Prevention Initiative Assistant Teacher (NTT Faculty)

at  Southern Illinois University Carbondale

DESCRIPTION

• The Prevention Initiative Assistant Teacher position is a non-tenure-track, term, faculty appointment. This is a full-time position with reappointment based on the needs of the program, availability of funding, and the employee’s performance.
• The Prevention Initiative Assistant Teacher works in partnership with the Lead Teacher to plan and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum for infants and toddlers using the Illinois Early Learning Guidelines and Creative Curriculum model, while providing a safe, nurturing learning environment to support each child’s overall development. Families are supported through daily parent-teacher interactions, Parents as Teachers resources, and personal visits conducted throughout the school year.
  A comprehensive benefit package including health insurance, retirement options, and tuition waiver is provided. A full listing of benefits is available at https://hr.siu.edu/benefits.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree with infant/toddler experience. A Master’s degree is required for the Assistant Lecturer level.
• Experience working with the infant and toddler population.
• Ability to employ physical skills and constant supervision of infant/toddler children including, but not limited to lifting and holding a child, running, reaching, squatting, dancing, and sitting in the environment at the child’s eye level.
• Access to reliable transportation to perform job duties.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Active Illinois State Board of Education Professional Educator License (PEL) with an endorsement in Early childhood Education; Special Education Endorsement; Bilingual Education Endorsement; Spanish language proficiency to speak and write;
• Creative Curriculum trained to use the tool;
• Developmental assessment data collection methods;
• Membership, committee work, or presentations to professional educational organizations at the local, state, and national levels;
• NAEYC Developmentally Appropriate Practices knowledge, DCFS licensing experience working in a position using the regulations;
• Experience supervising early childhood interns and practicum students.
• We are particularly interested in candidates with experience working with diverse populations of families with young children that are at-risk of academic failure.
  SIU Carbondale, member of the SIU System, is an anti-racist community that opposes racism, discrimination and inequity in any form, and embraces diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice for all people.
  SIU Carbondale is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans that strives to enhance its ability to develop a diverse faculty and staff and to increase its potential to serve a diverse student population. All applications are welcomed and encouraged and will receive consideration.

• Assist in the responsibility for implementing the Prevention Initiative Program.
• Responsibilities include assisting in the coordination and implementation of a program that provides educational and social opportunities for children and support for families.
• Assists in the responsibility for all record keeping and documentation in a timely manner.