Job description

MISSION:

For more than 30 years, Drew CDC has been instrumental in making a difference in the South Los Angeles Community to prepare the children of Watts-Willowbrook, Compton and South Los Angeles to succeed and thereby strengthen our community’s future. We’ve dedicated our mission to providing groundbreaking, innovative, high-quality programs that are outcome driven and best practices supported. Our values of accountability, integrity, and respect govern our decision making and ensure that everything we do strives to promote the health and well-being of those whom we serve.

JOB PURPOSE:

Provides a safe, nurturing environment for Toddlers and/or Preschool children. The Teacher will develop a curricula program with the goal of developing kindergarten readiness skills. The Teacher will ensure the safety and health of children. The Teacher will maintain effective communication with parents, coworkers, supervisor, and others. The Teacher will also collaborate with Site Supervisor to achieve and maintain the annual Center enrollment.

SUPERVISES: Associate Teacher (Early Intervention)

HOW TO APPLY:

• Upload Resume,
• Upload Child Development Teacher permit (issued by ctc.ca.gov)
• Upload Transcripts (unofficial)

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform the business of Drew CDC Child Care Centers in accordance with Drew CDC’s Employee Handbook, Title 5, Education Code: Section 8350, Preventive Health and Safety Regulations, CLASS, NAEYC Standards, Early Head Start Performance Standards and Title 22 Regulations.
• Perform supervision of children at all times to ensure their safety and care; develop a strategy to ensure the safety of children while they are using indoor and outdoor facilities.
• Plan and design with Associate Teachers and Volunteer the daily classroom program based on Creative Curriculum and implement STEM as a tool in alignment within the learning framework to support children’s portfolios, narratives, and DRDP tech.
• Perform supervision of Associate Teachers and Volunteers to ensure positive interactions with child/parent is always implemented resulting in satisfaction of services and no complaints filed, both internal and external.
• Functions within the rules and procedures as outlined in applicable contracts, program/ department procedures & manuals and the Drew Employee handbook.

CONTACTS AND RELATIONSHIPS: Supervisor, Parents, Co-workers, children, consultants, and others.

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: N/A - Not applicable to this role.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Associate's degree.
• 24 ECE/Child Development core units;
• 16 General Education units
• 6 Infant/Toddler development units (Required for Toddler Teachers only)
• Child Development Teacher Permit or higher;

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustain motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for Sedentary Work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for Light Work.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.

SKILLS:

• Oral Communication Skills
• Written Communication Skills
• Interpersonal Relations Family / Child Relations Customer Service
• Computer Skills- MS-Office
• Listening Skills

ABILITY TO:

• Maintain organization
• Plan and develop age-appropriate lessons
• Engage in time Management
• Creative / Artistic abilities
• Public Speaking Presentation Skills

ENVIRONMENT: Classroom

FLSA STATUS: Regular, Full-time, Non-Exempt

DISCLAIMER:

The above information regarding this job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of employees assigned to this job.

BENEFITS AT A GLANCE - 2022

Health & Welfare Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance (100% Agency Paid)
• Long Term Disability Insurance (100% Agency Paid)
• Short Term Disability Insurance (100% Employee Paid)
• FSA- Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• 403b Retirement Plan
• Eleven paid holidays per year
• Two Floating Holidays per year
• Nine accrued paid sick days per year (rolled over up to a maximum of 18 days)
• Two-week paid Winter Break (ten days)
• *The Agency pays 85% of the premium cost for employees and a generous portion of the premium cost for dependent coverage.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $21.58 - $26.11 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Gardena, CA 90248: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Do you have 24 units in Child Development and 16 units in General Education??

Education:

• Associate (Required)

License/Certification:

• Child Development Teacher Permit (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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