Head Start Teacher

Position: Teacher

Program and Location: Head Start – McCook, NE

Position Summary: The Teacher is responsible for direct contact with children in the classroom, providing developmentally appropriate activities on a daily basis, challenging them at their level, and encouraging success for all students. The Teacher also provides a safe, pleasant, active learning and problem-solving environment.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure implementation of the Head Start curriculum, which includes active learning and practices that are developmentally appropriate.
• Ensure classroom management and lesson planning/implementation occur
• Ensure initial and mid-year home visits are complete.
• Recruit, maintain, and train classroom volunteers throughout the program year.
• Ensure implementation of oral health practices.
• Be actively engaged in all Head Start activities and model appropriate behavior.

Tasks and Duties:

• Train and mentor classroom staff
• Assist staff in updating the parent bulletin board by posting: lesson plans, volunteer sign-up sheet, center wish list, etc.
• Provide experiences that advance the intellectual and physical development of children, establish and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment, and support the social and emotional development of children.
• Ensure completion of the developmental and social emotional screenings covering communication, gross and fine motor, problem solving and personal-social for each child by due date.
• Ensure that child growth assessments are completed by required deadlines, and follow up if there are concerns.
• Ensure the playground is a safe environment by checking for sharp objects, head entrapment etc., and facilitate repairs as necessary.

Education Requirements:

• Minimum requirement is an Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or related field

Required Skills:

• Ability to establish and maintain an effective relationship with Head Start families, other agency employees and the general public.
• Ability to provide leadership to classroom staff, parents/guardians and classroom volunteers.
• Model appropriate and professional behavior.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Excellent communication skills.

Schedule/Hours: 100% FTE; 40 hours per week for 52 weeks per year. Monday – Friday (Approximately 7:30 am – 3:30 pm)

Pay Rate: $13 - $15 per hour. The starting wage will also be boosted by a 5% increase using American Recovery Plan funds through 3/31/23. Every attempt will be made to make this increase permanent, but is not guaranteed. The wage with the 5% boost will be $13.65 - $15.75 per hour. Starting wage will depend on education and experience.

Benefits: Agency benefits include: paid Holidays, PTO, short term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program. Other benefits available include: health, dental, vision, cancer/critical illness, accident, and voluntary life insurance, as well as retirement and flexible spending account.

For more information contact Tonni Keith at (308) 221-6920 or email tonnik@mnca.net