Teacher Childcare

Catholic Charities Boston; Lynn (MA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

403(b) savings plan

Generous time off

Job summary

Catholic Charities Boston seeks a dedicated early childhood teacher to support developmentally appropriate learning experiences for infants and toddlers. You will observe progress, prepare portfolios for conferences, and maintain a safe, nurturing classroom.

You will collaborate with staff, engage families, and ensure adherence to EEC regulations and center policies while pursuing professional development and team growth.

Qualifications

• EEC teacher certification with a combination of education and experience.
• Motivated, energetic, punctual and responsible.
• Ability to teach and interact with parents, employees and co-workers.
• Pass background check (CORI/SORI/DCF) and fingerprinting.
• Positive attitude towards working with children.
• Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, and Zoom.
• Ability to work early and late varied hours for classroom coverage.

Responsibilities

• Maintain professional boundaries at all times and model the CCAB mission.
• Contribute to children’s learning, growth, and overall development.
• Ensure safety and health of children indoors and outdoors and correct hazards.
• Document and communicate observed situations and behaviors to Director.
• Conduct ongoing observation and assessment of children’s progress using technology.
• Maintain children’s portfolios for conferences with parents.
• Follow health, safety, and housekeeping procedures and maintain a comforting classroom.
• Provide child guidance and behavior management per center policies.
• Participate in curriculum planning, implementation, reflection, and evaluation.

Education

BA in early childhood and 6 months’ work experience

BA in related field and 2 early childhood courses

AA in early childhood and 1 year experience

CDA in early childhood and 2 years’ experience

high school diploma and 3 courses in early childhood with 3 years’ work experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Outlook

Zoom

Job description

The Teacher participates in the planning and implementation of a safe, nurturing, developmentally appropriate program experience for the children in their care, and assessing children’s progress in all areas of development.

Responsibilities

Maintain professional boundaries at all times. Model the CCAB mission statement. Contribute to children’s learning, growth, and overall development. Understand and maintain a positive mindset towards child’s learning and social-emotional development. Responsive to the needs of infants and toddlers and invests in the well-being, health and safety of young children. Actively supervise children to ensure safety both indoors and out correcting hazards where possible and alerting supervisor to any other concerns. Document and communicate to the Director of Child Care Services observed situations and behaviors of concern. Conduct on-going observation and assessment of children’s progress using technology provided. Maintain children’s portfolio for teacher/parent conferences. Follow health, safety, and housekeeping procedures while maintaining a comforting and inviting classroom environment. Provide child guidance and behavior management according to the center’s policies and procedures. Participate in age appropriate curriculum planning, implementation, reflection, and evaluation. Participate in preparation of curriculum materials. Document daily attendance, food program participation. Prepare accident and injury reports in accordance with EEC and DESE regulations, report timely to the Director. Build respectful and professional relationships with parents, children, and colleagues. Assure programming meets the needs of the individual child and is responsive to the cultural and socio-economical background of children and families. Follow through with all directives and assigned tasks and projects in a professional and positive manner, respecting supervision and constructive criticism. Meet EEC requirements for professional development hours completed each year, enter them in the PQ Registry under the appropriate Core Competency. Plan for own professional development (IPDP), staying current in the field by attendance at workshops and conferences, reading relevant literature, and/or taking courses leading to a certificate or a degree. Demonstrate willingness to work with colleagues as a team player and contributing member. Maintain a high standard of ethical conduct and professional responsibility, including confidentiality to children, families, colleagues, the community and Catholic Charities. Ability to accomplish the job including evacuating the building, with or without corrective devices and accommodations, including the ability to read and write, to hear the conversational voice, to speak and be understood, and the ability to carry, assist and aide children in the age group assigned. Work is performed in a classroom and outdoor environment with children. Will require kneeling, standing, walking and sitting inside and outside of the building for outside play, walks and other activities. Attendance at internal and external meetings and trainings which may include early and later hours than scheduled to ensure classroom coverage. Other responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• EEC teacher certification with a combination of education and experience as follows: BA in early childhood and 6 months’ work experience, BA in related field and 2 early childhood courses, AA in early childhood and 1 year experience, CDA in early childhood and 2 years’ experience, high school diploma and 3 courses in early childhood with 3 years’ work experience.
• Motivated, energetic, punctual and responsible. Exhibit a positive attitude to be an excellent role model for children and coworkers.
• Ability to teach and interact with parents, employees and co-workers.
• Pass background record check (CORI/SORI/DCF) and fingerprinting.
• Positive attitude towards working with children.
• Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, and Zoom
• Ability to work early and late varied hours for classroom coverage.

Our benefits are competitive and include a 403(b) savings plan and generous time off (benefits may vary based on position and scheduled hours)

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The base pay range reflects what Catholic Charities reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this role at the time of posting and may be modified from time to time. Actual compensation in this range may be determined based on other factors, including but not limited to work experience, education and specialty training.

Visit us at: www.ccab.org.

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