Role OverviewJoin our Early Head Start team as a Caregiver/Teacher, fostering academic excellence, equity, and opportunity for all students. The caregiver/teacher will need to demonstrate a clear understanding of cognitive, social, emotional, and physical developmental patterns of children from birth - 3 years of age.
What You Will Do
Care for children, relate well to young children and their parents, and demonstrate maturity and good judgment in situations involving parents, children, and staff.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate will have patience, flexibility, and the ability to adapt, with a strong commitment to education and a loyalty to the Early Head Start Program and the Burke County Public Schools.
Requirements
- Have a clear understanding of the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical developmental patterns of children from birth - 3 years of age
- Have a clear understanding of developmentally appropriate practice as it relates to the areas of room arrangement, curriculum planning, and lesson planning
- Ability to relate well to young children and their parents
- Demonstrate the maturity and good judgment needed in situations involving parents, children, and staff
- Patience, flexibility, and ability to adapt
- Loyalty to the Early Head Start Program and the Burke County Public Schools
- An understanding of the need for confidentiality related to program and family concerns
- Can meet the demands of caring for children
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