3 Year Old Head Start Lead Teacher

Summary

The 3K Head Start Teacher plans, designs, and implements a developmentally appropriate curriculum for enrolled children, and serves as the primary childcare provider for children 3-4 years old enrolled in Reach Dane Head Start Sites.

Duties

They also provide supervision, performance feedback, and scheduling for reporting staff. The 3K Head Start Teacher follows families’ cultural values and practices in caring for their children, and exhibit respect for parents to reinforce their vital role as the primary educator of their children. Using Trauma Informed Care practices and Reach Dane Core Values, they will act as a positive liaison between community agencies, providing services to children and guidance to families.

Requirements

• Partner with teaching teams, accepting guidance to provide daily classroom activities utilizing Head Start Program Performance Standards
• Plan and implement appropriate activities for children ages 3-4 years old that foster their cognitive emotional and physical growth
• Minimum educational requirement of an Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education or a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or in a related field that includes 18 credits in Early Childhood Education / Development. Coursework specific to Infant and Toddler Development is required.
• Ability to apply Early Childhood Development theory in daily classroom activities, and adapt to the individuals needs of children
• Provide a safe, healthy and compliant environment for supervision, development and learning
• Establish and implement daily lesson plan; prepare and implement age-appropriate developmental experiences and school readiness learning activities; supervise children in the classroom
• Implements agency approved curriculum that includes knowledge and skills in the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework’s five essential domains: language and literacy development, cognition and general knowledge, approaches to learning, physical well-being and motor development, and social emotional development; Complying with all licensing

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision
• vacation and sick time
• 4% 403(b) match after 2 years
• company paid life insurance and long term disability
• paid continuing education
• no weekends or holiday work
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• You may be able to receive help in paying your college loans off through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program due to working for Reach Dane

About Us

Reach Dane provides high-quality early childhood services to over 1,000 underserved children ages 0-5 in Dane County through center based and home visitation programs. Our staff work tirelessly every day to reach the most vulnerable children and families in our community, and the need for our services is growing. The number of infants and toddlers experiencing homelessness enrolled in our programs has tripled over the last four years. Last year, Reach Dane served more homeless children than any other Head Start program in Wisconsin.