Teacher, Associate

Community Action in Aroostook, Washington and Hancock Counties; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Action in Aroostook, Washington and Hancock Counties seeks a dedicated Teacher to plan, prepare, and implement activities for an assigned classroom, while engaging families through conferences and meetings. The role supervises staff and volunteers, coordinates home visits, and helps ensure daily operations and program quality, including meal preparation and cultural awareness activities.

Candidates should be prepared to manage day-to-day activities in the center, provide leadership,

Responsibilities

• Plans, prepares, and implements classroom activities and field trips; follows through on planned activities and posts daily plans in the classroom.
• Completes screenings and records observations of children; works with parents to plan and implement programs; ensures reports by classroom staff.
• Plans and implements cultural awareness program within the center, with an activity at least once per month.
• Helps prepare nutritious meals and snacks; purchases food supplies; fosters mealtime as a learning time.
• Orients parents as classroom volunteers and assists staff and parents in organizing activities; attends parent meetings.
• Coordinates and attends home visits.
• Interviews, hires, trains, supervises, and evaluates staff; maintains performance reviews; reassesses equipment and supplies; may distribute to staff and sites.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Teacher plans, prepares, and implements all activities for an assigned classroom. Facilitates parent engagement through parent conferences and parent meetings. Supervises, schedules, trains, and evaluates assigned staff and volunteers. Provides leadership in the classroom and the center. In the absence of the supervisor, manages day-to-day operation and maintenance of center, ensuring program quality.

• Plans, prepares, and implements classroom activities and field trips; implements new modules as they are introduced to the program; plans classroom teaching strategies using classroom outcome reports; follows through on planned activities on a daily basis; writes daily plan and posts in the classroom.
• Completes screenings and records observations of children and work with parents to plan and implement programs to meet their needs; supervises planning and implementation of classroom activities; ensures completion of programmatic and Agency reports by classroom staff; completes ongoing COR assessments as required by individual programs.
• Plans and implements cultural awareness program within the center, with an activity at least once per month.
• Helps prepare and supervise the preparation of nutritious meals and snacks as needed; purchases food supplies; fosters environment where mealtime is a learning and enjoyable time.
• Orients parent as classroom volunteer and assists staff and parents in organizing parent activities; attends parent meetings.
• Coordinates and attends home visits.
• Interviews, hires, trains, supervises, and evaluates staff. Maintains and complies with performance review system for direct reports; mediates staff conflicts; counsels employees with performance issues; recommends disciplinary action as necessary; assesses program equipment and supplies and orders and may distribute to staff and sites as needed.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Teacher plans, prepares, and implements all activities for an assigned classroom. Facilitates parent engagement through parent conferences and parent meetings. Supervises, schedules, trains, and evaluates assigned staff and volunteers. Provides leadership in the classroom and the center. In the absence of the supervisor, manages day-to-day operation and maintenance of center, ensuring program quality.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Plans, prepares, and implements classroom activities and field trips; implements new modules as they are introduced to the program; plans classroom teaching strategies using classroom outcome reports; follows through on planned activities on a daily basis; writes daily plan and posts in the classroom.
• Completes screenings and records observations of children and work with parents to plan and implement programs to meet their needs; supervises planning and implementation of classroom activities; ensures completion of programmatic and Agency reports by classroom staff; completes ongoing COR assessments as required by individual programs.
• Plans and implements cultural awareness program within the center, with an activity at least once per month.
• Helps prepare and supervise the preparation of nutritious meals and snacks as needed; purchases food supplies; fosters environment where mealtime is a learning and enjoyable time.
• Orients parent as classroom volunteer and assists staff and parents in organizing parent activities; attends parent meetings.
• Coordinates and attends home visits.
• Interviews, hires, trains, supervises, and evaluates staff. Maintains and complies with performance review system for direct reports; mediates staff conflicts; counsels employees with performance issues; recommends disciplinary action as necessary; assesses program equipment and supplies and orders and may distribute to staff and sites as needed.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Non-essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

Experience and Skill Requirements: The following experience and skill requirements are considered essential:

Experience