Early Years Program Workers - Annavale, Casual Openings (Job Inventory)

Job Description

<h3>Job Description</h3><p>Job Description<p><p>Are you passionate about shaping brighter futures for children and families? Join our Headstart teaching team as a Headstart Teacher!</p><p>In this role, you’ll:</p><ul><li>Create a safe, caring, and engaging environment for children ages 0–5.</li><li>Foster socio-emotional growth through play-based, child-centered learning.</li><li>Collaborate with a supportive team guided by attachment theory and best practices in Early Years care.</li></ul><p>What you bring: teamwork skills, and a heart for making a difference.</p><p>You must have the ablility to work in accordance to all MEDU / Public Health directives.</p><p><strong>Program-Related Activities</strong></p><ul><li>Works with the team of RECEs to provide high quality care that reflect best practices and excellence in Early Years child-centered care.</li><li>Ensures program practices reflect program philosophy and core elements of Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years, <em>How Does Learning Happen?</em></li><li>Works respectfully and responsively with children and their families and caregivers</li><li>Responds to children’s needs in a manner that support positive relationships and social emotional growth, using attachment theory principles.</li><li>Provides a stimulating learning environment for groups of infants, toddlers, and/or pre-schoolers, in alignment with <em>ELECT</em> and <em>How Does learning Happen?</em> principles.</li><li>Completes regular scheduled assessments and appropriate screening for every child to determine areas of enhanced support needs.</li><li>Identifies children with special needs or learning challenges and makes appropriate referrals in consultation with the Headstart Team (e.g. to speech-language pathologist and family support community worker) and implements any recommendations by the specialist in consultation with the parents.</li><li>Informally assesses each child’s physical, social, emotional and cognitive and language learning needs and plans activities to address both group and individual needs.</li><li>Keeps parents informed of their child’s progress and maintains records of contacts.</li><li>Provides support, information and resources to parents in their home environment as required.</li><li>Works in accordance with the CCEYA.</li><li>Prepares classroom for activities according to program plan and children’s developmental needs.</li><li>Rides on the bus regularly to enhance contact with parents</li><li>Acts as a role model in interactions with parents/caregivers and children</li></ul></p></p>