Floater Teacher at Chicanos Por La Causa – Crystal City, Texas

POSITION SUMMARY

The Floater Teacher is responsible to support staff development and service delivery of high quality developmentally appropriate care and education for children aged 0-5 in the CPLC ECD Programs. To work as a site-based Floater with assigned classrooms in the role of a teacher. Works as part of a center based and home base inter-disciplinary team to provide education, health and social service support to children and families as needed and requested. Follow all state and federal regulations that apply to care and education of young children, revised Head Start Program Performance Standards (issued 9/1/2016), Head Start Act (12/7/2007), Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Licensing, Office of Head Start Initiatives, and CPLC ECD Content Area Plans and Procedures. Actively supervise children by sight and sound at all times and in all environments. Maintain all health and safety regulations to create an optimum learning environment. Facilitate health practices to keep children safe in the school bus, outdoor and indoor environments.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES

• Minimum qualifications for the Floater Teacher position are an associate degree, required, or a bachelor’s degree, preferred.
• Child Development or Early Childhood Education (ECE) or coursework in Early Childhood Education or related field and six-month experience in teaching preschool aged children is required.
• Experience teaching preschool and/ or infant/toddler age children is highly preferred.
• Bilingual English/Spanish is preferred.