RHS Teacher

Conway, AR

"Do you have a passion for igniting young minds, fostering creativity, and inspiring a lifelong love of learning? Join CAPCA’s team as an Infant and Toddler Teacher and become the guiding star in our little learners' journey. Apply now and make a difference today!

Benefits of the Position:

• Competitive Salary: We value your hard work and dedication, offering a rewarding compensation package starting at $ 15.31 -23.66 depending on Education and Experiences.
• Professional Development: Grow with us through ongoing training and opportunities to advance your career.
• Supportive Environment: Be part of a warm, collaborative team that feels like family.
• Health Benefits: Take care of yourself with our comprehensive health, dental, vision, and additional supplemental insurance.
• Paid Time Off: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with generously earning for Full-time positions earns up to 8hr./mo. up to 12 days for vacation and sick leave each year, in addition to 14 holidays.
• Retirement Plan: Secure your future with our 401(k) plan, including a company match up to 6%.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Pursue further education and we'll support you every step of the way.

We can't wait to welcome you to our team and support you in making a meaningful impact on young lives!"

Responsibilities:

• Always maintain a professional attitude with staff, parents, volunteers and children.
• Plan and implement learning experiences that advance the intellectual and physical development of all children in their care, improving the school readiness of each child aligning experiences with the five central domains of the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF):

• Approaches to Learning
• Social and Emotional Development
• Language and Literacy
• Cognition
• Mathematics Development
• Scientific Reasoning
• Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development

• Establish and maintain a safe and healthy learning environment.
• Create a warm and welcoming environment, which supports the social and emotional development of children through positive, trusting, and nurturing teacher-child relationships.
• Encourage the involvement of the families served and support the development of positive family-child relationships.
• Responsible for:
• guiding children’s behavior in positive, proactive ways through the use of regular routines, picture schedules, classroom jobs, and positive descriptive praise,
• implementing the curriculum daily lesson plans,
• promoting developmentally, linguistically, and culturally appropriate practices,
• scheduling and conducting regular educational home visits at the family home and parent teacher conferences at the center and
  • monitoring and documenting children’s growth and development on an ongoing basis, through the use of data collection tools provided, and using the collected data to individualize for every child.
• It is knowledgeable in all aspects of use and design of learning centers.
• Always provide supervision for children and other staff or volunteers as designated.
• Responsible for the orderliness and cleanliness of the center.
• Promote good eating habits by sitting at the table, conversing, encouraging good table

manners and eating with the children when food is served.

• Maintain a high-quality daily program of work and designated record keeping.
• Work cooperatively with other classroom/center staff.
• Coordinate with the administrative office and support staff to implement appropriate recommendations made by local education agencies and/or consultants.
• Assist in obtaining and documenting volunteer hours and donated items from parent and community members, which may be used as In-Kind (Non-Federal Match).
• Attend and participate in monthly staff meetings.
• Participate in the following, as requested:
  • parent meetings
  • behavioral staffing
  • IEP meetings
• Serve as a member of the IEP Team and work with administrative staff and therapists to implement classroom support that help children reach their IEP goal(s).
• Must be able to see, hear and respond to children’s needs, emergencies, and conflicts that might occur in the classroom, playground, bathrooms, or other areas used by children.
• May assume responsibility of giving overall direction to the Center in the absence of the Center Manager, if designated.

Education:

Requirement; Required one of the following: CDA – Child Development Associate, associate’s degree in early childhood development, or bachelor’s degree in early childhood development.