Preschool Teacher

Job Description

Job Description
Summary

Clubhouse Kids is seeking a Full-Time Preschool Teacher!
Clubhouse Kids is a 5-star center-based childcare and preschool that serves children ages 6 weeks through 5 years. Our program runs year round!
Our center is an Early Head Start partner program and an Act 166 Partner Preschool site.
This position is 40 hours per week and is from 8:00am-5:00pm with an hour break.

Duties

• Adhere to all Vermont Public Health and CDD Child Care Licensing Regulations
• Being responsible for the care, supervision and management of a class of children between the ages of 3 years through 5 years old
• Developing the weekly curriculum that aligns with the Vermont Early Learning Standards and the Clubhouse Kid’s Mission with emphasis on the following:
• Play-based and child-led learning and discovery
• Inclusion of all children’s needs and learning styles
• Social-emotional learning and co-regulation
• Nature-based and outdoor learning as much as possible throughout the day
• Emergent and/or interest based projects and activities as much as possible
• Process art versus product art
• Sensory-rich opportunities
• Music and Movement
• Diversity and celebrating families unique cultural traditions
• Implementing the weekly curriculum and emergent curriculum within the routines of the daily schedule with validity
• Preparing all materials for classroom curriculum and projects
• Maintaining the classroom environment as per CDD Child Care Licensing Regulations
• Rotating materials and furniture consistently
• Utilizing universal design with developmentally appropriate and safe materials and furniture
• Structuring the classroom environment to have clearly designated and purposeful learning and play centers
• Ensuring appropriate visuals are accessible to children in the classroom including but not limited to: visual schedules, regulation/ social emotional visuals, pictures of current children, diverse pictures and labels for materials and storage, children’s artwork, etc.
• Supervising children at all times during the day and maintaining strict child to teacher ratios in accordance with the CDD Child Care Licensing Regulations
• Using positive behavior approaches and strategies to support all children such as:
• Supporting children in accessing the classroom environment
• Helping with all self-care and hygiene routines
• Using transition supports throughout the routines of the day, ie: verbal or visual transition warnings, timers, transition songs, etc.
• Using modeling and role playing to teach new skills and routines
• Getting down on the child’s level when communicating with them
• Using music, songs, chant, and fingerplays
• Using “can-do” or “yes” statements instead of “no” statements
• Offering positive redirection
• Giving appropriate choices and opportunities for control
• Encouraging healthy risk taking indoors and outdoors
• Using specific targeted praise to encourage positive behavior
• Maintaining neutrality and a calm demeanor when supporting children’s behaviors and emotions
• Maintaining a clean and organized classroom by following all Clubhouse Kids and CDD Child Care Licensing Regulations
• Washing/ Sanitizing classroom toys and materials, surfaces, nap mats and furniture on a daily basis
• Cleaning and disinfecting eating surfaces and chairs, before and after all meals
• Cleaning the bathroom daily
• Completing laundry for children’s nap belongings, fabrics, and stuffed animals
• Garbage, recycling, compost taken out daily
• Compost bin/bucket washed daily
• Following proper diapering and children’s toileting procedures
• Sweeping the floors after meals and messy activities and mopping as needed for large spills
• General classroom cleaning such as washing windows and doors, doorknobs, sinks and faucets, and cleaning and organizing storage spaces and counters/shelves
• *Clubhouse Kids has an employed center cleaning staff member that vacuums and mops rooms each morning
• Following and adhering to all Clubhouse Kids and CDD Child Care Licensing illness and emergency procedures
• Complete all required classroom paperwork and documentation including:
• Children’s Attendance via brightwheel
• Daily Health Checks and Body Charts via paper form
• CACFP Food Program Meal Counts via paper form
• Incident Reports via paper form
• Cleaning Checklists
• Developmental Assessment Forms
• Behavior Documentation when needed
• Personal
• Communication
• Using appropriate communication and language while on-site at Clubhouse Kids
• Swearing, profanities, and prejudice/discriminatory language is strictly prohibited at Clubhouse Kids
• Greeting all families daily in a friendly/kind manner
• Communicating with families via multiple avenues including through brightwheel, email, phone, and in-person
• Communicating with co-workers and program directors via multiple avenues including through brightwheel, over radios, email, phone, text, and google chat.
• Communicating any child-specific concerns or observations with program directors first, in order to develop a timely and professional plan to address it with parents/ guardians
• Approaching difficult and hard conversations with families in the best interest of the child’s development and learning
• Keeping professional boundaries and respecting communication and feedback preferences
• Professionalism
• Being able to leave home and personal issues at the door and put the children’s needs and safety first
• Adhering to the Clubhouse Kids professional dress code
• Maintaining respectful communication with all Clubhouse Kids staff
• Obtaining required annual professional development hours in accordance with the Vermont Child Care Licensing Regulations and Early Head Start requirements.
• Keeping your staff file and Bright Futures Information System information up-to-date
• Actively participating in supervision meetings, Early Head Start meetings, child-specific team meetings, and planning time with your co-teacher(s)
• Attending and participating in monthly team meetings and staff professional development days that are scheduled into the annual calendar
• Collaboration
• Sharing information with any outside service providers and/or specialists
• Work with outside service providers to support children’s needs and accommodations and meet with children’s individual teams as needed
• Completing any child-specific assessment and/or evaluation materials as requested by service providers
• Working with program directors to make referrals for children as necessary

Requirements

• At Least an Associate’s Degree in the Early Childhood Education Field, OR
• Childcare Development Specialist Certificate (Vermont Childcare Apprenticeship Program), OR,
• A Child Development Associate credential (CDA), OR
• Successfully completed at least 12 College Credits in the Early Childhood Education Field

And

• Must pass a criminal background check fingerprinting through the VT Child Care Development Division
• Infant/Child First Aid CPR Certified (or willing to take within 3 months of hiring)
• Must be able to lift at least 30 lbs at any given time
• Must be able to play and move around with children in all settings throughout the entire day
• Must be comfortable and prepared/dressed to go outside with children in all Vermont seasons weather
• Basic computer knowledge- use of laptop/ iPad

Nice To Haves

• A degree in Early Childhood Education or related field

Benefits

• Generous Accrued Paid Time Off
• 7 Paid Holidays Birthday Paid Off
• 2 Full Weeks of Paid Vacation Time
• Paid Snow Days
• Attendance Bonus Program- Can earn additional bonuses or PTO!
• Vision Dental Insurance
• Free 24/7/365 Access to Telehealth/Teletherapy Service
• Simple IRA w/ 3% Employer Match after 1 Year of Employment
• Paid Monthly Professional Development Opportunities
• Yearly Bonuses
• Annual Cost of Living Raise
• Annual Opportunity for Performance Based Raise
• Childcare Benefit
• Positive, Professional, Safe Inclusive Workplace Culture!