Early Head Start Teacher - Skip-A-Long Rock Island

Sal-Family-and-Community-Services; Rock Island (IL); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

SAL Community Services' Skip-a-Long Child Development Center in Rock Island, IL, is seeking a Part-Time Teacher. The role focuses on creating a developmentally appropriate learning environment, engaging children in activities, and collaborating with families and the teaching team.

Responsibilities include designing lesson plans, ensuring safety, conducting home visits, and pursuing ongoing professional growth to support children's physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development.

Qualifications

• Must meet background clearances and be eligible for required screenings.
• Minimum education/experience as listed: sixty semester hours with related child care courses or equivalent credentials.
• Must be able to work part-time hours and follow program policies.

Responsibilities

• Create a safe, inclusive classroom that supports social-emotional growth.
• Develop developmentally appropriate lesson plans and activities.
• Collaborate with families, teaching team and specialists to set individual learning goals.
• Conduct home visits to strengthen understanding of the child's home environment.
• Engage in ongoing professional development and training.

Skills

Safety practices

Collaboration

Lesson planning

Home visits

Professional growth

Child development knowledge

Education

60+ semester hours in education

Credentials approved by Department

Job description

BASE WAGE

$18.96-$24.60 per hour based on education level.

JOB TYPE

Part-Time

DESCRIPTION

Skip-a-Long Childhood Centers, part of SAL Community Services, is the Quad Cities area’s leading provider of early childhood care and education and now includes the Early Head Start Child Care Partnerships program. We provide a safe, secure and supportive environment centered on how playing can charge the mind of the children we care for.

The Teacher is responsible for developing a quality learning environment which is developmentally appropriate and actively engages children in the learning process. Through experience this position will serve to enhance the child’s physical, emotional, cognitive, and social growth. The Teacher implements curriculum with active participation from other members of the teaching team, works with families, and assesses the needs of the individual children.You will also:

• Ensure safety practices in creating a secure environment that minimizes the risk of accidents and injuries.
• Collaborate with the teaching team, families and specialists to establish individual learning goals based on assessment findings.
• Create a positive, inclusive, and safe classroom environment that encourages social interaction, emotional well-being and growth.
• Design and implement lesson plans based on knowledge of individual children’s interests and needs.
• Conduct home visits to build stronger relationships and gain a better understanding of the child’s home environment.
• Engage in continuous professional growth and development.

We are looking for team members who:

• Share a love for children and a passion for helping them learn, grow, and thrive;
• Enjoy following a routine, and welcome the in-the-moment changes that come with each day in childcare;
• Believe that early childhood education is the first step to a child’s successful future;
• Are passionate about building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for all, and,
• Are professional, kind, and don’t take themselves too seriously!

Salary, benefits and perks

Due to current funding from the Illinois Apprenticeship Pilot Project dependent on education and Illinois Gateways to Opportunity Credential attainment hourly pay for this position ranges from $18.50-$24.00. Additional details regarding this project will be discussed upon interview.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. A full list of job responsibilities will be provided prior to an interview. This position must obtain required background clearances. Requests for reasonable accommodation as required under applicable law will be considered.

Education and Experience

Required:Minimum of sixty semester hours(or 90 quarter hours) from an accredited college or university with a minimum of six semesterornine quarter hours in courses related directly to child care and/or development, from birth to age six;orone year (1560 clock hours) of child development experience in a nursery school, kindergarten,orlicensed early care and education center and 30 semester hours (45 quarter hours) of credits from an accredited college or university with six semesterornine quarter hours in courses related directly to child care and/or child development, from birth to six;orcompletion of credentialing programs approved by the Department.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION Mission

SAL Community Services (SAL) strengthens children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities. SAL Community Services, we provide Support, Advocacy, and Learning in our communities—from childhood to adulthood. Our mission is to strengthen children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities. Founded in 1970, we have a history of listening to the needs of our community and responding. We have grown from an organization focused on providing quality child care to low-income working families to one that meets a wide variety of needs, from early care and education to crisis assistance and stabilization services. Today, SAL has a bi-state 17 county regional footprint from the Quad Cities to Central Illinois area. We advocate with and for the people we support, the communities we serve, and the solutions we champion, and we offer an inclusive, welcoming community for the people we serve—and our employees. Learn more on our website at www.salcommunityservices.org/about-us.

EOE STATEMENT

SAL Community Services is an equal opportunity employer and believes in equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. Accordingly, all employment decisions are based on the principles of equal opportunity. These decisions include recruitment, selection, promotion, transfer, discipline, compensation, benefits, training and other personnel actions involving persons in all job titles and shall occur without regard to actual or perceived race, creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, religion (or for requesting an accommodation for a religious belief), sex, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information (as defined in Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)), military status or discharge status, veteran status, qualified disabled veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, transgenderism, marital status, citizenship status, familial status, physical or mental disability (or for requesting an accommodation for a disability), association with a disabled person(s), medical condition (including HIV or AIDS status, cancer related or genetic characteristics) arrest record (unless doing so violates contractual, funding, or licensing requirements), order of protection status, pregnancy (including conditions related to childbirth or breast feeding), homelessness or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

LOCATION

Rock Island Skip-a-Long Child Development Center