United Way Miami Inc·Miami Gardens, Florida
Provide a safe and nurturing environment for infants and toddlers while implementing a developmentally appropriate curriculum. Collaborate with site directors and families to track child growth and ensure social, emotional, and physical development.
$16.61 per hour Location Address: Carol City Center- 4375 NW 173rd Drive, Miami Gardens, FL 33055
Paid Winter recess (two-week period) and Spring recess (one-week period) 10 Vacation Days Paid 12 Holiday Days Paid 12 PTO Days Paid Competitive Health Benefits Package Wellness Program Reimbursements up to $50/month Short Term Disability at NO COST Life Insurance & AD&D 2X Annual Salary at NO COST Employee Assistance Program Retirement Plan UP TO 6% Employer Funding Professional Development Opportunities Discounted On-Site Early Childhood Care Tuition Assistance for Early Education Degree Free Monthly Transit Card Help us make a difference in our community. United, we are tackling complex issues and turning contributions into real change. We fight for equitable access to quality education, financial security, and the health of everyone in our community. Join our team and join us in the fight for a stronger Miami!
United Way Miami is hiring an Infant Toddler Teacher to join our team. As an Infant Toddler Teacher, you will provide a safe and nurturing environment for children that encourages their social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development. Collaborating with the Director EHS-CCP Site, design and implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum according to the guidelines and key elements established by UWM, the EHS-CCP grant, and Head Start Performance Standards.
Teacher/Child Interactions: Teachers are expected to provide experiences that build on children’s prior experiences by drawing on children’s curiosity and encouraging children to come up with their own questions, theories, and hypotheses. Encourage and model appropriate behavior and expectations. Teachers are attentive, flexible, and supportive of children and their families. Practice positive discipline techniques. Teachers are responsible for capitalizing on opportunities to help children build vocabulary, by asking the children a series of follow-up questions to get a deeper understanding from the children.
In collaboration with the Director EHS-CCP Site and the Infant Toddler Specialist assigned to the program, design and implement a reflective curriculum, materials, activities, and environments daily that provide a balance that supports a child’s learning. Responsible for the observation, documentation, and all aspects of the data-gathering process of each child’s health, behavior, growth, and development. The teacher is responsible for using the observations to plan and respond to the individual needs of the children and the group. Demonstrates cultural sensitivity and respect towards persons of different cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds. Responsible for designing a thoughtful classroom environment to optimize small and large group interactions, social learning, and constructive play. Responsible for analyzing and interpreting the learning process and sharing it with colleagues and children.
Teachers follow a reflective planning cycle in which they: Observe and reflect Document and reflect Reflect, discuss, and plan Implement and reflect Partner with families in reflective planning
Faculty/Parent
Interactions: Acknowledge and respond to all parents and visitors in a friendly, courteous, and professional demeanor. Communicate daily including conferences, events, and meetings. Share resources with parents. Schedule, develop plans, and conduct home visits in collaboration with the Family Engagement Staff. Keep information confidential and only shared with pertaining staff. Engage parents in ongoing communication about their child’s development screenings and assessments. Responsible for implementing the Brazelton Touchpoints guiding principles and assumptions.
Use of data: Responsible for using data and sharing with the families to individualize instruction and create action plans if needed. Engage parents in ongoing communication about their child’s developmental screenings and assessments and provide parents with activities designed to enhance their child’s development based on their child’s assessment results. Responsible for reviewing overall summary scores, subscales, and individual items from screenings and assessments.
Keep abreast of the latest trends and research in the early childhood field. Demonstrate knowledge and flexibility in child care practices, continuing ongoing professional growth. Attend all required meetings/training and be punctual. Responsible for protecting the confidentiality of children, no information about a child or family is meant to be shared with other staff members.
Establish and maintain a relationship of cooperation respect, and maintain confidentiality. Participate in classroom and Center events. Be open to communicate and collaborate at all times.
Decision-Making
Authority: May take action, but must inform the Director when caring for a child with a significant injury, acknowledging and listening to a parent’s concern, filing a neglect and abuse complaint, or recording an unusual incident.
Physical
Demands: Follow state, federal, and UWM guidelines. Demonstrate a full range of motion. Be able to lift up to 40 pounds. Supervise and interact with children outdoors. Respond immediately and appropriately to multiple situations or emergencies; communicate incidents/accidents with supervisor(s) families and complete proper documentation. Maintain mental and physical alertness and an appropriate energy level to perform essential job requirements.
UWM is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace, please visit our Career site homepage to view our EEO statement and Drug-Free policy.
Education Requirements: High School Diploma and 45 DCF hours,15 in-service hours per year. CDA with a focus on Infant/Toddler or to complete it during the first year of employment. Bilingual preferred.
One year of experience working with young children in an early childhood education setting preferred.
Flexibility, understanding concepts of diversity and inclusion, good communication skills, working in a team environment, and sensitivity to the needs of others.
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