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Sunbeam Family Services · 1 month ago

Lead Teacher Early Head Start (0-3 year-olds)-Bachelors Required BRAND NEW SITE!

Sunbeam Family Services - Oklahoma City, OK 73106

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

Sunbeam Family Services is a community-focused organization dedicated to providing quality early childhood education. The Lead Teacher will provide daily care to children in a Head Start / Early Head Start classroom and ensure compliance with all relevant regulations while fostering positive relationships with children and families.

Child CareHealth CareHome Health CareMental HealthSocialSocial Assistance

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Promote, encourage and display examples of leadership for the agency in accordance with the agency mission

Support and individualize the physical, social-emotional, and cognitive development of each child in the classroom

Demonstrate capacity for providing developmentally sensitive, evidence based, hope centered and trauma informed services and leadership

Serve as a leader of the Early Childhood Services (ECS) program and effective role model for developmentally-appropriate practice, for the values expected within the program, and for the mission of the organization

Perform the functions of this position with a strong understanding of the Head Start Performance Standards

Ensure compliance with Head Start Program Performance Standards, federal and state regulation, and DHS Child Care Licensing requirements

Plan and provide a comprehensive program, including implementation of EHS/HS curriculum and Head Start /Early Head Start Program Performance Standards

Maintain record keeping and reporting systems to ensure accurate information, with timely completion and follow-up

Plan and implement ECS developmentally-appropriate curriculum and assessment for the classroom

Order supplies and materials as needed for effective service delivery

Oversee supervision and management of children in the classroom in order to ensure a safe, clean, and healthy learning environment

Conduct home visits and parent-teacher conferences in accordance with Head Start Program Performance standards to share each child’s progress with parents

Work cooperatively with other staff assigned to classroom as a team to involve all parents with the children and to encourage the active participation of all parents in the program

Observe children to detect signs of illness, injury, emotional disturbances, learning disorders, speech problems, or other special needs and reports those signs immediately to supervisor for required or necessary follow-up

Work with supervisor to ensure child-staff ratio is maintained at all times

Encourage and model language expansion, extended learning, and problem-solving strategies throughout the day

Regular, reliable attendance is required

Participate in and attend all staff meetings, trainings, and certification courses as required

Travel locally as required in the performance of responsibilities

Perform other appropriate and related responsibilities as assigned by supervisor or member of Executive Team

Qualification

Early Childhood EducationChild DevelopmentCPR/First Aid CertificationHead Start Performance StandardsBilingual Spanish/EnglishCaring AttitudeOrganizational SkillsTime ManagementCommunication SkillsTeam Collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in early childhood education (ECE), Child Development (CD), or Early Childhood Special Education (EC SE) (transcripts required)

Bachelor's degree or higher in any discipline with at least 36 college credit hours in ECE, CD, or EC SE (transcripts required)

Bachelor's or Master's degree in elementary education, family studies, human development, nursing, psychology, social work, nursing, or psychology (transcripts required) AND at least 12 college credit hours in ECE, CD, EC SE or current certification as CDA® (Infant/Toddler) AND one (1) year experience teaching children

CPR/First Aid Certification (or within 30 days of hire), maintained throughout employment

Caring and compassionate attitude when interacting with and caring for children and families

Knowledge and understanding of state and local childcare licensing requirements

Excellent command of English language and grammar, both verbal and written

Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft applications and the ability to master other software as needed

Good organizational and time management skills

Must work independently and collaboratively in a team environment

Exercise independent judgment

Communicate in a professional manner, demonstrating dignity, respect for our internal, external, and community members

Process, protect and exercise discretion in handling confidential information and materials

Sustained concentration to detail and accuracy, along with the ability to prioritize workload

Willingness to work with high-risk, low-income communities

Must be able to travel and work some evenings and weekends as required by the job

Local travel required and must have valid Oklahoma driver's license and insurance as required by the position

Preferred

Master's degree in ECE or a related discipline

Three (3) years of experience in Early Childhood Education or Head Start/Early Head Start Effective experience in childcare as well as training and supervising teacher assistants

Knowledge and understanding of Head Start/Early Head Start

Knowledge and understanding of Child Plus

Knowledge and understanding of NAEYC

Advanced computer database and Microsoft Office software skills

Bilingual Spanish/English speaking – ability to interact with children and families from multilingual homes