YWCA Greater Los Angeles is hiring: Teacher in Compton

Overview

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Organization: YWCA GLA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. YWCA GLA provides direct services, empowerment programming, and advocacy to support marginalized individuals and families, especially women and girls of color, while working to challenge structural barriers to equity.

Objective of Position: To provide high-quality child development programs. Program delivery and implementation are in keeping with the YWCA GLA Mission.

Statement Of Primary Duties:

• Participate in curriculum planning and implementation of age-appropriate activities that enrich academic skills, linguistic abilities, cultural and recreational experiences.
• Facilitate and/or supervise curriculum activities and/or areas to provide positive learning experiences for the children.
• Set and maintain appropriate standards and rules for children’s behavior. Disciplinary methods used are non-punitive, supporting children’s self-esteem while teaching self-discipline.
• Work with assigned group of infants and toddlers applying best practices for infant/toddler care.
• Facilitate and nurture the development of each child’s self-esteem, trust, and growing autonomy.
• Provide careful and concentrated supervision of play areas to insure children’s safety and learning.
• Assist with the supervision of Associate Teachers and Assistant Teachers in the absence of the Lead Teacher or Site Director.
• Identify children with special needs and report these to the Site Director.
• Provide the Site Director with timely input on needed program supplies and materials.
• Cooperate with other staff to create and maintain a harmonious and efficient environment.
• Interact positively with all parents and refer questions and concerns to the Site Director or Center Director as appropriate.
• Attend all staff meetings and training sessions.
• Maintain required records on each child, including scheduling of diapering, nap, meal counts, and sign-in/sign-out sheets.
• Cooperate with a flexible work schedule as it may change to accommodate program needs between the hours of 7:00am to 5:30pm.
• Maintain daily meal counts for Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
• Implement all CACFP rules and regulations as it applies to breakfast, lunch, and snack being served, including ensuring all children serve themselves the correct portion size.
• Substitute as a CACFP cook as needed and follow related rules and regulations.
• Assure all meals are being served family style.
• Assure that Associate Teachers and Assistant Teachers are promoting children to serve correct portion sizes during meals.
• Review all Desire Results Developmental Profiles (DRDP) and Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) assessments.
• Ensure that DRDP anecdotal notes are completed throughout the year even after DRDP’s are completed.
• Oversee Associate Teachers and Assistant Teachers with their paperwork.
• Potty train as needed.
• Oversee paperwork being completed by Associate Teachers and Assistant Teachers including DRDP, anecdotal notes, meal counts, attendance sheets, absence verification forms, and others.
• Complete requirements for DRDP Tech by inputting data into the DRDP Tech database.

Salary: $25.73/hr.

Location: 1600 E. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90221

Qualifications

• Minimum of 24 units in Early Childhood Education including Core courses, 3 of which can be in infant/toddler and 16 General Education units.
• Possession of a Teacher permit to the standards of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
• Minimum of 1 year experience working with children in a group setting.
• Must provide a TB clearance (Mantoux) within the last 12 months. Must be retested as required by licensing. TB clearance x-rays must be retested periodically as required.
• Minimum of 15 hours of training in preventive health practices including pediatric CPR and pediatric first aid as required by the California State Department of Social Services.
• Ability to use hands and fingers to complete all required forms and reports.
• Ability to sit on the floor, bend at the waist, kneel and/or stoop 75% of the time.
• Ability to lift infants and toddlers weighing up to 35 pounds.
• Must show evidence of a successful Health Screening as required by licensing on a yearly basis.