Careers

$21.37 – $23.35 per hour
2% Bilingual Enhancement and/or 8% Tahoe Basin Enhancement

Job Description:

The Home Visitor assumes primary responsibility for supporting parents/guardians in the home with family engagement, health services, child development and accessing family service resources by connecting them to their community.  The Home Visitor maintains complete confidentiality when working with families as outlined in KidZCommunity’s Confidentiality Agreement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operates within the KidZCommunity vision/mission/values.
• Operates from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
• Understands and operates using Equity Practices.
• Follows the Head Start Performance Standards & Title 5.
• Follows the personnel policies & procedures.
• Operates within the KidZCommunity health & safety policies and procedures (i.e. timely health & safety daily checklist).
• Operates from KidZCommunity Operations Manual and home visitor handbook.
• Understands and operates using Equity Practices including cultural and family beliefs.
• Follows agency timelines.
• Uses the Three R’s curriculum/understands curriculum fidelity: including parents in curriculum planning.
• Uses knowledge of family dynamics and positive guidance techniques when working with families.
• Maintains health and medical records.
• Uses curriculum enhancements.
• Observes and does the record keeping for DRDP Assessments.
• Works with parents for ASQ and ASQ-SE.
• Plans and executes socializations, including food, developmentally appropriate activities, parent engagement and environments, including modifications for children with disabilities.
• Creates individual child development plans.
• Maintains children’s files.
• Uses the school readiness goals for planning.
• Follows the DS1 process.
• Knows what resources are available in the local area and links families to the resources they need.
• Interacts with children, families, and staff appropriately.
• Provides parents with information to gain understanding of how to advocate for their children’s needs.
• Works with families on goal setting, needs assessment and family partnership agreement
• Conducts weekly home visits in which families learn about activities that promote cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development.
• Creates transition Plans.
• Follows the PITC philosophy.
• Attends scheduled monthly case management, reflective supervision and home visitor support groups.
• Actively recruits parent delegates for PC and committees.
• Understands the concepts of basic nutrition; socialization food includes ethnic and cultural preferences.
• Ensures all required data is entered into ChildPlus.net, including attendance, ASQ/ASQ-SE, home visits, health information and any other information relevant to the child and family.
• Follows the recruitment plan, attendance policy & enrollment process.

The Bilingual Home Visitor is directly supervised by the Homebased Supervisor. This position varies in hours and months and is non-exempt.

Experience:

Early Head Start and social services experience desirable.

Education and Permit:

• 24 ECE, including 12 units core courses, 6 units infant toddler, 6 units other ECE; and 16 units GE; and 6 units Psychology, Social Work or a related field.
• Credential or certification in social work, human services, family services, counseling, or a related field required within in 18 months of hire.
• Continuous enrollment of at least three (3) units per semester to obtain an AA in ECE with 6 units infant toddler; and 12 units in Social Work or Psychology.

Continuing Education:

• Training as required

$19.00 – $21.18 per hour
2% Bilingual Enhancement

Job Description:

The Substitute Infant Care Teacher is responsible for assisting the Site Supervisor in the administration of an infant and toddler program in conformance with the Head Start Performance Standards, Title 22 and Title 5 of the California Administrative Code as applicable.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures Title 22 ratio and licensing guidelines are followed.
• Interacts with children, families, and staff appropriately.
• Implements the 3 R’s curriculum with fidelity.
• Creates lesson plans.
• Uses curriculum enhancements.
• Uses the school readiness goals for planning.
• Ensures Active Supervision at all times.
• Follows the PITC philosophy.
• Includes families in curriculum planning.
• Works with parents for ASQ and ASQ-SE.
• Observes and does the record keeping for DRDP Assessments.
• Creates individual child development plans.
• Conducts parent/teacher conferences.
• Conducts educational home visits.
• Supports the process of children’s transition plans.
• Sets up the classroom/yard environment, including modifications for children with disabilities.
• Assists families with maintenance of health and medical records.
• Operates within the KidZCommunity health & safety policies & procedures (i.e., timely health & safety checklist).
• Engages parents in the classroom and at parent meetings.
• Follows agency timelines.
• Participation at child family focus meetings.
• Participation at scheduled site staff meetings.
• Follows CACFP requirements when preparing and serving food.
• Uses ChildPlus.net to gain needed information on children.
• Follows the recruitment plan, attendance policy & enrollment process.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Operates within the KidZCommunity vision/mission/values.
• Operates from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
• Follows the Head Start Performance Standards.
• Follows the personnel policies & procedures.
• Understands and operates using Equity Practices.

The Substitute Infant Care Teacher is directly supervised by the Site Supervisor. This position varies in hours and months and is a non-exempt position.

Experience:

One year experience in infant/toddler care is a plus.

Education and Permit:

• Six (6) Infant/Toddler ECE/CD units completed and a minimum of twelve (12) units in ECE, including Core Course requirements. An Associate Teacher Permit must be, at a minimum, applied for within 60 days of hire date and must be maintained or upgraded throughout the course of employment.

or

• Three (3) Infant/Toddler ECE/CD units completed and a minimum of twelve (12) units in ECE, including Core Course requirements; the second Infant/Toddler class must be completed within one (1) year. An Associate Teacher Permit must be, at minimum, applied for within 60 days of hire and must be maintained or upgraded throughout the course of employment.

Continuing Education:

• Training as required

$16.66 – $18.31 per hour
2% Bilingual Enhancement

Job Description:

The Substitute Teacher/Associate Teacher is responsible for assisting the Site Supervisor in the preparation and execution of the program in conformance with the Head Start Performance Standards and/or State Preschool Guideline, Title 22 and Title 5 of the California Administrative Code as applicable.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operates within the KidZCommunity vision/mission/values.
• Operates from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
• Follows the Head Start Performance Standards & Title 5.
• Follows the personnel policies & procedures.
• Operates within the KidZCommunity health & safety policies & procedures (i.e., timely health & safety daily checklist).
• Operates from the KidZCommunity Operations Manual and Child Development Classroom Policies and Procedures.
• Follows procedures for the operation of the program in the center that conform to Head Start Performance Standards and/or State Preschool Guidelines, licensing and staffing requirements of Title 22 of the California Administrative Code and KidZCommunity Policies and Procedures.
• Assists in the modification of activities; removes barriers and provides support as needed for inclusion of children with disabilities in the full range of program activities.
• Follows the group environment plans, daily routine schedule, and maintain a developmentally appropriate learning environment, applying the principles, practices and philosophies of High/Scope.
• Assists in meeting all children’s identifiable individual nutritional needs as applicable by law; ensuring that a variety of foods take into account cultural and ethnic preferences while providing nutrition education to parents and children in a family style setting.
• Ensures that the health and safety of children is assured through: 1.Teaching children and parent’s preventative health practice; and 2. the establishment and practice of health emergency procedures including methods of handling suspected or known child abuse.
• Adheres to the agency personnel policies and the Head Start performance standards as relates to work performance and personal conduct.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The Substitute Associate Teacher/Teacher is directly supervised by the Site Supervisor or Teacher-in-Charge.

Experience:

One year of preschool teaching experience, preferably with Head Start.

Education and Permit:

• 24 ECE units or 12 ECE/CD units including core courses.
• High/Scope Certification a plus.

Continuing Education:

• Training as required