DOE TEACHER

Gateway Community Action Partnership; Atlantic City (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Gateway Community Action Partnership in Atlantic City, NJ is seeking a full-time Head Start teacher supervisor with a 4-year degree in early childhood education or equivalent. You will oversee a preschool classroom, ensure compliance with Head Start standards and licensing, and work with families to support children's development.

Qualifications include NJ/PA licensing requirements and a NJ P-3 certification; a daily car is required to support site activities and home visits.

Qualifications

• Must have a baccalaureate or advanced degree in early childhood education or equivalent.
• Must meet the qualification requirements set forth in NJ/PA licensing regulations
• Must have New Jersey’s P-3 certification: CE, CEA, or Standard Cert
• Must have car available on a daily basis.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement activities in an individual and developmentally appropriate manner for preschool children in keeping with Head Start, DOE requirements and licensing requirements.
• Submit to the Child/Family Site Director and Education Manager/Coordinator a curriculum-based lesson plan for the classroom each week.
• Observe, assess, screen, and document each child’s growth and development in your class.
• Plan activities to meet the needs of individual children.
• Maintain accurate records in an individual folder and database for each child.
• Ensure that the process of providing service to children with special needs is implemented.
• Ensure the safety of all children by participating in monitoring of center, reporting accidents or health/safety concerns.
• Prepare and maintain appropriate records and reports.
• Visit the home of each child at least two times within the program year and conduct two parent/teacher conferences.
• Plan activities involving parents in the classroom and include home-based activities.
• Attend training sessions and workshops provided by the program and the district.
• Assist in carrying out administrative duties as delegated by Child/Family Site Director or Education Coordinator/Manager.

Education

Baccalaureate or advanced degree in early childhood education

Job description

Job Details

Job DetailsJob Location: GHSEEC HS S64 - Atlantic City, NJ 08401Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: 4 Year DegreeSalary Range: $60,000.00 - $94,000.00 Salary/yearTravel Percentage: Up to 25%

Job Function

JOB FUNCTION: Responsible for the supervision and coordination of assigned classroom; ensuring that it meets with Head Start Performance Standards, DOE Requirements and Licensing Regulations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Plan and implement activities in an individual and developmentally appropriate manner for pre-school children in keeping with the philosophy and Performance Standards of Head Start, DOE requirements and the licensing requirements of New Jersey.
• Submit to the Child/Family Site Director and the Education Manager/Coordinator a curriculum-based lesson plan for the classroom each week.
• Observe, assess, screen, and document each child's growth and development in your class.
• Plan activities to meet the needs of individual children.
• Maintain accurate records in an individual folder and database for each child.
• Ensure that the process of providing service to children with special needs in the center is implemented.
• Ensures the safety of all children by participating in monitoring of center, implementation of child safety procedures, reporting accidents, reporting child abuse or neglect, and reporting any child health/safety concern to supervisor.
• Prepare and maintain appropriate records and reports.
• This may include maintaining classroom sign-in/out sheet and prepare a monthly report as requested by the Parent Center Committee.
• Plan activities involving parents in the classroom and include activities which can be implemented in the home.
• Involve the Parent Committee or individual parents in educational planning sessions at least once a month.
• Visit the home of each child at least two (2) times within the program year.
• Prepare and conduct two (2) parent/teacher conferences within the program year.
• Attend training sessions and workshops provided by the program as well as the district.
• Assist in carrying out administrative duties as delegated by Child/Family Site Director, or Education Coordinator/Manager.
• This may include providing on-site training to Center staff members as requested by management and completing individual conferences with each staff member that interacts with the classroom.
• Any other Head Start task as delegated by management.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have a baccalaureate or advanced degree in early childhood education or equivalent.
• Must meet the qualification requirements set forth in NJ/PA licensing regulations
• Must have New Jersey’s P-3 certification: CE, CEA, or Standard Cert
• Must have car available on a daily basis.