Drop-In Teacher

Community Action, Inc.
$13-$16
United States, Wisconsin, Beloit
Mar 11, 2025
Summary: Responsible to the Site Supervisor for overseeing a respectful early learning environment consistent with the belief that children have tremendous potential and are capable and interested in learning. In addition, responsibilities will include integrating the objectives of the program into a positive educational and social environment to ensure that the agency's policies, mission, and values are upheld in a culturally competent manner. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following: CORE VALUES * Initiative: Self-starter requires minimal supervision, requests additional assignments or responsibilities; suggests and implements improved work methods. * Relationships: Projects a positive attitude and relates effectively with others to build strong working relationships built on a foundation of honesty, compassion and respect. Promotes and maintains appropriate professional boundaries. * Problem Solving: Identifies problems, secures relevant information and implements solutions. * Planning and Organizing: Establishes and manages work priorities; efficiently allocates time and utilizes available resources appropriately; effectively handles multiple assignments. * Cultural Competency: Commitment to learning and integrating cultural differences into day-to-day practices. Ability to react and interact with those of a different background effectively in order to fulfill agency mission. * Attention to Safety: Assists in the creation of a safety culture by working in a safe manner; reports unsafe situations and accidents; follows safety procedures; requests and uses safety equipment and safety techniques; and participates in safety training. * Attendance/Punctuality: Team members are on time and prepared for meetings with participants and stakeholders internal and external to the organization. Regular scheduled attendance is mandatory. CURRICULUM * Plan and carry out activities according to the ages and abilities of the children present. * Establish and maintain a daily schedule that follows the needs of each child that is present. * Provide direct care and assistance to children with their basic needs including eating, dressing, and hand washing. * Interact with children frequently while showing interest and modeling respect and affection regardless of race, gender, background, ability, culture, etc. of children or family members. * Encourage independence in children while teaching and modeling positive approaches to behaving constructively. * Assist children in dealing with emotions, positive and negative, while expecting them to behave in developmentally appropriate ways. CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT * Plan and set up an organized environment to meet the needs of the various ages served. * Establish and maintain a pleasant and welcoming learning environment for children, families, and co-workers. * Provide a healthy and safe environment that is conducive to positive learning, playing, and growing. * Implementation of cultural awareness, diversity, and inclusion within the classroom. RELATIONSHIPS * Establish and maintain positive working relationships with children, families, co-workers and supervisors. * Establish and maintain effective communication with families, children, co-workers, and supervisors according to policies. * Guide and mentor new Team Members, substitutes, volunteers, and students. HEALTH AND SAFETY * Establish and maintain a healthy and safe environment according to all safety and emergency standards, policies, and procedures. * Understand and follow all Community Action and Community Kids policies and procedures. * Complete all required forms according to policies such as, but not limited to, attendance and accident reports. * Promote healthy snack times as pleasant and social learning experiences. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following: * Maintain an organized, clean, and safe room. * Assist with transportation of children as needed. * Access to reliable, licensed, insured driver and transportation. Assist or supervise in other classrooms/sites as required, as qualifications allow. * Keep up to date with developments in subject area, teaching resources and methods and make relevant changes to environment and activities. * Participate in all required meetings and trainings. The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the major functions of this position and are not intended to be a detailed description of all the work/functions that may be required. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: * Responsible for the supervision of the children under his/her care in the classroom. * Responsible for the supervision of volunteers, and student teachers within their designated classroom. * Ensure all policies and procedures are being followed and stepping in when appropriate. * Provide suggestions and feedback to new Team Members, volunteers and student teachers within their designated classroom. QUALIFICATIONS: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: * Must be 18 years of age. LANGUAGE SKILLS: * Must have good communication skills, including the ability to effectively present information in one-to-one and small group situations to children, families, and co-workers. * Bilingual in English and Spanish is highly desirable. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: * Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide with whole numbers, fractions and percentages. REASONING ABILITY: * Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written or oral instructions. * Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. * Must be able to conduct smooth and unregimented transitions, be flexible, and handle routine tasks in a relaxed and individualized manner. CERTIFICIATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: * Within 3 months after beginning work with children, shall obtain and maintain a current certification for infant and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator use from the agency approved by DCF. * Before beginning work, a certificate of DCF approved training in shaken baby syndrome and SIDS. * Within the first 5 days of beginning work, mandated Reporter training completed or within the last two years or DCF approved equivalent. OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: * Must be reliable and dependable. * Ability to communicate appropriately and work with families, children, co-workers, managers, and directors. * Demonstrate commitment to cultural diversity. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. * Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. * Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. * Occasionally required to climb or balance and taste or smell. * Frequently lift a minimum of 20 pounds, ranging up to 50 pounds, depending on age of children. * Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. * Ability to be mobile on a variety of surfaces such as tile, carpet, wood chips, pea gravel, cement, etc. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. * The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and occasionally loud. * The duties are usually performed within a classroom environment with daily time (if appropriate) outside is varied weather conditions, including heat, wind, and cold. * The employee may be exposed to childhood illnesses.