Covid vaccine recommended Our mission is to connect, empower, and transform the lives of children and families. + Do you enjoy actively playing with children? + Are you a team player? + Are you looking for work/life balance? Then this may be the role for you. Come join our team as an Infant and Toddler Teacher. This position provides and implements a developmentally appropriate early childhood classroom experience for children enrolled in our Full Day Full Year Early Head Start program. Scheduled to work 40 hours per week. Fully qualified pay rate- $22.93, Trainee rate- $21.94. General schedule is Monday- Friday day time hours. *Please create a Merit account and submit an application for the Portable Background Check. It can be found in the application tab once you create the account. There is no cost for this background check. https://apps.dcyf.wa.gov/MERIT/Home/Welcome QUALIFICATIONS Minimum Education- High school diploma or equivalent and a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential for Infant and Toddlers, or, equivalent of 12 quarter ECE credits in age-appropriate early childhood and child development. Preferred Education and Experience Associate degree in early childhood education or child development with an emphasis on groups of children 0-36 months of age. -or- Associate degree not in ECE and a Child Development Associate (CDA) with an Infant/Toddler credential or equivalent of 12 quarter ECE credits in age-appropriate early childhood and child development. Bi-lingual highly desired Knowledge of: 1. Current and developmentally appropriate best practices for children age 0-3. 2. Principles of infant/toddler development and infant/toddler curriculum planning. 3. Technology proficient Ability to: 1. Observe and assess children and set individualized goals. 2. Prepare the classroom environment to meet the educational needs of each child. 3. Track each child's progress and incorporate the information into the curriculum. 4. Work cooperatively with staff members and clients from diverse cultural, socio-economic and educational backgrounds. 5. Maintain confidentiality of records and information. 6. Use the team approach to resolving problems or conflicts. 7. Demonstrate professional and effective written and verbal communication skills; receive information and feedback in an understanding manner; use good judgment. 8. Attend appropriate staff meetings and out-of-town training sessions as assigned 9. Perform the physical requirements of the job which include regular crouching, stooping, bending, kneeling, sitting on the floor to assist and engage with children, and outdoors on a playground setting monitoring safe play and supervision. Interviews to begin once a qualified pool is received. EOCF shall not discriminate in its staff, hiring practices, board, volunteers, volunteer committees, or recipients of any service on the basis of a person's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, veteran status, mental, physical, or sensory disability, or any other status not listed, as protected by state and/or federal law.