Early Head Start Teacher

This position serves as a teacher in a classroom of Early Head Start infants and toddlers by planning, implementing, and supervising all center-based activities. This position may work with infants and toddlers with developmental delays. The position works in tandem with an integrated team to support the goals of the program.

• Plan and provide developmentally appropriate activities and experiences that advance all areas of children’s development (social, emotional, cognitive, physical) in a manner appropriate to age and stage of development.


• Provide a safe, healthy and well-managed environment to meet the changing needs of infants and toddlers.


• Develop and implement individualized goals for children that meet their needs and are developmentally appropriate.


• Develop an individual plan for each child to include goal setting based on identified needs and prescriptions for objectives and activities to meet established goals (outcomes).


• Screen, observe and document student progress in the GOLD online assessment system


• Prepare and maintain accurate records, including child observations, individualization, lesson plans, attendance, meal count, parent participation, in-kind contributions and volunteer time sheets.


• Establish consistent, stable and supportive relationships with infants/toddlers and their families.


• Encourage, facilitate, and support parental involvement in all aspects of the Early Head Start Program. 


• Schedules home visits and parent-teacher conferences with families as required and on an as-needed basis and documents these events.


• Work closely with the Early Head Start Mentor Teacher in planning and implementation of the Early Head Start curriculum


• Provide a safe and nurturing environment for infants and toddlers in accordance with all regulations


•  Perform any other duties as may be required.