Asst Infant/Toddler Teacher
Texas Tech University
7 days ago
Full-time
On-site
Lubbock, Texas, United States
Assist the Lead Infant/Toddler Teacher in the day to day activities of the attendees.
- Familiarity with and willingness to abide by the Texas Family Code 261.001 as it pertains to the abuse and neglect of young children.
- Demonstrate the mental, emotional, and physical ability to work with children ages 6 weeks to 3 years and families from various ethnic and socio-economic groups.
- Serve as a role model for college lab students each semester.
- Help plan, attend and participate in regular team planning meetings, center staff meetings, and special events.
- Observe and record the behavior of children to determine needs and interests as a basis of planning. Record formal assessments based on school readiness goals.
- Maintain professional ethics and positive working relationships with co-workers, supervisors, students, and parents.
- Provide leadership and mentor Classroom Assistant in all listed job responsibilities.
- Build relationships with families in order to assist with family assessments and goal setting for children and families.
- Maintain daily informal interactions with parents as well as assist Lead Teacher with conducting formal interactions as needed. Assist with conducting a minimum of two-parent conferences and two home visits per year per Head Start Standards.
- Assist Lead Teacher with weekly lesson plans including information based on observations of children (interests and milestones) and IFSPs.
- Create developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) for children and implement positive guidance strategies.
- Participate in professional development by attending conferences and professional meetings and by reading professional literature.
- Assist Lead Teacher with the maintenance of child files including completion of required electronic data entries in ChildPlus and COR.
- Provide leadership and mentor Classroom Assistant in all listed job responsibilities.