Assistant Teacher Head Start - Full Time; 5438-206-N

Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, Inc.; New York (NY); Presencial; USD 36.000 - 48.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement Savings with Agency Match

Transit

Flexible Spending Account

Life insurance

Public Loan Forgiveness Qualified Empl

Descripción de la vacante

Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, Inc. seeks an Assistant Teacher for its Head Start/Montessori program. You will support age-appropriate activities, maintain required documentation, and encourage parent involvement within NY state compliance guidelines.

The role requires CDA credential with a plan to further your degree, Montessori training within the first year, and potential bilingual capabilities. Travel across five boroughs may be required.

Formación

• CDA credential required; plan to obtain an Associate’s or Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education or related field.
• 60 credits or an associate degree preferred; 90 credits or bachelor’s degree preferred in related ECE fields.
• 2 years of teaching experience in a preschool setting is preferred.
• Montessori training or commitment to enroll in the Agency’s Montessori training within the first year of hire.
• Bilingual abilities in Spanish/English, Russian/English, Chinese/English, Korean/English, or Creole/English are preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Help plan and execute age- and developmentally-appropriate activities using Montessori curriculum.
• Maintain written documentation and reports to meet compliance standards (CCNS, ACS, DOH, CACFP, NYFD).
• Facilitate parent involvement and ensure adherence to agency policies and HIPAA confidentiality.
• Assist in supervising classroom operations in Teacher’s absence.
• Communicate with parents about children’s progress through daily contact, newsletters, and visits.
• Support staff through observations, progress reporting, and documentation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Conocimientos

Montessori training

Bilingual Spanish/English

Bilingual Russian/English

Bilingual Chinese/English

Bilingual Korean/English

Bilingual English/Creole

Travel between locations

Excellent communication

Educación

CDA Credential

Associated/Bachelor in ECE or related field

Descripción del empleo

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 illness.

Early 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 Communities.

Through 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 child’s robust development as well as to offer the learning experiences tailored to the changing needs and abilities of children.

STATEMENT OF THE JOB

The 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 HIPPA.

• Ensures 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, Inc.
• Assumes responsibility for the operation of the classroom in the absence of the Teacher.
• Shares information regarding children and the program with parents via daily contact and informal/formal interfacings, home visits, newsletters, etc.
• Encourage parents in their role as their children’s 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 children’s progress.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• CDA (Child Development Associate) Credential required plus a Study Plan to obtain an Associate’s 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 Bachelor’s 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 preferred.
• Montessori trained or must commit to enroll in the Agency’s Montessori training program within the first year of hire and complete the training as required.
• Bilingual Spanish/English; Russian/English; Chinese/English; Korean/English; English/Creole speaking preferred.

• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing, stooping, kneeling crawling, crouching.
• Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Ability to travel to multiple locations within the five boroughs as needed.

BENEFITS

• We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits, including:
• Generous time off (Vacation/ Personal Days/ Sick Days/ Paid Holidays annually)
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Retirement Savings with Agency Match
• Transit
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance
• Public Loan Forgiveness Qualified Employer
• Training Series and other additional voluntary benefits.

For more information on our organization, please visit our website at:

www.ccbq.org