EHS Floater Teacher

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE

Floater Infant & Toddler Teacher

PROGRAM

Urban Strategies Early Head Start

WORK SCHEDULE

Full Time Position, Five days per week, 40 hours per week, 12 months a year

LOCATION

Phoenix

REPORTS TO

Center Manager

SALARY

$15.15 per hour

JOB TYPE

Non-Exempt

GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION

The Floater Infant and Toddler Teacher will support teachers to promote and develop the infant and toddler in the social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and linguistic growth and development of infants and toddlers. They ensure learning environments are nurturing spaces that support the development of all children by providing responsive care giving in a well- organized and managed environment.   provide an educational and development focused environment and are responsible for age-appropriate classroom management. They build strong relationships with families by supporting parent-child relationships that are key to children's healthy development, school readiness, and well-being.   The Floater Teacher is assigned to a classroom and the assignments changes according to the center’s need.

ABOUT YOU

The ideal candidate for our program is:  

• A self-motivated and dedicated person who is excited and passionate about helping infants, toddlers, and families grow in development and in education.  
• You are a personable, energetic, and empathetic leader who can manage multiple staff, managers, and multiple projects in a prioritized manner to meet the goals and objectives of our internal Urban Strategies goals and within compliance of all current Head Start Performance Standards.  

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Be familiar with and adhere to the Head Start Program Performance Standards, State of Arizona licensing requirements, and agency’s policies and procedures.
• Maintain an open, friendly, professional relationship with all staff and families, to include respect for culture, diversity, and ethnicity.
• Ensure the safety of all children and staff by complying with written safety standards.
• Ensure the confidentiality of practices.

POSITION SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide teaching staff with breaks as assigned by supervisor.
• Establish and maintain a healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environment for children:

1. Conduct daily playground health and safety monitoring.
2. Set-up and clean-up playground, daily.
3. Detect and report signs of illness, discomfort, and unusual behavior of children to Teachers or Family Advocate.

• Follow organizational process for complying with mandated reporting of suspected child abuse/neglect.
• Keep classrooms, storage areas, and office space neat and clutter free.
• Follow all health and safety policies and procedures established by the program.
• Report any safety hazards observed indoors and outdoors.
• Keep direct supervision and safety of all children.
• Create a pleasant, inviting atmosphere in which the child feels comfortable, supporting the ethnic and cultural backgrounds of children.
• Practice Standards of Conduct and guidance techniques as defined in the Discipline Policy and Procedures.

Curriculum/Assessment/Teaching and Learning Environment

• When covering teacher breaks:

1. Assist Teachers in the implementation of the curriculum and teaching experience.
2. Always assure a nurturing and language rich interaction and environment that facilitates maximum social and emotional development.

Parent, Family & Community Engagement:

• Provide an atmosphere that promotes and reinforces parental engagement. Modeling appropriate behavior and positive guidance techniques.

Other tasks and responsibilities:

• Assist with food services and classroom needs as requested.
• Attend meetings, trainings, and appropriate professional development activities.
• Assure general maintenance and security of facility and assist with inventory of equipment and supplies.
• Assist with classroom laundry.
• Conduct daily routine cleaning that includes refilling and stocking classroom/restroom supplies.
• Complete other related activities and duties assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Ability to see at normal distance, hear normal conversations and sounds and use hands and fingers to fill out required forms. Ability to lift infants and toddlers weighing up to forty (40) pounds, twenty (20) pounds overhead and forty (40) pounds from waist to shoulder; occasional lifting of fifty (50) pounds is required and must be able to push/pull up to fifty pounds horizontally. Ability to sit on the floor, bend at the waist, kneel and/or stoop 75% of the time.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions as long as the staff disability does not create an undue risk of injury to any enrolled children in the classroom.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE and/or REQUIREMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED

• High School Diploma or GED with Child Development Associate (CDA) credential  program completion. If CDA is not completed enrollment in a CDA program is required through a community-based provider or through a consulted approved provider as designated by the program if available.  

• Bilingual (English and Spanish).  
• Basic computer skills.  
• Must have a valid Driver’s License, Personal Vehicle and Liability Insurance required. In states in which public transportation is utilized a valid state ID is required.  

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE and/or REQUIREMENTS

• Child Development Associate (CDA) credentialed in Infant and Toddler (current) 
• Associate degree, or other qualifying education in Child Development, Early childhood Education, or similar 
• Minimum two (2) years, recent, paid, and successful experience working in a childcare or preschool setting. 
• Knowledge of Head Start Performance Standards.

ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

ABOUT US

Urban Strategies was founded by a Hispanic woman in 2003. We exist to equip, resource, and connect faith- and community-based organizations so that all children and families can reach their full potential. We work with Latino-focused faith- and community-based organizations to serve and engage the whole family.

Our vision is that all children and families reach their full potential. Our organization is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Our team works across the United States and Puerto Rico with direct service centers located in California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, New York, and Puerto Rico. We also have some programming conducted in Latin America.

COMPANY CULTURE

Our work is driven by our three core values:

1. Authentic Relationships are foundational to our work and move beyond a transactional nature to truly know people. They serve as opportunities for mutual development and growth and are based on the belief that all people have inherent dignity and worth.
2. Servant Leadership is rooted in an other-centric mindset that informs the way one leads and builds up individuals, families, and communities.
3. Intentional Compassion describes a deliberate commitment to understand, formulate strategic responses, and activate others to reach their full potential.

BENEFITS

• Remote work for eligible positions.
• Medical, dental is paid 95% by company, 5% by employee (individual or family) eligible first day of hire.
• Vision is covered 100% (individual or family) eligible first day of hire.
• 401K matched contributions up to 4%
• Employee Assistance Program
• Vacation time is generous but varies depending on program and position.*
• 9 Sick Days and 11 Holidays*
• Every teammate gets long and short-term disability free.
• Positions that require laptops, the company provides one.
• Positions that require cellphone, company issues one.

PERKS

• Meaningful employee engagement programs.
• Education discounts (BA-PhD) with a variety of education partners.

OTHER

• All employees must pass a mandatory criminal background check and a bilingual language test for positions that require them.
• Employment is conditional pending satisfactory results of all required tests and background checks.
• Periodic physical examinations and TB clearances will be required, if hired.
• *Some positions governed by Service Contract Act guidelines.
• It is understood and agreed that, where a position is funded by a third-party grant, pay and other terms and conditions may be determined by the granting agency. To the extent practical and possible. grant-funded employees will normally be given notice of termination effective the date the grant expires. When the application has been made for continued grant funding, the employee will be advised. Extensions of hire may be made in expectation of grant funding but may be rescinded if the granting agency withdraws.

In keeping with its equal employment opportunity legal requirements, Urban Strategies will not discriminate against any person in employment because of legally protected classifications such as race, color, national origin or sex. Urban Strategies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or other legally protected classifications under applicable federal, state and local legal protections. This policy applies to all terminations and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotions, terminations, layoffs, leaves of absences, compensation, and training. Please note that Urban Strategies in order to fulfill its mission is legally allowed to make decisions in its employment practices based on its distributed employee manual. All employee positions are critical to the fulfillment of this mission. Consequently, Urban Strategies expects all employees to live out the standards as set forth in the Employee Handbook and otherwise as interpreted by the Urban Strategies leadership. Among other things, this means that Urban Strategies may take employment-related action against an employee based on his or her noncompliance with the policies, procedures, and practices of Urban Strategies, including employment termination.

To apply:

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