Teacher Apprentice (Full-Time) 3 Year-Olds

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Teacher Apprentice provides daily care to children in Head Start/Early Head Start (HS/EHS) classrooms using appropriate child guidance techniques and building responsive relationships with classroom teachers, staff, children and families. Assists co-teacher in maintaining a safe, clean, and healthy work environment, while completing coursework and observed classroom hours required for completion of Infant/Toddler Child Development Associate (CDA) Certification.

All employees and volunteers are expected to be sensitive to our clients' cultural and socioeconomic characteristics, reflect Sunbeam Family Services core values and to always perform at Sunbeam's standards of excellence.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Support and individualize the physical, social-emotional, and cognitive development of each child in the classroom.
• Demonstrate capacity for providing developmentally appropriate practice, for exemplifying the values expected within the program, and for promoting the mission of the organization.
• Work with co-teacher to maintain a safe, clean, and healthy work environment.
• Work with supervisor to ensure child-staff ratio is maintained at all times.
• Develop an understanding of compliance with Head Start Performance Standards, federal and state regulation, and DHS Child Care Licensing requirements.
• Participate in ongoing professional development through education, role modeling, mentoring, and providing training and resources.
• Assist with implementation of HS/EHS written curriculum plan and demonstrate capacity for providing developmentally appropriate practice.
• Support record keeping and reporting systems to ensure accurate information, with timely completion and follow-up.
• Work cooperatively with other staff assigned to classroom as a team to involve all parents with the children and to encourage the active participation of all parents in the program.
• Model and promotes standard health practices, following established center protocols.
• Build and sustain relationships with children to promote safety and attachment.
• Collaborate with teaching team to implement developmentally-appropriate activities that support emergent learning practices.
• Maintain assigned progress on attaining Child Development Associate (CDA) certification, with at least 2 hours per week allotted to related coursework and observed classroom hours as needed to complete CDA within six (6) months of hire.
• Promote culturally sensitive practice.
• Work in a team setting with all staff to determine individual needs of children including children with disabilities or special needs.
• Regular, reliable attendance is required.
• Participate in and attend all staff meetings, trainings, and certification courses as required.
• Travel locally as required in the performance of responsibilities.
• Perform other appropriate and related responsibilities as assigned by supervisor, ECS leadership, or member of the Executive Team.