Job Responsibilities:
CLASS™ teacher-child interactions:
• Provide emotional support through establishing a positive climate, being aware of and responsive to children, and encouraging child expression and autonomy.
• Use strategies for behavior management, such as clear behavior expectations, being proactive and redirecting misbehavior.
• Foster classroom productivity and maximize learning time, while engaging children with a variety of modalities and materials.
• Provide instructional support through concept development, fostering children’s analysis and reasoning, engaging in feedback loops, and modeling and supporting high-quality language.
Learning environment:
 Ensure classroom arrangement, materials and displays are organized and conducive to children’s learning.
Curriculum:
• Implement BBCF Head Start’s chosen curriculum with fidelity, being aware of the big ideas while also following all assigned guidance and resources.
• Prepare or modify weekly lesson plans and prepare to implement small-group activities, readalouds, circle time, and other curriculum components.
• Provide children with a consistent classroom routine and facilitate all parts of the routine to support child learning.
• Interact with children intentionally throughout the day to provide differentiated support. Child assessment:
• Collect documentation of children through ongoing observation, embedded and direct assessment activities.
• Complete quarterly assessment checkpoints for each child.
• Analyze child assessment data and use it to plan and individualize.
Meeting all children’s needs:
• Complete developmental and social-emotional screenings on all children within prescribed time frames.
• Complete weekly Individualized Learning Plans to identify specific goals and strategies for each child in class.
• Integrate Individual Education Plans (IEPs) or referral action plans for children with diagnosed or suspected special needs.
Working with families:
• Establish positive and productive relationships with families through building rapport and trust.
• Schedule and complete two home visits and two parent-teacher conferences each year.
• Encourage and engage family members to serve as classroom volunteers.
• Collaborate with family services staff to support families in implementing family life practices, extending learning into the home, and meeting expectations for attendance.
Professional growth and collaboration:
• Participate in ongoing reflective coaching and self-assessment.
• Collaborate with assistant teacher and other staff in the center.
• Share pertinent information with family services, disabilities/mental health or health/nutrition staff, as needed, to meet the needs of individual children and families. Participate in case conferences as appropriate.
In addition, the teacher will:
• Know and understand BBCF Head Start’s School Readiness Goals and strive to help all children achieve them.
• Provide classroom experiences that are developmentally, linguistically, culturally and age appropriate for the children served.
• Establish and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment, including full supervision of children at all times, in accordance with Head Start and childcare licensing requirements.
• Conduct daily health/safety monitoring of the indoor and (as requested) outdoor environment.
• Follow all health and hygiene practices, including hand-washing, sanitizing, and universal precautions.
• Supervise mealtimes and “family style dining” with children.
• Supervise all classroom field trips and outdoor activities.
• Maintain required documentation of activities, including child and family information, assessment data, volunteer logs, etc. 

Requirements:
• CDA-Infants/Toddlers OR AA/AS in Early Childhood Education OR BA/BS in Early Childhood Education –OR state awarded preschool teacher certification with experience teaching preschool aged children–OR- BA/BS in related field with at least six college courses (12-18 credits) in Early Childhood Education plus experience teaching preschool aged children.
• Bilingual Spanish- English preferred
• Pass physical examination, background check, and fingerprinting screen, and maintain required Physical/TB screen requirements.
• Intermediate computer literacy in email, word processing and internet navigation.
• Able to lift a child weighing 40 pounds, 20 times a day if needed.
• Obtain certification in CPR and First Aid.