Substitute Teacher

Child Inc; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid insurance

Education/training opportunities

Paid holidays

Job summary

Child Inc. is seeking a Substitute Teacher in Austin, TX to join our Head Start program.

You will help plan and implement activities that promote social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development in young children, while supporting classroom routines and learning goals. Responsibilities include assisting with lesson plans, coordinating with teachers, involving families, and ensuring a safe, engaging, and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication abilities and listening skills.
• Ability to read, comprehend, and interpret regulations and policies.
• Willingness to follow Child Inc. policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning and implementing a classroom curriculum for Head Start children.
• Support teachers with observation, documentation and follow-up.
• Engage in bilingual and multicultural activities reflecting diverse backgrounds.

Skills

Communication skills

Reading comprehension

Policy interpretation

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Where your work makes a lasting difference.

If you are seeking a challenge that is highly rewarding on both a personal and professional level; then consider a position with Child Inc where you will contribute to strengthening families and meeting the needs of children. Our employees are passionate about the work they do, in an environment where building success with others is the key to their own success and fulfillment. They are committed to professional excellence, compassionate about the families and individuals served, and supportive of their colleagues and the many volunteers who strengthen our efforts.

• Salary based on position, educational level and experience.
• Employer-paid insurance: medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability.
• Optional employee-paid insurance at group rates for additional life and AD&D.
• Education/training opportunities: financial assistance for formal and informal learning.
• Generous paid holiday schedule: comparable to public school calendar.
• Annual and sick leave accrual of one day/month of each.
• Retirement: shared-contribution 401K plans.

Professional Development Opportunities

Child Inc provides ongoing training to ensure that staff is highly qualified and effective in working with young children and their families and encourages efforts toward professional growth in all areas. A mix of seminars, community-led workshops, and formal higher education form the base of our agency’s continuing education program, to which is added an individualized professional development plan.

Child Inc offers a tuition program for approved classes and degree programs, and other assistance is available.

Full Time Austin, Texas, United States - 78744

Description

Position Purpose

A Substitute Teacher is a member of the classroom team who fills vacant classroom positions on a short-term basis. A Substitute Teacher helps plan and implement learning experiences for Early Head Start and Head Start children that promote social, emotional, physical and intellectual development.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Effective Teaching Practices

• Assist in planning, implementation and involvement of children with special needs; assists with observation, documentation, referral and follow up with these children.

Content Area Domains

• Assist Teacher and Teacher Assistant with preparation and implementation of a classroom curriculum that complies with Head Start Outcomes Framework and Performance Standards, NAEYC, funding and regulatory guidelines and corporate policies.
• Assist in planning and implementation of bilingual and multicultural activities that reflect cultural and ethnic backgrounds of the children and that introduce them to other cultures.
• Integrate Child Inc. components into the curriculum by assisting in planning and implementing of health, nutrition, mental health, self-awareness and self-concept activities for all children.
• Assist Teacher and Teacher Assistant with development of both individualized and classroom lesson plans based on the assessed needs of the child and which reflect each child's interests and learning style and which are developmentally and age appropriate.
• Work to assure the environment is language-rich; talks to and with children throughout the day.
• Assure the environment is orderly, clean, visually appealing and literacy rich; supervises children at all times and situations.
• Responsible, with Teacher and Teacher Assistant, for involving parents in program, center and classroom activities, training and parent-child homework.
• Help recruit and orient volunteers, both parents and members of the community.

Observation, Analysis, Planning, and Documentation

• Assist in observation and assessment of all children, using the Portage and Get Ready to Read instruments; report and document concerns/insights in any area; assist in referring as needed.
• Maintain accurate paperwork; comply with deadlines.
• Complete Incident Report Forms if children being supervised are injured or placed at risk; complete Employee Report of Injury if self or coworker is injured while at work.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (cont.)

Communication

• Develop relationships with center staff and with parents so that ongoing family needs assessments and referrals, as needed, can be made.

Professionalism

• Assure confidentiality of all program information and family and staff confidentiality by limiting conversation about them and accessibility to their records.
• Maintain professional boundaries in relationship to staff and families.
• Complete all required paperwork and reports by assigned deadlines.
• Comply with Child Inc. Personnel Policies and Procedures and with Standards of Conduct.

Personal and Professional Development

• Attend and participate in weekly team meetings, all pre-service, in-service, and any other training deemed necessary by the Center Manager.
• Further professional growth by seeking feedback, reflecting on and assessing own practice, and taking opportunities to improve skill and knowledge.
• Any person who suspects child abuse or neglect is required to report suspicions to the appropriate agency (as defined below) within 48 hours after the abuse or neglect is first suspected. [1]

Performs other duties as assigned.

General Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to be flexible with work assignments and work schedules.
• Knowledge of Head Start Standards and federal, state and local regulations as they apply to grant funded program mandates.
• Excellent communication skills, especially good listening skills.
• Ability to read, rapidly comprehend and correctly interpret regulations, policies and procedures.
• Must have the ability to work and maintain high standards of professional ethics with persons of different racial, ethnic, economic and social backgrounds.

Staff Relationships

• Responsible to the Center Operations Manager.
• Works with center staff.
• Work closely Center Operations Manager, content area specialists, supervisors and staff to implement a successful high-quality program.
• Cooperate with all Child Inc. staff in attaining overall agency goals.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma
• At least three (3) months experience working with children infant to 5 years.
• The ability to understand, interpret and apply Child Inc. policies and procedures.
• Ability to work at any center regardless of location as assigned.
• Must be certified in Pediatric First Aid and Pediatric CPR within 30 days of employment.
• Must obtain a physical and TB skin test and must pass all criminal history background checks.

Working Conditions:

The demands described are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Occasional environmental exposures to cold, heat, and water.
• In-area and out-of-area travel.
• Ability to stand and sit several hours at a time, walk short distances, squat to sit on a small chair and later return to a standing position, bend or stoop to place objects from standing position to a table surface, and kneel on the floor/ground in an upright position to interact with children close to their eye level, quickly transferring up and down from this position to standing.

Ability to lift, push/pull objects or pick up children weighing up to 50 pounds.

[1] Appropriate agencies are defined as follows by the Texas Family Code: 1) any local or state Law Enforcement Agency; 2) the department, if the alleged or suspected abuse involves a person responsible for the care, custody or welfare of a child; 3) the state agency that operates, licenses, certifies, or registers the facility in which the alleged abuse occurred: 40 the agency designated by the court to be responsible for the protection of children.

Child Inc operates one Administrative Campus and multiple child development centers all located within Travis County.

The Office of Head Start (OHS), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF), provides grants to Child Inc. to provide Head Start and Early Head Start services within Travis County. Child Inc operates one Administrative Campus and multiple child development centers all located within Travis County.

Child Inc.’s procurement procedures are designed to be in full compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations, including but not limited to 2 CFR § 200.318-326 and 7 CFR § 226.22. Child Inc conducts analyses to avoid the purchase of unnecessary or duplicative items and will consolidate or break out procurements to obtain a more economical purchase.

Upon signing of the contract, the successful vendor will be expected to sign a conflict-of-interest disclosure, payment policy, confidentiality notice, debarment or suspension status certification, and Child Inc’s waiver of liability.