knowledge, abilities and skills with depth and critical thinking to both familiar and unfamiliar situations.
Engagement: Active and enthusiastic involvement in and out of the classroom
Equity: Systems and procedures we use to place students into nurturing and rigorous settings where students' cultural approaches are honored and students are empowered to fully use their capacities. Equity enhances the quality and accessibility of opportunities
Integrity: Demonstrating fairness in judgment and action
Responsibility: Fulfilling obligations in a dependable manner and accepting consequences.
Promotes efforts on diversity, establishes best practices and utilizes skills to remove barriers for students of diverse backgrounds.
Creates a favorable professional impact on students, parents, community, and other employees.
Maintains confidentiality in verbal, written, and electronic communication.
Refers confidential information to the appropriate person.
Follows safe practices and adheres to safety standards.
Ride assigned bus for pick-up and drop-off.
Help children board and exit the bus.
Help children with harnesses and check to see they are safely harnessed before the bus departs.
Complete pre and post trip vehicle checks to ensure that there are no safety hazards and that no child is left on the bus.
Follow child pick-up and release procedures set by the Head Start Program.
Walk children to and from classrooms as assigned.
Help with Emergency Evacuation procedures.
Respond to Emergencies as directed by procedures.
Ensure buses are equipped with safety equipment (fire extinguishers, first aid kit, seat belt
cutter) and signs are posted indicating their location.
Complete required paperwork such as daily attendance and bus behavior reports.
Report to work on time and follow call in procedure when absent.
Maintain the ability to monitor and control student behavior on the bus.
Maintains up-to-date records including a substitute folder.
Maintain effective working relationships with other employees and parent(s)/guardian(s).
Participate in all required training at both a Head Start and District level.
To meet Head Start Performance Standard of the required 15 hours of additional
education
Working Conditions:
Work involves disruptions of daily schedule.
Work involves frequent deadlines under pressure.
Work requires flexibility in adjusting to continuously changing situations.
Work entails a flexible daily schedule.
Work involves a high level of decision making and the ability to keep information
confidential.
Work involves travel in and outside the district.