Head Start Teacher - Vanceburg

## Description

Summary/Objective

• Plans, organizes, and implements educational services for children in the Head Start classroom that will
• prepare children for later school success.

Essential Functions

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
• functions.
• ● Implements and follows the program curriculum providing ample opportunities for natural play
• and hands-on experiences that reflect the learning styles of individual children in the group.
• ● Maintains regular contact with parents and completes appropriate documentation (ie; daily
• reporting on sleep, eating and toileting)
• ● Participates in assigned meetings, events, and training as required
• ● Applies knowledge of developmentally appropriate practices
• ● Guides and facilitates daily activities, including but not limited to; regular instruction,
• diapering/toileting, napping, mealtime, etc.
• ● Maintains a comprehensive system for assessing and tracking child progress
• ● Cooperates with parents to build and support home school connections by providing parents with
• information about curriculum and school readiness
• ● Establish and maintain relationships with community partners by being proactive and supportive
• of program needs
• ● Maintain a safe and healthy classroom environment through continued awareness and maintaining
• commitment to keeping all children safe
• ● Assist in implementing Individualized Education Programs (IEP’s)
• ● Complies with the Head Start Performance Standards and all applicable local, state, and federal
• laws.
• ● Supervises all classroom assistants and volunteers
• ● Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of classroom assistants
• ● Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and
• applicable laws
• ● Responsible for training employees
• ● Plans, assigns, and directs work
• ● Addresses classroom concerns and resolves problems
• ● Ensure that a minimum of 15 clock hours of allowable professional development is completed
• annually.

Competencies

1. Analytical Thinking
2. Collaboration
3. Coaching 4. Tact
4. Ethics/Integrity
5. Attention to detail
6. Organizational Understanding
7. Professionalism
8. Planning/Time management

Supervisory Responsibility

• This position supervises and provides direction to Head Start classroom instructional assistants, and
• volunteers.

Work Environment

This position operates in a classroom environment.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
• successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use
• hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance;
• stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift or
• move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision,
• color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

• This is a regular part time position. Days and hours of work are planned in advance and schedule is
• provided at the beginning of each program year. In order to meet the needs of the agency, permanent or
• temporary changes and/or modifications to the schedule may occur as dictated by management.

Travel

• Travel is primarily local during the business day, although out-of-area travel may be expected upon
• notice.

Required Education and Experience

• A minimum of an Associate Degree (A.A.) in early childhood education; or an Associate Degree in a
• related field and coursework equivalent to a major relating to early childhood education, with experience
• teaching preschool-age children.

Preferred Education and Experience

A Bachelor Degree in early childhood education or in a related field with experience is preferred.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

TSG Certification

Additional Requirements

• Valid Kentucky driver’s license, reliable transportation, and satisfactory background checks. Pass a
• pre-employment drug test and random drug testing as required. State required minimum vehicle liability
• insurance and uninsured motorist insurance. Any/all other testing or applicable checks required by local,
• state, or federal law.

AP/EEO Statement

• Gateway Community Action provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants
• for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color,
• religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation,
• gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
• This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement,
• promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Other Duties

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.
## Benefits
**Competitive Benefits** – paid leave, health, dental, vision, life & CERS Retirement.