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　　POSITION SUMMARY:\Assist and support the implementation of an early childhood educationprogram that provides quality\developmentally appropriate services to children and families that meetsprogram, state, and federal regulations\per the Head Start Performance Standards.

　　\ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:\Be and advocate for Head Start in the community.\Team with center staff to provide an inviting and nurturing learningenvironment for children, families,\volunteers, and staff.\Provide full services to assigned families per the Head StartPerformance Standards, under the direct\supervision of the Lead Teacher.\In absence of Site Manager and Lead Teacher, the Assistant Teachersupervises the paraprofessional and\bus driver.\Individualize teaching to enable children to attain key curriculum andsocial/emotional goals with the\assistance of parents or primary caregivers.\Responsible to ensure completion of data entry in Agency approved DataSystem\Responsible to ensure completion of data entry for child observations,home visits, parent -teacher\conferences, meal counts, attendance and all other assigned data.\Participate in clinical team meetings by giving input for the leadteacher to share developmental\information and therapeutic results each week to the team.\Team with center staff to recruit, train and encourage parent andcommunity volunteers participation at\the center and document volunteer hours to fulfill federal matchrequirements.\Insure parents/primary caregivers are informed of all policies includedin the Parent Handbook.\Team with parents to schedule all health appointments, identify childrenand families with nutritional\problems, post childrens allergies, in the kitchen and inform staff ofall childrens allergies.\Carry out all classroom and playground duties as assigned.\Be a role model for the children before, during meals and at clean uptime.\Promote and model excellence in daily program operations that supportthe provision of quality services\for children and families, and a learning environment where all staffcan thrive.\Obtain and share knowledge of theories and techniques for adulteducation and Early Childhood\development.\Maintain dependable, punctual attendance.\Assist in setting-up a developmentally appropriate classroom based onHead Start Performance\Standards-using Creative Curriculum, PBS (Positive Behavior Support) andother curricula provided by\programs.\Travel within agency area with occasional out of area trips fortraining.\Assist with developmental and social and emotional screenings andobserve the developmental level of\each child making appropriate referrals if needed.\Be knowledgeable of Performance Standards, Policies and Procedures,Positive Behavior Support (PBS)\ASQ-3, ASQ-SE and Creative Curriculum.\Participate in Individualized Education Plan (IEP), Individual FamilyService Plan (IFSP), and/or\Person-Centered Plan (PCP) meetings as needed for children with specialneeds while taking the role of\resource person and parent advocate.\Assist with informing parents of childs progress at parent conferencesand/or monthly home visits or\upon request of parent.\Utilize Positive Behavior Support (PBS) strategies to prevent and defusechallenging behavior.\Comply with Head Start Performance Standards.\Respect and support cultural differences and diverse family structures.\Demonstrate good work habits such as arriving on time and adhering toappropriate break times.\Attend mandatory In-Service trainings and staff meetings.\Responsibility to report any suspected abuse or neglect to appropriateauthority.\Advocate for SEK-CAP, Inc. in the community.\Maintain and assure confidentiality and privacy of SEK-CAP, Inc.customers.\U hold and promote the core values and mission statement of SEK-CAP,Inc.\Support management decisions both in actions and words.\Other duties as assigned.