Performance Responsibilities:

Communication, written and oral with parent, family and program data and reports and other program staff. Maintain professional atmosphere and demeanor in classroom or family child care home, acting at all times as a representative of the ISD. Engage in activities with children at their physical level. Create an overall supportive, nurturing, strength based atmosphere. Implement High Scope Curriculum and Conscious Discipline during classroom and family child care visits. Provide child care for evenings meetings as required. Supports all child care provider sites. Provide lunch coverage, as needed. Sub in classroom, as needed. Provide resources for families and children as requested. Implement high quality developmentally appropriate practice. Adhere to Standards of Conduct as outlined in the Head Start Program Performance Standards (1305.52(i)(i-iv). Communicate with Early On, Early Head Start, GSRP and Early Childhood Special Education as needed for collaboration throughout programs. Attend and engage in continuous professional development. Demonstrate knowledge of the Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infants and toddlers. Partner in implementation of universal supports for all children. Maintain appropriate records. Involve families in community activities as appropriate. Perform other duties as assigned by St. Joseph County ISD Administration.