Preschool Toddler Teacher

Palm Academy is looking for a qualified Toddler Teacher to prepare small children for kindergarten by easing them into organized education. Provide toddlers with experiences and opportunities that allow for the development of curiosity, initiative, problem-solving, and creativity, as well as a sense of self and a feeling of belonging to a group. Teachers must have great love and patience for children. Qualifications needed to teach them effectively include knowledge of best practices and Toddler educational methods as well as the ability to engage them and earn their trust and attention. The goal is to contribute to the healthy mental and emotional development of the child so they can more easily acclimate to the next level of education.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plans and executes a developmentally appropriate child-centered day that promotes total development of each child, and applies knowledge of various development stages of toddlers
• Prepare and provide materials that are concrete and relevant to the children’s interests and culture to meet their individual needs
• Respond quickly to children’s different and personal needs (verbal and non-verbal cues), temperament styles, abilities, and cultures.
• Prepare the toddler learning environment for children to learn through active exploration and interaction with adult caregivers.
• Administer and accurately document initial and ongoing development using screening and assessment tools at established intervals.
• Review and carry out health plans for special diets, allergies, medication administration, etc.
• Partner with parents to develop educational and family goals and update regularly.
• Assist with the transition into the program and exiting out of the program.
• Participate in regularly scheduled staff meetings, parent meetings, parent-teacher conferences, in-service training, Organization Quality Improvement process, etc.
• Adheres to policies and procedures pertaining to code of ethics, sanitary and cleanliness of classroom and children
• Participates in required training programs, conferences, courses, or other aspects of professional growth and attends all faculty meetings
• Serves as mandated reporter and reports any suspicion of child abuse or neglect to the appropriate channels

Requirements:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• CPR and First Aid certification
• Minimum of 12 completed ECE/CD units with at least three (3) units in infant/toddler care.

Qualifications:

• Language Ability: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
• Math Ability: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands; reach with hands and arms; climb and balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl; talk and hear and taste and smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.