The Early Head Start Teacher leads the teaching team in planning and executing developmentally appropriate activities based on the Montessori curriculum. They are responsible for tracking children's progress through observations and ensuring a healthy, nurturing environment for infants and toddlers.
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. Our Early Childhood Development Centers provide free Early Head Start and Head Start services to low-income families. Early Head Start provides services to children six weeks to age 3. Through the Montessori approach, the center ensures 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 (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.
Ensures information obtained via observations, conferences, tracking, etc. is used to design developmentally appropriate and individualized lesson plans
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
Performs other duties as assigned.
Candidates must hold a CDA or a degree in a related field, with NYS Initial/Professional Certification for Birth-2 preferred. A minimum of one year of teaching experience in a pre-school or infant-toddler classroom is required.
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