Birth-to-5 Early Intervention Teacher - Home Visits

Servingschools; Lewiston (ME); On-site; USD 51,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

CDS First Step in Lewiston is seeking a full-time Teacher of Children with Disabilities to serve infants and toddlers birth to age two with developmental delays, and to work with families. Travel across Central and Western Maine and home-based services are required.

This calendar year position is 40 hours per week. The role emphasizes collaboration with the IFSP/IEP team, developmentally appropriate instruction, and ensuring compliance with IDEA and Maine regulations.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of child development, disabilities, family systems and special education methods.
• Ability to interact with a wide variety of people.
• Ability to provide individual and group services in a variety of settings and models.
• Ability to establish an effective rapport/relationship with children and parent.
• Ability to work collaboratively as a member of an early childhood team.
• Ability to effectively communicate, orally and in writing.
• Ability to maintain composure in stressful situations.
• Ability to adapt therapy techniques to varying personalities and environments.
• Ability to travel to a variety of locations to deliver services.

Responsibilities

• Engages the child in developmental and learning activities.
• Provides instruction at the child's developmental level.
• Facilitates learning by engaging the child at the child's level while understanding and seeing what interests the child, or utilizes direct teaching techniques, as appropriate.
• Supports and facilitates the acquisition of new academic and social skills/knowledge and ensures quality delivery of the same.
• Communicates to other team members all relevant information pertaining to the child's learning environment, family events and other pertinent information that may affect the child's learning.
• Implements curriculum appropriate to the nature and needs of individual children.
• Prepares or utilizes child appropriate activities in early intervention and special education environments.
• Supervises Educational Technicians in programs.

Skills

Child development

Disabilities

Family systems

Special education methods

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Communication

Stress management

Therapy techniques

Travel

Education

Teacher of Children with Disabilities - PRE-KIND certification

Job description

CDS First Step in Lewiston is seeking a full-time Teacher of Children with Disabilities to serve infants and toddlers birth to age two with developmental delays, and to work with families. Travel across Central and Western Maine and home-based services are required.

This calendar year position is 40 hours per week. The role emphasizes collaboration with the IFSP/IEP team, developmentally appropriate instruction, and ensuring compliance with IDEA and Maine regulations.