School Age Teacher North Hollywood
Location:North Hollywood, CA
Job ID:2025
Salary:$24.44 - $25.73 Per Hour
Area of Interest:Children Services - Education
Division:Children Services
Shift Type:Day
VOALA
Helping Our Most Vulnerable Change Their Life Stories
Volunteers of America is a non-profit organization committed to serving people in need, strengthening families, and building communities. VOALA provides a variety of social services to Los Angeles area communities such as Head Start, General Child Care programs, Upward Bound college prep programs, veteran-s services, homeless shelters, low-income housing program as well as drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Learn more atwww.voala.org.
GENERAL CHILD CARE
Through our General Child Care programs, we work with children (2yrs-10yrs) and their families to provide the skills, confidence and stable home life necessary for a smooth transition into kindergarten and beyond. Children also receive a broad array of health services including screenings and referrals, maintenance of immunization schedules, nutrition assessments and follow-ups, mental health assessments as part of an initial screenings, and determination if any mental or physical delays are present.
JOB SUMMARY AND PURPOSE
The General Child Care Teacher will provide children with an environment that includes varied activities to help children develop socially, emotionally, intellectually and physically in a manner appropriate to their age and stage of development, with the overall goal being to achieve social competence for the child.
Specific Duties Include:
Implements the program curriculum for children enrolled in morning and afternoon classes. Plan individual and group activities to stimulate learning and promote parent involvement in the child-s learning process. Works cooperatively with co-teacher. Works with cooperative to provide information and resources to enrolled families;
Provide children with an environment that includes varied activities to help children develop socially, emotionally, intellectually and physical in manner appropriate to their age and stage of development, with the overall goal being to achieve social competence for the child;
Conducts daily classroom planning, maintains children-s records in conjunction with the co-teacher and submits accurate monthly paperwork in timely basis;
Observes, screens and assess child development level and develops goals that relate to the children-s individualization;
Provide a planned program of activities, which supports and enhances the role of parents as the prime educators of their children;
Provide a learning environment that reflects the varied cultural and ethnic backgrounds of the children in the program and the larger communities and societies in which they live;
Conducts daily observations and collect anecdotal observations to be used for DRDP assessments;
Create a classroom environment following the guidelines of the ITERS, ECERS and SACCERS;
Provides a learning environment following the regulations of Title V, Tittle 22 and Community Care licensing.
Qualifications:
REQUIREMENTS
Must be able to pass a fingerprint clearance, background check, including criminal history, personal references, employment and education verifications
Proof at the time of hire
TB clearance within 6 months prior
Annual Influenza vaccination (between Aug 1 - Dec 1)
Pertussis (whooping cough) and measles immunization
Health screening at the time of employment
Requires ability to interact with children in a busy environment including, but not limited to:
Able to lift up to 50 lbs.
Frequently kneel and squat
Ability to move quickly
EDUCATION
AA Degree on Child Development or a related field
24 ECE/CD units
Child Development Permit
EXPERIENCE
2 years of teaching experience
1 year of supervision experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelors degree on Child Development or related field work
Management coursework
4 years of teaching experience
Creative curriculum
Licensing regulations
Bilingual English and Spanish (written and verbal)
Volunteers of America is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law
This employer participates in E-Verify as required by the federal government and will provide the federal government with your Form 1-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (OHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment
