Float Preschool Teacher - Head Start

Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hiring incentive $1,500

Job summary

Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency is hiring a Float Preschool Teacher to support Head Start and Early Head Start classrooms across the region, substituting for absent staff as needed. The role focuses on promoting growth in social-emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development.

The position requires a background in early childhood education or related fields, and includes regular home visits, family engagement, and data entry using ChildPlus.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Float Teacher I requires an Associate's Degree with 18 ECE credits.
• Float Teacher II requires a Bachelor's Degree with 18 ECE credits.
• Two years of experience in early childhood programs.

Responsibilities

• Function as a Teacher in assigned classrooms with emphasis on classroom duties and record-keeping.
• Ensure classroom safety at all times with active supervision of children.
• Release children only to authorized adults; maintain contact with families.
• Conduct home visits, conferences, IFSP/Skill-Building Plan meetings, and observations.
• Enter and manage data using ChildPlus and related databases.
• Complete regular child assessments and share results with families and program admin.
• Attend trainings, meetings, and staff development activities.
• Engage parents through monthly meetings and classroom volunteer training.
• Support development of social-emotional and language skills in children.

Skills

Empathy

Tact & diplomacy

Microsoft Office

Videoconferencing

Web tools

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Education or related with 18 ECE credits

Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or related with 18 ECE credits

Tools

ChildPlus

Job description

OUR MISSION: MWVCAA invests in people and their futures to reduce the impacts of poverty

OUR VISION: All people are respected for their infinite worth, and supported to envision and reach a positive future

Working at MWVCAA means becoming part of a mission-driven community dedicated to equity, dignity, and opportunity for all. We offer competitive pay, a rich company culture that values diversity, and an array of benefits - but we consider the best benefit here to be the reward of helping those in our community live better lives. Come find meaningful work and bring your skills as a Float Preschool Teacher. In this position you will work with children to promote their growth in the areas of social-emotional, physical, cognitive and language development. The Float Teacher works in all Head Start and Early Head Start classrooms within their assigned region, substituting for absent staff or vacant positions, as assigned by the Regional Team Resource Specialist.

This team offers a lot of growth opportunities and professional development through hands-on experience and education.

This is a benefitted fulltime position.

*** HIRING INCENTIVE $1,500.00 ***

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma or GED; and
• Float Teacher I: Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Education or a related degree with a minimum of 18 credit hours of Early Learning coursework.
• Float Teacher II: Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or a related degree with a minimum of 18 credit hours of Early Learning coursework.
• Two years of experience in early childhood programs.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Driver qualifications are required for this position. Valid driver license, insured vehicle available for use on the job, and a satisfactory drive record for the previous three years are required. Locations include Salem, Stayton, Jefferson, Dallas, Independence, and Woodburn.
• Successful registration with the Central Background Registry of the Child Care Division.
• CPR/First Aid Certification or the ability to obtain within 60 days of hire.
• Food Handlers Card or the ability to obtain within 30 days of hire.
• Candidate must pass pre-employment physical examination, renewable every two years.
• Candidate must pass pre-employment and random drug/alcohol screenings.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrates tact, diplomacy, and empathy when communicating with clients, staff and community partners.
• Demonstrates proficiencies with Microsoft Office, videoconferencing platforms and web tools

WHAT YOU WILL DO TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required. A full job description is attached.

General Classroom

• Functions as a Teacher in assigned classrooms, with emphasis on classroom duties and record-keeping.
• Ensures safety in the classroom at all times, with active supervision of children.
• Ensures children are released only to parent/guardians or authorized adults.
• Performs home visits, conferences, emergency drills, IFSP meetings, staffing plans, observations, screenings, assessments, and lesson planning when assigned to cover a class for two weeks or longer.
• Reviews notes in PBIS notebook and posted Health Alert Lists to ensure compliance with supportive strategies, IFSPs, and Skill-Building Plans.
• Records children's daily attendance, working with site team to determine the cause of absences.

Early Head Start Classroom

• Develops close relationships with children through nurturing and responsive interactions, with consistent routines to maintain a continuity of care.
• Supports the social-emotional growth of infants and toddlers by using individualized responses and approaches based on their needs.
• Provides consistent responses to infants' and toddlers' actions and behaviors to support learning and offer positive redirection.
• Fosters social-emotional growth and language development by engaging and connecting with children during group activities, mealtimes, diaper changes, and bottle-feeding.
• Changes children's diapers in accordance with Program procedures.
• Works with parents whose children require potty training support.

Office/Paperwork

• Effectively uses ChildPlus and applicable databases to enter or obtain information.
• Completes regular child assessments, using information obtained from child observations. Shares information with program administration and parents.
• Conducts a minimum of two home visits and two education conferences per year.

Staff Development/Meetings

• Attends a variety of classes, workshops, seminars, pre-service training and other Head Start Teacher trainings, and keeps current on developments in early childhood education, and developmentally appropriate practices.
• Attends a variety of meetings including individual reflection meetings, region meetings, site team meetings, debriefing after observations, IFSP meetings, Skill-Building Plan meetings, and other meetings as necessary.

Parent Involvement

• Provides regular opportunities for parent participation by training parents who volunteer in the classroom.
• Participates in planning for and implementing monthly parent meetings.
• Participates in classroom orientations at the beginning of the school year.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Occasionally lift up to 10 pounds.
• Manual dexterity for handling office equipment.
• Able to remain calm during situations where staff or clients may be escalated.
• Able to mitigate stress associated with a busy office and regular deadlines.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Mostly indoor classroom environment.
• Frequent indoor and outdoor supervision of children, including high-needs children who exhibit difficult behaviors.
• Frequent outdoor supervision of children and monitoring pick up/drop off.

MWVCAA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, veterans, and people with disabilities or any other protected category. We welcome all people to join us in achieving our Mission. If you require any assistance in the application process, or reasonable accommodations to perform the essential duties of the position, please notify a member of our team at [phone].

If you need ADA accommodations to apply for MWVCAA job openings, please contact Human Resources at [e-mail] or call 503-585-6232 to ask for a HR Team Member.

Child Care Division Central Background Registration and pre-employment drug screening is required.