Teacher Early Head Start - Full Time; 5465-207-N

Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, Inc.

Merrick (NY)

On-site

USD 42,000 - 54,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement savings with agency match

Transit benefits

Flexible Spending Account

Life insurance

Public Loan Forgiveness Qualified EMP

Training Series and other benefits

Job summary

Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, Inc. is seeking an Early Head Start Teacher to lead a Montessori-based classroom for children ages 6 weeks to 3 years, across multiple sites in Brooklyn and Queens.

You will plan and implement developmentally appropriate activities, document progress, and ensure HIPAA-compliant confidentiality and program adherence. You will collaborate with the teaching team, engage families, and participate in ongoing Montessori training if not already certified, with

Qualifications

CDA Credential required plus a Study Plan to obtain an Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education within 7 years.
Associate Degree; Bachelors Degree; Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education or related field preferred.
NY State Initial/Professional Certification - Birth-2 preferred.
Minimum of 1 year of teaching experience in a pre-school or infant toddler classroom.
If not Montessori trained, must enroll in the Agency’s Montessori training program within the first year of hire.
Frequent sitting, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing, stooping, kneeling crawling, crouching.
Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
Ability to travel to multiple locations within the five boroughs as needed.

Responsibilities

Ensures a learning environment based on the Montessori approach for physical, emotional, social, cognitive, and creative development.
Implements activities to promote social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and creative development.
Maintains routines such as napping, eating, toileting, diapering, and hygiene.
Shares information with parents via daily contact, home visits, newsletters, etc.
Uses observations and conferences to design developmentally appropriate lesson plans.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

CDA Credential with study plan to obtain Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education within 7 years

Associate Degree

Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or related field

Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education or related field

NY State Initial/Professional Certification Birth-2 preferred

Experience in preschool or infant/toddler classroom

Job description

For over 125 years, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens and currently offers 160-plus programs and services for children, youth, adults, seniors, and those struggling with mental illness.

Early Childhood Development Centers provide free Early Head Start services to low-income families at no cost to the children ages 6 weeks to 3 years. The high-quality services are offered in the center-based program settings available for the Brooklyn and Queens Communities.

Through the Montessori approach, the centers ensure children are ready for school by providing a variety of developmentally appropriate activities that promote cognitive, social, emotional, language-literacy, and physical development. The Early Head Start Program strives to actively engage parents, recognizing family participation throughout the program, as a key to a child’s robust development as well as to offer the learning experiences tailored to the changing needs and abilities of children.

STATEMENT OF THE JOB

The Early Head Start (EHS) Teacher will lead the teaching team in planning and executing age and developmentally appropriate activities reflecting the Montessori curriculum. The Teacher will be responsible to implement activities that will promote social, emotional, cognitive, physical and creative development of children. The Teacher will elicit input from the Team to complete written observations, progress reports, and other documents relevant to the tracking of children’s progress. The Teacher will adhere to policies and procedures established by CCNS, ACS, DOH, DOE, and CACFP and comply with procedural norms and standards of attendance, punctuality, and confidentiality relevant to HIPAA.

Ensures a learning environment based on the Montessori approach that helps the children develop physically, emotionally, socially, cognitively, and creatively.
Participates in the implementation of activities that will promote social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and creative development of children.
Ensures daily routines such as napping, eating, toileting, timely diaper changing, and washing are carried out in a healthy manner with respect given to an individual child’s needs.
Ensures information regarding children and the program is shared with parents via daily contact and informal/formal interfacings, home visits, newsletters, etc.
Ensures information obtained via observations, conferences, tracking, etc. is used to design developmentally appropriate and individualized lesson plans.
Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

CDA (Child Development Associate) Credential required plus a Study Plan to obtain an Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education within 7 years.
Associate Degree; Bachelors Degree; Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education or in related field (Elementary Education, Nursery to 6th Grade Elementary Education, Special Education, Students with Disabilities Birth to 2nd Grade; Child Psychology, Child Development, General Education accompanied by 12 credits specific to Early Childhood Education) preferred.
N.Y.S. Initial/Professional Certification - Birth-2 preferred. Nursey to 6th grade, Birth to 2nd Grade, pre-k to 6th Grade, student with disabilities - birth to 2nd grade, and Special education in Nursery or Kindergarten to 12th grade preferred.
Minimum of 1 year of teaching experience in a pre-school classroom or infant toddler classroom.
If not already Montessori trained, must commit to enroll in the Agency’s Montessori training program within the first year of hire.
Frequent sitting, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing, stooping, kneeling crawling, crouching
Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
Ability to travel to multiple locations within the five boroughs as needed.

BENEFITS: