Early Learning Floater Teacher

Metropolitan Family Services; Illinois; On-site; USD 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Coverage

Dental and Vision Coverage

401K plan services with employer match

FREE Teladoc services

Job summary

A community-focused family services organization in Illinois is hiring an Early Learning Floater Teacher to join their DuPage Early Learning Team. This full-time role involves planning program activities and facilitating children's learning, ensuring a supportive and safe environment. Candidates should have an Associate’s or prefer a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, coupled with skills in family communication and experience in early educational settings. Competitive starting salary between $40,000 - $45,000 annually.

Qualifications

• 25+ credit hours in Early Childhood Education is required.
• Prior experience in an educational setting is beneficial.
• Ability to assist in developing literacy awareness.

Responsibilities

• Support team planning and implementation of program activities.
• Ensure proper child guidance and discipline at all times.
• Communicate effectively with parents and staff.

Skills

Experience in planning and implementing learning experiences

Understanding of child guidance and discipline

Effective communication with families

Education

Associate’s in Early Childhood Education

Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education (preferred)

Job description

Job Category

Early Childhood Education/Head Start

Requisition Number

EARLY005084

Locations

DuPage Wheaton, IL 60187, USA

Description

We are now hiring for full-time Early Learning Floater Teacher to join our DuPage Early Learning Team!

Salary

The average starting salary for this position will fall in the range of $40,000 to $45,000 annually. Where candidates fall in this range will be based on skill and experience level.

Essential Job Functions

• Responsible for supporting a team approach to planning and implementing program activities. Collaborates with Family Support Workers, Teacher’s, Program Aide, site partners, and site supervisor for the betterment of the classroom and families.
• Participates in ongoing CLASS implementation and monitoring.
• Guide and facilitate activities of the children and ensures appropriate child guidance and discipline and proper ratios are maintained at all times.
• Attend all mandated trainings. Set and achieve professional development goals. Share resources with other staff members as appropriate. All professional development to be tracked in Gateways.
• Use Teaching Strategies Gold to maintain ongoing, high‑quality documentation of school readiness skills. Maintain Interrater Reliability.
• Use Teaching Strategies Gold to communicate with families through monthly newsletters and family conference forms.
• Responsible for the implementation of the program’s Planned Language Approach which is specifically designed to support dual language learners and their families.
• Schedule and conduct education home visits with teaching staff to discuss individual development and progress, assist parents in developing educational goals for their child.
• Maintain accurate teacher and child files.
• Ensure all transportation safety procedures are followed including utilization of the bus attendance log if applicable.
• Ensure accurate completion CACFP documents in conjunction with the teaching staff.
• Builds and ensures positive and on‑going relationships with parents, volunteers, and other staff members.
• Works with site supervisor and family support worker to exchange information pertinent to the identification and services of children with disabilities.
• Conducts and/or oversees screening of all children within prescribed time frames using the developmental, social‑emotional and other prescribed screening tools.
• Ensures the curriculum is used to fidelity and that submission of weekly lesson plans including individualization for all children, including: monitoring and facilitating accommodations listed in IEPs and IFSPs.
• Provides a supportive, caring and safe environment for children.
• Use the playground as an extension of the classroom; assures that the playground is safe.
• Provides active supervision to ensure the safety of children while in the classroom, during transitions, at time of transportation, and while on the playground. Ensures that no child shall be left alone or unsupervised.
• Provides home visiting services to ensure that services to families are maintained in the event that there is a need for home visiting support.
• Assists in the development of the agency’s annual program self‑assessment.
• Participate in program recruitment efforts to maintain full enrollment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Associate’s in Early Childhood Education or related field with 21 credit hours in Early Childhood Education.
• Bachelor’s in Early Childhood or related field with 21 credit hours in Early Childhood preferred.
• Experience in planning and implementing learning experiences that advance the intellectual and physical development of children, including improving the readiness of children for preschool by developing their literacy awareness and their approaches to learning.

Physical Demands

• While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is required to sit and stand for sustained periods of time, frequently talk, hear, use hands and fingers to feel, handle and operate objects or controls, and occasionally stand, bend, stretch, stoop, kneel and crouch.
• The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing and viewing a computer terminal.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.

Benefits

Metropolitan Family Services puts our people first with a top‑of‑the‑line benefits package. Find out more by clicking here!

• Medical Coverage, Guardian Dental Coverage, and VSP Vision Coverage.
• Metropolitan Family Services contributions of $2,000 to individual, and $4,000 to family, HSA accounts, pro‑rated to your benefits start date.
• FREE General Medicine and Behavioral Health Teladoc services provided to all team members.
• Ascensus 401K plan services with a 4% employer match, vested at 100% on day one of eligibility.

And so much more! Make sure you click here to see the full suite of benefits offered!

About Us

Metropolitan Family Services empowers families to learn, to earn, to heal, to thrive. Part mentor, part motivator, part advocate, since 1857, Metropolitan family Services has been the engine of change that empowers families to reach their greatest potential and positively impact their communities. Metropolitan is Illinois' first comprehensive human services agency and reaches more than 117,000 individuals and families in Chicago, Evanston/Skokie, the southwest suburbs and DuPage County with services promoting education, economic stability, emotional wellness and empowerment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities. This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.