University of Kansas Medical Center Hiring for Early Head Start / Head Start Co-Teacher 1 Job at Kansas City, KS Full Time

Department:
Project Eagle
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Educare 3

Position Title:
Early Head Start / Head Start Co-Teacher 1

Job Family Group:

Professional Staff

Job Description Summary:
Sign On Incentive ($500 at hire and $500 after 6 months of employment)

Project Eagle Video: https://www.kumc.edu/project-eagle/our-programs/educare-kansas-city.html

Project Eagle is an early childhood program focused on preparing children, engaging families, and promoting excellence for children and families in Kansas City, Kansas. Project Eagle provides home-based and center-based services to pregnant women and/or children ages birth to five through a variety of programs, the largest being Early Head Start. Project Eagle is also a member of the Educare Learning Network, part of a national initiative that serves as a platform for broader change, inspiring high-quality programs in communities, improving public policies within each state, and demonstrating a comprehensive approach to the first five years of life and learning. The Co-Teacher is responsible for the planning, implementation and coordination of a comprehensive education program, ensures that the education program is developmentally appropriate for each child’s individual needs and meets program standards in partnership with their Co-Teacher. The Co-Teachers jointly provide leadership to the classroom, which includes leading planning sessions, monitoring classroom team observations and goal identification, advocating for and supporting implementation of best practices, and serving as models/mentors for the classroom. The Co-Teachers ensure that the classroom activities and environment are developmentally appropriate and reflect the agency’s philosophy and curriculum. They work in partnership to develop and implement individual education plans for children (ages 6 weeks through 3 years or 3 years to 5 years), which encourage their social, emotional, physical, linguistic, and intellectual development in a manner appropriate to their age and stage of development. The teaching team (Co-Teacher 1, Co-Teacher 2, and Teacher Aide) provide a safe, stimulating, and nurturing environment enriched by a high quality early language experience and an emphasis on social and emotional growth. The Co-Teachers are responsible for implementing all program requirements in adherence to performance and outcome standards as prescribed by funding and model requirements. This position ensures that the individual needs of the children are met as mandated by federal, state and local standards.

Knowledge, Abilities and Experience
Knowledge of child development, early childhood education, and best practice teaching methods and techniques. Ability and willingness to keep abreast of the developments in child development/early childhood education field; change classroom practice in response to individual professional development and coaching; participate in Project Eagle/Educare Kansas City’s commitment to continuously review, analyze and apply findings from local and national evaluations to program design and classroom practice. Ability to work with an interdisciplinary team as a cooperative and supportive team member; lead and support other classroom staff and collaboratively problem solve; organize and direct classroom and outside activities; communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, in a manner that fosters supportive relationships with staff, families and children from diverse backgrounds; exhibit exemplary organizational skills with the ability to lead classroom staff, manage time and priorities; maintain child and family confidentiality and perform duties in an ethical and professional manner. Ability and willingness to conduct classes in a changing, evolving environment that will frequently be observed, video-recorded, modified, examined, and studied in a laboratory setting for the purpose of determining what practices promote most effectively school readiness in all preschoolers. Familiarity with and willingness to use technology in all aspects of the program.

Job Description:

Sign On Incentive ($500 at hire and $500 after 6 months of employment)

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Health, dental, vision, employer paid life, LTD, flexible benefits plan, miscellaneous voluntary plans available, paid vacation and sick (begin accruing upon hire), paid holidays, paid discretionary day, paid bereavement leave, paid jury duty leave, military leave, paid parental leave, retirement plan. For more information https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Project Eagle Video:

For more information about Project Eagle please review this video: https://www.kumc.edu/project-eagle/our-programs/educare-kansas-city.html

Required Qualifications:

• 
  Education: Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or closely related field
• 
  Skills:
  Ability to establish trusting relationships with young children.

  Ability to work as a cooperative and supportive team member.

  Ability to communicate and respond in a manner that consistently demonstrates respect and concern.

  Ability to communicate effectively and establish partnerships with other classroom teachers, center staff, community partners, and parents.

  Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

  Basic computer skills.

  Ability to individualize care based on individual children’s needs (medical, educational, family situations).

  Ability to become CPR and First Aid Certified within 30 days of employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• 
  Education: Early childhood teaching certification or graduate coursework/degree.
• Work Experience: Experience working in an Early Head Start Center-based program.
• Skills:
  Bilingual Spanish/English.

  Knowledge of Head Start Performance Standards.

  Successful experience working as a part of a multidisciplinary team to provide high quality, developmentally-appropriate care and education for young children.

  Experience working with inclusion, early intervention, children with special needs and diverse populations. Experience implementing curriculum. Experience using assessment tools to measure children’s development. Experience using assessment data for instructional purposes. Experience with research partnerships.

Duties and Responsibilities

Curriculum and Instruction

• Lead, plan and implement developmentally appropriate classroom activities that intentionally support the developmental and educational goals of children’s individual education plans
• Work with the evaluation team to integrate assessment results into curriculum and lesson planning
• Plan and implement learning experiences that promote all developmental domains (social, emotional, physical and cognitive) including contributing to the readiness of children to enter school by developing their early language acquisition and vocabulary.
• Intentionally integrate other activities i.e., health/physical activity, nutrition, mental health, disabilities, safety and parental involvement into the educational plan.
• Administer, implement, and/or analyze the following: Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), Infant Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS), Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS), Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP), Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) screenings and other required instruments.
• Meet with classroom teaching team to review lesson plans, individual children’s goals and plans and assign best practice teaching strategies.
• Assure that all child files are complete, accurate, and confidentially maintained
• Plan and coordinate the work of student interns and volunteers in the classroom

Child Development

• Assess student needs and develop an individualized educational plan for each child
• Observe, assess and document each child’s skills, behavior, growth and development
• Bring to attention those children with special needs and work closely with other staff in assessing and developing individualized education plans and family service plans and providing services to support the development of children with special needs
• Assist children and families with educational transitions, into and out of classrooms
• Encourage children to develop acceptable standards of behavior, including positive social relationships
• Provide opportunities for children to develop positive self-images and experience success
• Collaborate with the Family Support Coordinators and other personnel to promote individual children’s goals
• In conjunction with the Master Teacher, conduct Child and Family Reviews
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  Instructional Leadership
• Provide leadership for the classroom including leading team planning sessions, monitoring the development of individual education plans and assessments, advocating for and support of implementation of best practices in the classroom
• Serve as mentor/model for student teachers, interns, and volunteers in the classroom.
• Participate in ongoing professional development, coaching and reflective supervision activities and support the implementation of changes in classroom practice to promote high quality instruction
• Leads reflective practice groups and conducts professional development sessions for other teaching staff
• Shares knowledge of early childhood education and classroom practice with the broader early education community through presentations at conferences and workshops
• Contribute child information to Mental Health consultations and/or Individualized Educational Plans/Individualized Family Service Plans
• Foster positive relationships with all children in the classroom

Parent Involvement

• Lead interactions with parents through regular classroom contact and contribute to and participate in interdisciplinary child and family reviews, parent conferences and home visits to share child educational and developmental and school readiness progress and respond to their identified interests and/or needs
• Plan parent nights for the classroom that incorporate parent education and parent/child activities
• Collaborate with Family Support Coordinators to clarify and meet child and family needs
• Actively encourage parent engagement in program activities and implementing education activities for their children at home and in the community
• Mentor families in developing skills to act as advocates for their children in the education system

Classroom Management

• Create an effective environment for learning that supports children’s development of school readiness skills, independence, and social and emotional development, Educare Core Features and Head Start Performance Standards
• Ensure that children are under appropriate supervision at all times
• Maintain a clean, healthy and safe classroom environment
• Participates in the selection of instructional supplies and maintain inventory and inventory records
• Conduct authorized emergency and safety procedures
• Maintain necessary classroom records (e.g., attendance, USDA meal counts)
• Ensure the timely completion of necessary paperwork including developmental assessments, lesson plans, parent information, incident/accident reports
• Complete data entry as required
• Support the mission of Project Eagle/Educare Kansas City by hosting classroom visitors

Other

• Participate in the local evaluation and national Educare Implementation Study, engaging in a system of reciprocal, regular data feedback and utilization for individualized planning for children and families and continuous program improvement.
• Participate in ongoing professional development as required by the Educare Learning Network and/or Project Eagle.
• Follow all mandates of Head Start Regulations, state and local child care licensing regulations, and Project Eagle/Educare Kansas City’s philosophy and curriculum
• Performs other related duties as assigned

KUMC is an AA/EO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, including marital status, race/ethnicity, color, age, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, national origin, creed, religion, ancestry, disability status as a Vietnam-era veteran, special disabled veteran, recently separated veteran or other protected veteran, or genetic testing and screening information.

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter

Employee Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Pay Rate Type:

Hourly

Pay Grade:
A06

Pay Range:

Minimum
31200
Midpoint
37863
Maximum
45124

Application Instructions:
To learn more and apply online, please visit https://kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-jobs/job/Kansas-City-Metro-Area/Co-Teacher-1_JR000245 or go to https://careers.kumc.edu/ and search for position number JR000245.

Applications must be submitted directly through the KU Medical Center website to be considered for this position. Any applications submitted via email or this website will NOT be reviewed or considered.

About KU Medical Center:
The University of Kansas Medical Centers mission is to educate exceptional health care professionals through a full range of undergraduate, graduate, professional, postdoctoral and continuing education programs in the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions. KU Medical Center also advances the health sciences through world-class research programs; provides compassionate and state-of-the-art patient care in an academic medical center environment; and works with communities in every Kansas county to improve the health of Kansans. Learn more at www.kumc.edu.

Benefits:
KU Medical Center proudly offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package through the state of Kansas, with flexible options designed to meet the diverse needs of our faculty and staff. To learn more about our options for medical, vision, dental and other insurances, as well as our generous time off policies and retirement options, please visit http://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefitsrewards.html.

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