The Dolores Doré Eccles Center for Early Care and Education has an opening for a Lead Teacher.  The Center includes four classrooms/programs: Infants (6 weeks - 12 months), Toddler (12 through 24 months), Junior Preschool (2 through 3.5 year-olds), and Senior preschool (3.5 through 5 year-olds). The Lead Teacher (Teacher, Early Childhood II) position will be for the Toddler classroom.

The Center serves two primary purposes:

1.  To provide and maintain a safe, nurturing, and developmentally appropriate learning environment for young children in the context of establishing mutually supportive partnerships with families
2. To afford a meaningful learning experience for university students earning academic credit in early childhood education and other related disciplines through on-site teaching and mentoring.

The person selected for the position of an Early Childhood Education (ECE) Teacher will be responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing an individualized developmentally-based and/or integrated thematic/project approach curriculum as appropriate. In addition, the ECE Teacher is directly responsible for supervising, mentoring, training, and/or working closely with other teaching staff, university practicum students, and program parents to ensure that continuity of quality care and education is maintained according to national accreditation standards. The general work schedule is Monday through Friday (full-time) with variable hours between 7:30 AM and 5:30 PM. More specifically, the ECE Teacher:

• Facilitates an effective program to meet the physical, social, emotional, language, and cognitive needs of each child based upon sound child development principles.
• Secures the health, safety, welfare, and accountability of children through constant supervision, effective arrangement of space, proper maintenance of equipment, and regular practice of fire and other emergency procedures.
• Ensures that families receive adequate information about their child’s experiences at the center through daily contacts, information letters, and regularly scheduled teacher/family conferences.
• Plans, organizes, and implements daily routines across indoor and outdoor spaces, curriculum plans, appropriate learning environments, space arrangement, child assessments, and parent interactions.
• Conducts ongoing needs assessment of each child and maintains written records and portfolios to monitor progress in all areas of development and for incorporating into curriculum planning.
• Maintains for the ordered arrangement, appearance, décor, and learning environment of all classroom areas and outdoor play areas.
• Assets in training and supervising practicum students in such a way that each is actively engaged in meeting the individual needs of each child in all developmental domains.
• Attends and actively contributes to staff planning, training, evaluations meetings, and professional events, serving as a resource person to staff members.
• Acknowledges and acts in accordance with the policies and procedures of the center and the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
• Operates a classroom/program in compliance with all state childcare center licensing standards and NAEYC accreditation criteria.
• Shares in the joint housekeeping responsibilities of the center and performs other duties, assigned by the Director, deemed necessary for the successful operation of the center program.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Development and Family Studies, Elementary Education or a related field
• 15 credits in Early Childhood Education (ECE), Child Development or closely related field, and 1 year formal experience in Early Childhood Education; Child Development Associate (CDA) certification, and 1 year formal experience with young children; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Effective communication skills interacting with children, parents, college students and professional colleagues
• Familiarity with standards of Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with toddlers and infants in early care and education settings
• Familiarity with NAEYC accreditation standards

Along with the online application, please attach:

1. Resume to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Resume/CV”
2. Transcript to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Documents 1-5”
3. Cover Letter to be typed/pasted at the end of your application

**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**

Employees work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not necessarily, occasional temperature changes.  Outdoors, incumbents may not be protected from weather conditions.  The employee is regularly required to sit and often uses repetitive hand motions.

The Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services is home to eight departments and nine centers, each of which are committed to enriching lives, enabling people from a range of backgrounds and interests reach their full potential, helping communities thrive, and ensuring that the state of Utah and our nation are vibrant and strong. Not only do we serve the public, but we also provide interdisciplinary training for students and professionals while offering fertile ground for conducting cutting-edge research on new and innovative human service practices. 

The Department of Human Development and Family Studies (https://hdfs.usu.edu/) is in the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services (http://www.cehs.usu.edu). Our college graduate programs are ranked #1 in Utah and #26 in the nation according to U.S. News and World Report. Departmental degrees offered include:

• BS/BA: Early Childhood Education (in cooperation with the School of Teacher Education and Leadership); Human Development and Family Studies; Family Life Studies)
• MMFT: Master of Marriage and Family Therapy
• MHDFS: Master of Human Development and Family Studies (non-thesis degree)
• PhD in Family and Human Development (concentrations in Family Relations; Human Development Across the Lifespan; Marriage and Family Therapy)
• A Gerontology Certificate Program is also administered by the department.

The department has 22 faculty members, over 300 undergraduate majors, and 48 graduate students.

Founded in 1888, Utah State University is Utah’s premier land-grant, public service university, with a strong commitment to excellence, access, and inclusion, empowering people to lead successful lives of involvement, innovation, and impact. Utah State provides high-quality education to 27,500-plus students locations throughout the state, including at three residential campuses, eight statewide campuses, and 23 education centers. USU Online educates students from all 50 states and 55 countries. For over 25 years, USU Extension has served and engaged Utahns in all of Utah’s counties. As an R1 research institution, Utah State is dedicated to advancing knowledge through research and scholarly activities, providing a high-quality undergraduate and graduate education at an affordable price.

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