ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Engage in comprehensive, integrated planning with management team:
• to develop/improve the education/disabilities goals/outcomes that support school readiness.
• to develop/improve a system of education and child development services that is responsive to the school readiness needs and strengths of all infants and toddlers including dual language learners, homeless children, children in foster care, and children with disabilities.
• to assure alignment of child screenings and assessments, curricula, teaching/learning environment and practices, and the engagement of parents/family to the education system.
• assure alignment with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework and the Texas Early Learning Guidelines.
• to monitor and ensure the implementation of the system of education and child development services.
• assure compliance with IDEA and 504 Rehabilitation Act.
• Assist in the development of Policies and Procedures for the EHS Education and Child Development System.
• Assist in the professional development plan for all teaching staff that is aligned with child screenings and assessments, curricula, teaching practices, learning environment, and coaching support.
• Assist with the annual program self-assessment and federal onsite review process, focused on the education and child development services system; report on strengths, recommendations, required improvements; implement improvements and recommendations; incorporate into program planning process.
• Practice data driven decision making by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting all education and child development services data (PIR, Child Plus, child screenings and assessments, monitoring, and self-assessment) and direct teaching staff to assure continuous improvement practices.

POSITION SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assume the lead role in monitoring and observing classrooms and teachers to assure high quality teaching practices are implemented for all infants and toddlers thru a coaching model.
• Assist teachers in the development of learning plans and practices for meeting the needs and strengths of children based on child screenings and assessment results.
• Assist teachers in assuring that the classroom and playground learning environments are safe, developmentally appropriate, and stimulating for learning and development.
• Assist teachers in assuring that classrooms and learning plans are culturally and linguistically appropriate for all children including dual language learners, homeless children, children in foster care, and children with disabilities.
• Assist teachers in compliance with IDEA and 504 in accommodating and meeting the needs of children who have been diagnosed with a disability; specifically, with IEPs and IFSP.
• Assist the Education/Disabilities Manager in the selection of curricula, supplementary instructional materials, and furniture to equip each classroom as appropriate for infants and/or toddlers.
• Assist in the provision of professional development for teachers based on the coaching results.
• Attending all Professional Development training required by the program.
• Completes other related activities and duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Ability to see at normal distance, hear normal conversations and sounds and use hands and fingers to fill out required forms. Ability to lift infants and toddlers weighing up to forty (40) pounds, twenty (20) pounds overhead and forty (40) pounds from waist to shoulder; occasional lifting of fifty (50) pounds is required and must be able to push/pull up to fifty pounds horizontally. Ability to sit on the floor, bend at the waist, kneel and/or stoop 75% of the time.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions as long as the staff disability does not create an undue risk of injury to any enrolled children in the classroom.
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