Job Description
The Infant/Toddler teacher provides a Christ-centered, biblically based environment for children birth through 24 months, where all children receive a high-quality early childhood education while learning the Good News of Jesus Christ. Under general administrative supervision, provides a caring, responsive environment in a team setting, by meeting the individual needs of each infant and family while taking the approved curriculum goals, standards, learning objectives and learning experiences that will contribute to their development. The position is a permanent full-time job working 40 hours per week at the Irvine campus.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provides a Christ-centered, warm and accepting environment for the Infants and Toddlers of MCP
- Maintain daily records of Infant/Toddler
- Create, implement and evaluate an engaging, age-appropriate emergent curriculum for children
- Responsible for planning, organizing and carrying out a developmentally appropriate program in both the indoor and outdoor classroom setting
- Communicates effectively with parents regarding their children, the classroom, school and church events through a variety of verbal and written methods. Parent/Teacher conferences are conducted bi-annually
- Conducts ongoing assessment of children using the DRDP-15 and maintains individual portfolios for each child
- Participates in MCP staff development days and regular staff meetings. Completes 21 hours of approved Professional Development per year
- Maintain the school's professional status by displaying spiritual, positive, professional behavior, and understand and follow policies and procedures
- Participates in activities that promote community within the school and church throughout the year