Center Teacher

Join our team as a Center Teacher at the Community Action Committee of Pike County. As a key member of our Early Childhood Program, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality education and care to young children.

We are seeking a dedicated and passionate Center Teacher to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating a nurturing and engaging learning environment that promotes the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of children.

• Develop and implement integrated curriculum plans that reflect the needs and interests of children.
• Supervise and monitor children at all times, ensuring their safety and well-being.
• Participate in team meetings to plan and deliver collaborative services across all service areas.
• Respond to crisis or emergency situations, providing a calm and reassuring presence.
• Assist in giving other center staff adequate time for breaks while maintaining staff/child ratio.
• Assess individual and group needs, attending to special needs, specific interests, strengths, and concerns.
• Develop and utilize integrated curriculum plans, which reflect mandated elements and components, parental and cultural influences, and promote social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of children.
• Follow a consistent schedule, which includes small group and large group experiences, choice time, music and movement, large and small motor activities, skill development, meals, and effective transitions between activities.
• Encourage experimentation, exploration, problem solving, cooperation, socialization, and choice making; ask open-ended questions and listen respectfully.
• Establish weekly goals that promote individual and group education plans and include school readiness, safety, dental, nutrition, and mental health activities.
• Prepare classroom materials to support developmentally appropriate curriculum plans; create and change learning centers as needed.
• Document ongoing assessments according to School Readiness Goals, the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework, and Ohio Early Learning Developmental Standards.
• Accommodate therapists in the classroom as needed to develop a collaborative approach that benefits all children.
• Communicate regularly with parents, regarding each child's progress.
• Conduct required parent/teacher conferences and home visits for the purpose of assessment and support, and to share information on classroom progress and education strategies at school and at home.
• Notify Family Services Coordinator or designated staff if a family needs or requests special resources or services.

• Early Childhood Degree (AA) or a qualifying degree with experience teaching preschool children.
• Preference given based on length of experience working with children under the age of six.
• Physical exam and/or T-8 exam.
• Updated immunizations.
• Three references.
• Permission to obtain a copy of a BCI and FBI background check.
• A signed Standards of Conduct Form.
• Valid Ohio Driver's License, reliable transportation, and up-to-date proof of insurance.
• Be insurable under the agency's insurance policy.
• Must possess audio and visual skills to care for young children.
• Pre-employment drug and alcohol testing (CDL Drivers).
• Must be willing to engage in professional development efforts, including occasional overnight stays, as available to the position and requested by supervisor.
• Must be able to lift 40 pounds.

• Early Childhood Degree (BA) or a qualifying degree with experience teaching preschool children.

This position is in a well-lighted classroom environment with up to 20 children, 3 to 5 years of age or up to 8 children 6 weeks to 3 years of age. The work is fast-paced and requires the ability to lift 40 pounds, stand, stoop, and bend to interact at the child's level. Must be willing to engage in professional development efforts, including occasional overnight stays, as available to the position and requested by supervisor. This position includes moderate to high levels of stress.