Location: Brownwood, Texas
Reports To: Director of Early Head Start/Head Start and Center Director
Position: Non-Exempt
Salary: Contingent upon ESC Region 15 EHS Salary Schedule
Primary Job Purpose:To comply with all federal guidelines (Head Start Performance Standards, Policies and Procedures), all Texas State Child Care Licensing Procedures, and all local Head Start policies in providing children and families with all Early Head Start services for providing quality services to children and families.
To help children progress toward the overall school readiness goal of social competence through providing children with a learning environment and varied experiences that help them develop socially, intellectually, physically, and emotionally in a manner appropriate to their individual age and development.
Responsibilities/Duties
- Plan and provide learning opportunities to students which support growth in the areas
of cognition, early literacy and language, social development, play skills, fine and
gross motor development, fine arts, adaptive/self-care skills, health and nutrition.
- Plan and post daily schedule in classroom.
- Write daily lesson plans and keeps them posted.
- Include objectives, concepts, and strategies for meeting Infant/Toddler Creative Curriculum continuum in written lesson plans.
- Provide for special needs of individual children in written lesson planning.
- Include parents and volunteers in planning.
- Follow daily schedule and written plans.
- Set up learning centers.
- Prepare needed materials in advance.
- Know and comply with minimum Child-Care Licensing Standards and participates with teaching team in performing daily checks to ensure compliance with those standards.
- Maintain awareness and compliance with Head Start Performance Standards.
- Ensure proper and adequate documentation and completion of required reports.
- Maintain job related confidentiality.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions:* Frequent standing, stooping, bending, sitting, walking, climbing
* Frequent lifting, carrying, and transporting children
* Repetitive hand motions
* Ability to see, speak, hear, communicate, and utilize electronic
communication devices
* Manage multiple tasks and work cooperatively with others
* Occasional work under stressful conditions
* Work with frequent interruptions and tight deadlines
* Occasional travel, both in region and out of region, including overnight
travel
Program Information:Robin Harmon
Program Director
325-658-6571
robin.harmon@esc15.net
