Early Childhood Educator III

Job Description

Job Description

Summary

This position will be responsible for independently developing and sustaining high quality development and learning environments; serves as an effective member of MELC’s Early Childhood Education teaching teams and can guide the practice of ECE I and ECE II professionals. ECE lll will have completed an early childhood education bachelor’s degree program or an early childhood education master’s degree program for initial preparation.

Duties

• Maintain a positive, nurturing, and supportive relationship with children and families.
• Provide a learning environment and experiences that promote physical, social, cognitive, and emotional growth.
• Apply knowledge and understanding of the Professional Standards and Competencies with a strong focus on young children in MELC’s birth to age 8 setting
• Assess the development of children and provide individualized planning to support the needs of children.
• Able to negotiate any areas of concern if there are potential conflicts between familie’s preferences and cultures and MELC’s practices and policies on health, safety and developmentally appropriate practices
• Collaborate with
• Communicate with families and engage them in the learning process; hold at least two home visits and two family conferences per child, per year.
• Advise and support other staff (i.e. assistant teacher, floaters, volunteers).
• Participate in developing and implementing an Individual Family Services Plan (IFSP) as needed.
• Maintain accurate individual and classroom records / reports as required.
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment at all times; reports safety hazards to facilities personnel.
• Follow health and safety at the highest standards of quality.
• Follow food program regulations.
• Maintain order of classroom and other learning environments of the program.
• Serve as an effective member of MELC’s early childhood education teaching teams and guide the practice of ECE l ll in the Lead educator role
• Cooperate with other partners and / or organizations to support the program.
• Demonstrate competency in the content areas of the Wisconsin Core Competencies.
• Participate on special events committees.
• Follow all Wisconsin Department of Children and Families State Licensing and Youngstar requirements, Early Head Start Performance Standards and any other best practices mandated for quality programs.
• Attend staff meetings and in-services.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Benefits