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EducationEarly Childhood Education
About the job
Requirements
Have 24 units in Early Childhood Education/Child Development, including core courses, plus 16 general education units, or an Associate of Arts or higher degree in Early Childhood Education or a related field with 3 units of supervised field experience in an Early Childhood Education setting.
Hold a minimum of 12 units in Early Childhood Education/Child Development from an accredited institution.
Have 3 Early Childhood Education units related to infants and infant-related experience.
Hold a California Teacher Credential Commission Teacher Permit or higher.
Have 175 days of experience working 3 or more hours per day within the last 4 years.
Provide tuberculosis and medical clearance.
Pass fingerprinting and federal clearance.
Hold active CPR and First Aid certifications.
Hold an active Child Mandated Reporting certificate or obtain it within one day of employment.
Hold an active Sexual Harassment Prevention Training certificate.
Be able to engage in active play and lift and carry up to 30 pounds.
Meet all requirements in accordance with Title 5 and Title 22.
Responsibilities
Nurture and teach preschoolers in a safe, creative learning environment, providing individualized attention to help each child develop competencies and interact effectively; manage the classroom during mealtimes and outdoor play.
Provide care, development, and instruction of children as needed.
Collaborate with the teaching team to plan and deliver an expansive curriculum using varied educational techniques to improve social competencies and build self-esteem; adapt lesson plans to children's interests and abilities.
Maintain knowledge of Early Childhood Education best practices and use tools such as the Desired Results Developmental Profile, Ages and Stages Questionnaires, Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional, Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, and Classroom Assessment Scoring System to understand development and guide classroom goal setting and professional development.
Ensure children are supervised at all times; identify behavioral signals and adapt teaching approaches to meet individual emotional or intellectual developmental needs.
Build relationships with caregivers and communicate daily about children's health, safety, and developmental growth.
Foster an inclusive classroom culture that values and reflects diversity.
Engage with children during outdoor play while ensuring supervision and safety.
Conduct parent-teacher conferences.
Use current program software for daily communications with parents or guardians, staff, and other parties.
Attend agency and department professional development days.
Maintain accurate attendance and meal records and follow up with parents about attendance.
Model respectful, nurturing interactions with children and families.
Follow daily routines, including feeding, diapering, and toileting, and notify parents or guardians when supplies are low.
Support infants through nurturing physical contact, including holding and soothing.
Follow regulations established by local, city, and state regulators.
Desired Qualifications
Cantonese or Mandarin proficiency is a plus.
About Wah Mei:
Wah Mei School is the first Chinese American bilingual school to be established in San Francisco. Since our first class in 1974, our preschool program successfully promotes multiculturalism in developmental activities that emphasize both learning and playing for our participants. Our mission is to provide a safe and nurturing high quality Chinese-English bi/trilingual multicultural environment that promotes children’s development while building a supportive community for their families. Our programs now include Early Care & Education, Before and Afterschool, Weekend Chinese Classes, and Summer Programs at multiple sites.
About the role
Teachers will plan, coordinate, and implement a comprehensive preschool program in a multicultural setting. All teachers will use the Inquiry/Project based approach in the classroom to support development in early literacy, gross motor, mathematics, language development, science, art, diversity, and enrichment, aligned with creative curriculum. Teachers play a critical role in promoting a positive atmosphere in the classroom and must model Wah Mei’s core values to employ bicultural education to prepare children to be global citizens in a fun and developmentally appropriate environment, nurture the uniqueness of each child, encourage and foster diversity, and maintain deep, trusting and collaborative relationships with families and the community.
What you'll do
● Nurture and teach preschoolers to provide a safe and creative learning environment, including individualized attention to help each child develop new competencies and learn to interact effectively; manage classroom effectively including during mealtime and outdoor play
● May provide service in the care, development, and instruction of children
● Collaborate within the teaching team to plan and deliver an expansive curriculum that utilizes a variety of educational techniques to improve social competencies, and build self-esteem; adapt the lesson plans based on the interests and abilities of all of the children in the classroom
● Maintain knowledge of ECE best practices, and incorporate effective tools (such as DRDP, ASQ and ASQ-SE) to understand the children’s developmental stages; and ECERS and CLASS tools to guide goal setting and professional development for the classroom environment
● Ensure that all children are being supervised at all times; identify and respond to behavioral signals from children that indicate a need to adapt teaching style to meet an individual child’s emotional or intellectual developmental needs
● Build positive relationships with caregivers to foster a connected community: communicate daily with caregivers any necessary information regarding the child’s health, safety, and developmental growth
● Foster an inclusive classroom culture that values and reflects diversity
● Actively engage with children during outdoor play while ensuring supervision and safety
● Conduct parent-teacher conferences
● Use current program softwares for daily operation use for communication to parents/guardians, staff, and other parties
● Attend agency and department professional development day(s)
● Maintain accurate records for attendance, meals,- follow up with parents regarding attendance
● Model respectful nurturing interactions with children and families
● Follow daily routines, including feeding, diapering and toileting, inform parents/guardians when supplies is low (diapers, baby wipes, baby formula, milk)
● Support infants through nurturing physical contact, including holding and soothing
● Follow all regulations as listed by the local,city, and state regulators
● Cantonese or Mandarin proficiency is a plus
Qualifications
● 24 units ECE/CD including core courses** + 16 GE units* OR AA or higher degree in ECE or related field with 3 units supervised field experience in ECE setting
● Hold a minimum of 12 units in ECE/CD from an accredited institution
● 3 ECE units must be infant-related and experience must be infant-related
● California Teacher Credential (CTC) Teacher Permit or higher
● 175 days of 3+ hours per day within 4 years
● Provide TB and medical clearance
● Pass fingerprint and federal clearance
● Active CPR and First Aid certification
● Active Child Mandated Reporting certificate (or must receive certificate within (one) 1 day of employment)
● Active Sexual Harassment Prevention Training certificate
● Be able to engage in active play and can lift and carry up to 30 lbs
● Meet all requirements in accordance with Title 5 and Title 22