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The Salvation Army USA Central Territory • Chicago, IL, United States
1 day ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

THE SALVATION ARMY

NORTH AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS DIVISION

CHILDCARE

JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE : Teacher - Head Start

LOCATION : North & Central Illinois Division / Child Care

REPORTS TO : Site Director

PAY GRADE : 205

PAY RANGE : $21.81-$26.17

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety

  • Demonstrates safety practices.
  • Minimizes potential hazards.
  • Provides adequate supervision.
  • Provides safety instruction.

Health

  • Maintains a healthy classroom environment.
  • Plans and implements activities that promote personal health.
  • Plans and implements activities that promote sound nutrition.
  • Learning Environment

  • Maintains learning environment.
  • Plans and implements activities that promote an interest in the learning environment offering a choice of learning center activities for at least sixty minutes each day.
  • Physical

  • Plans and implements activities that promote the physical development of each child.
  • Maintains an environment conducive to development of physical skills.
  • Cognitive

  • Plans and implements activities that promote questioning, probing exploration and problem solving.
  • Helps children develop conceptual framework for interpreting experiences, including :

  • Classification
  • Seriation
  • Number
  • Spatial relations
  • Representation
  • Time
  • Communication

  • Promotes children's listening skills.
  • Promotes clear articulation and language production.
  • Promotes adult-child communication.
  • Promotes child-child communication.
  • Creative

  • Supplies equipment and materials that encourage creativity.
  • Encourages innovative uses of materials and divergent thinking.
  • Self

    Assesses each child's current skill level.

  • Writes observation notes weekly on C.A.R.
  • Summarizes child's skills two times per year on C.O.R.
  • Plans and implements activities which maximize opportunities for success.
  • Provides positive feedback to children when appropriate.
  • Social

  • Plans and implements activities that develop awareness of feelings and emotions.
  • Capitalizes on spontaneous occurrences of empathy, display of feelings and emotions throughout the day.
  • Serves as role model.
  • Guidance

  • Maintains an environment conducive to preventive discipline.
  • Maintains consistent discipline in the classroom.
  • Sets and enforces appropriate limits.
  • Maintains a positive approach to classroom control, and recognizes self-control as a learning process.
  • Organizes smooth and appropriate transitions.
  • Focuses on activity at hand rather than children's behavior.
  • Ignores inappropriate behavior when possible.
  • "Lets' go" of negative instances : does not harbor grudges.
  • Encourages children to make appropriate choices in controlling their own behavior.
  • Avoids excessive lining up.
  • Families

  • Involves parents in the classroom program.
  • Involves parents in extending the classroom program into the home.

  • Shares information on child's progress with parents.
  • Helps parents plan in-home activities to supplement the classroom program.
  • Makes home visits in September / October and April / May.
  • Serves as liaison between other components and parents.
  • Program Management

  • Employs a wide variety of resources in implementing curriculum.
  • Plans classroom programs in an organized timely fashion.
  • Completes weekly / daily lesson plans on time.
  • Submits records, requisitions, reports and plans when due.
  • Maintains accurate daily attendance and food count.
  • Makes use of program resource personnel in planning for children and their families.
  • Ensures team cooperation.
  • Supervises assistant teacher and classroom aides.
  • Professionalism

  • Maintains a professional attitude.
  • Keeps abreast of early childhood education practices.
  • Other Duties

  • All other duties as assigned.
  • EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

  • A. in Early Childhood Education.
  • One year experience teaching in a pre-school setting.
  • COMPETENCIES

  • Willing to promote the mission of The Salvation Army.
  • A positive attitude and the ability to be flexible in light of changing job situations / priorities.
  • Anticipates and responds to the needs of the children.
  • Demonstrated ability to use initiative and be a self-starter.
  • An attention to detail.
  • Some knowledge of social service programs helpful.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
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