Description
We are currently looking for aPart Time 38 School Age/After School Teacherto join our School Age/After School Program Group2 team located at the Douglas H. Johnston Building.
Summary
Provides quality care in a secure, loving environment that promotes development for all children.
Responsibilities
- Provides first class customer service to both internal and external customers and responds to inquiries, compliments, and/or complaints with professionalism, courtesy, and efficiency
- Completes all training and development requirements and participates in continuing education opportunities
- Works in a collaborative and supportive manner to support the productivity and safety of the work area, team members and customers of all types
- Maintains a clean, organized work area and ensures a safe environment
- Maintains and promotes professionalism
- Punctual and consistent in meeting start time, work schedule, attendance and other assigned work time metrics
- Adheres to Chickasaw Nation dress code standards
- Maintains knowledge of and follows all rules, regulations, policies and guidelines for assigned area
- Provides environment and time to engage with child both emotionally and physically
- Assists in daily needs of child
- Ensures bedding is clean and sanitary
- Changes wet or soiled clothing
- Provides quality care services in secure, loving environment
- Promotes development for all
- Provides an environment which will allow sufficient time for engagement with each child
- Assists in supervision of children during mealtime, activities, and movement thru play
- Assists with keeping classrooms and work areas neat and clean ensuring toys are cleaned weekly and sorted daily
- Collaborates and ensures the health, welfare and safety of the children in the group
- Articulates, evaluates and integrates development strategies for children in the classroom
- Manages all components of the classroom including correspondence with all staff and parents
- Removes potential hazards and reports them to center supervisor
- Monitors students health needs and contacting parents when needed
- Immediately reports any potential health and well-being concerns of students required by law
- Attends parent meetings and policy council meetings
- Develop age appropriate classroom and lesson plans and assessments to ensure learning and development
- Responsible for the effective utilization of teacher assistants and allowing breaks throughout the day
- Responsible for creating interactive learning opportunities
- Analyze and provide guidance to children in the classroom ensuring skills of social interaction
- Compiles reports pertaining to children and meets with parents when needed
- Develop and maintain a portfolio for each child in the classroom to record milestones achieved and to be achieved
- Coordinates as needed with early intervention team to provide appropriate learning plans
- Maintains inventory of all classroom materials and equipment
- Completes developmental observations screenings for all children enrolled in classroom
- Perform all other duties as assigned
Competencies
Essential:
- Able to follow instructions, both written and oral
- Able to adhere to all scheduling and attendance requirements
- Honesty, truthfulness, reliability, accountability
- Able to read, understand, apply, and retain knowledge of Chickasaw Nation, departmental, divisional and all other rules, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of early childhood education and development
- Understand Native American culture and tribal programs
- Works well within a team
- Organizational and time-management abilities
- Able to verbally communicate in a professional and positive manner with other team members, departments, guests and management
- Communicates clinical information to patient in emergent or urgent settings
- Communicates clinical information to patient in non-emergent setting
- Ability to effectively teach children various skills and knowledge
- Uses voice in authoritative manner
Experience
Essential:
- No prior experience required
Credentials
Essential:
- Must be 21 years of age or older
- Pass general background check
- Class A Commercial Driver's License
- Standard Driver's License
Working Conditions
Essential:
- Interacts with young children
- Frequently bend, kneel, stoop, push, reach
- Hand-eye coordination, reach and grasp
- Sometimes lift and or carry up to 50 lbs
- Sitting up to 50% of shift
- Standing up to 75% of shift
- Walking up to 75% of shift
Training
*It is the responsibility of each employee to attend required training for their position or profession as determined by their line of support (LOS) or the leadership of the Chickasaw Nation. It is the responsibility of those who supervise, manage or otherwise lead employees or teams to ensure each employee has access to and receives all required training.
Mission, Vision & Core Values
Mission:
- To enhance the overall quality of life of the Chickasaw people.
Vision:
- To be a nation of successful and united people with a strong cultural identity.
Core Values:
- The Chickasaw People
- Cultural Identity
- Servant Leadership
- Selflessness
- Can Do Attitude
- Perseverance
- Stewardship
- Trust and Respect
- Loyalty
- Honesty and Integrity
- Teamwork