Early Childhood Teacher (Instructor)

Supervises and instructs infant or toddler students in order to provide basic skill development in the following areas: language and communication, self-help, fine and gross motor, social, emotional, cognitive and sensory; organizes and supervises extracurricular activities; provides direction for the Instructor Assistant and volunteers assigned and family members participating in the program; Maintains a classroom environment which is conducive for learning and free of health and safety hazards; Travels to homes and other ECE locations to accommodate needs for families, children and ECE; Prepares and maintains written records and reports as required on, but not limited to, student attendance, assessments, program objectives and progress data for regular evaluations and for revision of IFSP or IEP; Participates as a member of the interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary team working with families and other professional staff in assessing, implementing, evaluating and modifying the IFSP or IEP for assigned students.

Provides service coordination at the request of family including arranging and attending IEP or IFSP meetings with family and others, providing information on transition and other family interests, reviewing IEP and IFSP timelines and maintaining records; Provides consultation services with parents, guardians and/or significant others to ensure accomplishment of plan objectives; Attends to child's embarkation and disembarkation from transportation vehicles.

Performs student assessments; assesses developmental levels of students by formal and informal methods in order to obtain evaluative data; observes and confers with parents and significant others in order to collect and share information relative to the assessment process and to develop the Individualized Family Service Plan, Transdisciplinary Report/Action Plan or Individual Education Plan/Transdisciplinary Report/Action Plan; Performs other related duties as assigned; Develops, implements, evaluates and modifies the IFSP or IEP for each assigned student with the family and significant others including outside agency representatives.

Plans, develops and implements written, daily lessons for classroom and home for assigned students in order to meet the objectives as established on the student's IFSP or IEP; plans, reviews and selects instructional materials for use in the assigned classroom or at student's home ; Attends and participates in staff meetings to obtain and provide information.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Benefits of working at the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities:

• Tuition reimbursement
• On-site fitness
• Generous health care package (health, vision, dental, & life insurance)
• Childcare Assistance
• 14% employer contribution towards retirement plan (www.opers.com or www.strsoh.org)
• Deferred compensation options (www.ccao457empower-retirement.com & www.ohio457.org)
• Paid holidays
• Excellent leave policies (sick, vacation, and personal days)

Bachelor's Degree required; Early Intervention Specialist Certification – Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities; Early Childhood Intervention Specialist License - Ohio Department of Education; Must be able to lift, carry, push/pull fifty pounds with frequent lifting and/or carrying of up to twenty-five pounds; must be able to lift physically handicapped and non-ambulatory individuals