Aftercare Program Teacher

Easterseals DC MD VA, we know that creating a hopeful, inclusive community where all people realize their potential and live meaningful lives can be done only when we value our greatest asset – our staff. More than 200 employees across the greater Washington, DC area, from Hagerstown, Maryland, to Falls Church, Virginia, value the rewarding work that enables Easterseals to lead the way to 100% equity, inclusion, and access for people with disabilities, families, and communities.

If you want to do well while doing good, Easterseals DC MD VA may be the place for you.

Core Values

• Our entire staff shares our Core Values which are an integral component of the success of ESDCMDVA:
• Respect: We respect each other. We value the uniqueness and dignity of each individual and appreciate the strength of diversity and inclusion.
• Responsibility: We share a sense of responsibility for doing things right, being good stewards and being accountable for our actions.
• Integrity: We conduct business ethically with a commitment to moral integrity and we expect people to hold a high moral standard. We communicate openly, honestly and directly.
• Innovation: We embrace new ideas, take measured risks and find better ways to help more people.
• Care: We show compassion for others and continue to live our mission each day.

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Job Description

Job Title: After Care Teacher

Department: Early Head Start

Location: Bladensburg Road

Reports to: Center Director

FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt

Job Summary

This position serves as an Aftercare Teacher for the aftercare classroom. The aftercare teacher shares responsibility for a classroom of 18 months to 3 years and 3- to 5-year-old children. S/he works collaboratively with the teacher, family members and other staff to achieve positive outcomes for children of all abilities.

Duties/Responsibilities

• The Aftercare Teacher’s responsibilities also fall within the following core functions, although s/he may perform other tasks as needed:
• Planning
• Program Implementation
• Family Partnerships
• Communication and Service Coordination
• Record Keeping and Reporting
• Human Resources
• Planning and implementing learning experiences that advance the intellectual and physical development of children, including improving the readiness of children for school by developing their literacy and phonemic, print, and numeracy awareness, their understanding and use of language, their understanding and use of increasingly complex and varied vocabulary, their appreciation of books, and their problem-solving abilities.
• Establishing and maintaining a safe, healthy learning environment.
• Supporting the social and emotional development of children.
• Encouraging the involvement of the families of the children in the aftercare program and supporting the development of relationships between children and their families. Their literacy and phonemic, print, and numeracy awareness, their understanding and use of language, their understanding and use of increasingly complex and varied vocabulary, their appreciation of books, and their problem-solving abilities.
• Establishing and maintaining a safe, healthy learning environment.
• Supporting the social and emotional development of children.

(Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.)

Required Skills/Abilities

The Assistant Teacher will ultimately be evaluated on a combination of skills, dispositions and behaviors, some of which are related to the specific service area of this position and others that represent the general expectations of all Acelero Learning employees.

The assistant teacher’s role encompasses effective practices in the following (as outlined in our Assistant Teacher Success Rubric):

1. teacher-child interactions

2. Learning environment

3. Curriculum

4. Child assessment

5. Meeting all children’s needs

6. Working with families

7. Professional growth and collaboration

Child Growth & Development

• Uses knowledge of the principles of child growth and development to work with children and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Implements a child-centered curriculum and learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation to promote development in all domains for children of all abilities.
• Addresses challenging behaviors by observing to determine possible causes of the behavior, implementing preventive measures, teaching the child new social and communication skills and partnering with families to support the child at home.
• Uses observations of children and anecdotal notes to document children’s progress and individualize curriculum.
• Create partnerships with families to establish positive interaction patterns in program, school, and home.

Required Education and Experience

• CDA, or 90 hour or High School Diploma or enrolled to complete within one year of hire OR a degree in Early Childhood Education or related field with at least nine (9) credits in Early Childhood Education or enrolled to complete degree (with related credits) within one year of hire.
• Intermediate computer literacy skills in email, Microsoft Office.
• Obtain CPR and First Aid certification within the first year of employment.

Physical Requirements

• Able to lift a child weighing 40 pounds, 20 times a day if needed.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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