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Master Teacher 0-3 - Christopher House - Chicago IL

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Christopher House (CH) is searching for Master Teachers looking to grow professionally in the field of Early Childhood Development. Candidates must possess a specialized interest and passion for working with Infants, Toddlers, and Two-year old’s.

With a mission to develop independent, creative, lifelong learners, our infant, preschool, elementary and family schools build a community of students, teachers, and parents committed to excellence, achievement and perseverance, respect and compassion, and equality of opportunity.

Christopher House partners with parents to provide a continuum of education for students from birth through high school, as well as immersive family supports that help parents create stable, self-sufficient families. We operate accredited early learning, elementary, and out of school time programs grounded in research-based curricula and high-quality instruction.

OUR BELIEFS

Children and families thrive when:

  • Education begins at birth and continues throughout life, with parents as a child’s first teacher;
  • Home environments nurture literacy, achievement, and children’s success;
  • Parents have high standards and set high expectations for themselves, their children, and children’s schools;
  • Professionally trained teachers know their students as individuals;
  • Evaluations and program improvements are data driven;
  • Parents and staff work together to continuously evaluate and improve programming;
  • Education includes the development of creativity and perseverance and is multi-disciplinary in order to foster each child’s unique strengths and interests;
  • Developing independent, creative, life-long researchers, education must include curriculum designed to help scholars develop socially and emotionally as well as cognitively;
  • Diversity is celebrated and explored so that learners develop broad perspectives on life and learning; and
  • Parents and caregivers support their children financially and emotionally.

Position Objectives:

  • Determine the needs and provide for the development of children birth through three
  • Work to create a safe environment for children and act as a role model for teaching staff
  • Implement and maintain all components regarding children birth through three, based on EHS, State Pre-K, Child Care and state and local requirements

Responsibilities:

  • Provide technical assistance, advisement, support and role modeling to members of the Infant, Toddler and Two’s teaching staff in curriculum and development issues
  • Coordinate monthly teacher meetings to ensure on-going cooperation among staff and to ensure that individual teachers are working towards a unified approach to infant, toddler and two’s development; maintain a strong classroom presence
  • Ensure compliance with all curriculum related to funding and licensing requirements pertaining to the Infant, Toddler and Two’s program.
  • Review lesson plans on a weekly basis, make any recommendations for needed changes and follow through on implementation of lesson plans
  • Provide a copy each week to the Associate Director of Early Childhood, Associate Director of Parent Involvement and Manager of Health and Disabilities
  • Meet with the teaching staff and the Manager of Health and Disabilities to ensure compliance to and an understanding of appropriate health and nutrition practices.
  • Coordinate portfolio assessments of all children in a timely manner and conduct classroom observations monthly
  • Ensure that parent-teacher conferences are conducted twice a year and assist teachers in both preparation and conducting these conferences, as needed.
  • Provide training, support and follow up to program staff regarding Creative Curriculum, Ages and Stages and Ages and Stages Social Emotional Questionnaire, Portfolio and Parent Teacher Conferences.

Qualifications:

  • Strong alignment with Christopher House’s Values and Mission;
  • Strong work ethic coupled with a proactive problem-solving approach;
  • Two years of experience working in a birth through three-year-old classroom, preferably in an Early Head Start or governmentally funded child care program;
  • Bi-lingual skills in English/Spanish is desirable

Education:

  • Associate's Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in Infant/Toddler Studies, Early Childhood Education or Child Development and Illinois Gateways Infant/Toddler Level 5 credential. Please do not apply if you do not have early childhood or child development credits as this is a requirement of our funders.

Christopher House is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If you are interested in this position, please click apply below.

Metro Area
Chicago IL
Job Location City
Chicago
Job Location State
Illinois
Job Location Zip
60622
Job Location Country
United States
Job Category
Education and Training
Prefered Experience
1 year(s)
Job Type
Full time
Job Posting Date
Aug. 13, 2019

Organization Details

Organization Name
Christopher House
Organizational Focus
Education and Academia
Contact Person
Helen
Contact Phone
Helen
Contact Email
habera@christopherhouse.org
Web Address
http://1611 W. Division St #207


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