Preschool Early Childhood Education Teacher

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Strengthening children & families through early learning, child development, and community partnerships.

Come join our team as an Early Childhood Education Teacher providing and implementing a developmentally appropriate early childhood classroom experience for children enrolled in Head Start and ECEAP programs. Regularly assigned Early Childhood Education Teacher positions are typically budgeted for approximately 1608 - 1712 hours per year depending on which program model assigned to, and scheduled to work 36-40 hours per week. Fully qualified pay rate- $22.40 as of August 2023. General schedule is Monday- Friday day time hours.

Benefits

• 401K- 3% annual employer contribution
• Please create a Merit account and submit an application for the Portable Background Check. It can be found in the application tab once you create the account. If you are hired we will reimburse you for the cost of the background check. *
• Paid CPR/First Aid training
• Medical/Dental/Vision- Plans as low as $0.00 out of your paycheck!
• Paid STARS trainings
• $20,000 Basic Life Insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off/sick leave
• Quarterly passes to Columbia Sportswear employee store.
• EOCF will pay for required education
• Voluntary STD,LTD, and additional life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

https://apps.dcyf.wa.gov/MERIT/Home/Welcome

Qualifications

Required Education: Associates degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development, or, a closely related field with 30 quarter/20 semester credits in ECE related courses.

Preferred Education/Experience: Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development, or, a closely related field with 30 quarter/20 semester credits in ECE related courses. One year of paid or formal volunteer/internship experience with groups of children 3 to 5 years of age in an early childhood setting.

• Bi-lingual highly desired.

Knowledge Of

• Principals of effective supervision.
• Principals of child development and Early Childhood Curriculum planning.
• Current best practices in early childhood development and education.

Ability To

• Work cooperatively with staff members and clients from diverse cultural, socio-economic and educational backgrounds.
• Demonstrate professional and effective written and verbal communication skills; receive information and feedback in an understanding manner; use good judgment.
• Perform the physical requirements of the job which include regular crouching, stooping, bending, kneeling, sitting on the floor to assist and engage with children, and outdoors on a playground setting monitoring safe play and supervision.
• Observe and assess children and set individualized goals.
• Attend appropriate staff meetings and out-of-town training sessions as assigned
• Prepare the classroom environment to meet the educational needs of each child.
• Maintain confidentiality of records and information.
• Track each child's progress and incorporate the information into the curriculum.
• Use the team approach to resolving problems or conflicts.

Interviews to begin as soon a qualified pool of applicants is received

EOCF shall not discriminate in its staff, hiring practices, board, volunteers, volunteer committees, or recipients of any service on the basis of a person's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, veteran status, mental, physical, or sensory disability, or any other status not listed, as protected by state and/or federal law.