Job Title: Substitute Teacher
Reports To: Education Director
Location: San Francisco (Portola and Excelsior neighborhoods)
Salary Grade/Range: $22-$24 per hour, DOE,on-call staff guaranteed a minimum of 12hrs/wk
Status: Non-Exempt, On-call position (Monday to Friday; approximately 9:00am-6:00pm)
To Apply: If you match our qualifications and interests, please apply through our website, https://fccenters.org/employment/. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT. No phone calls or recruiters.
Date: September 12, 2024
Position Summary:
Family Connections is committed to nurturing each child’s social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development from early childhood to school-age. Our goal is to ensure children and families have a smooth transition through each stage of their lives. The Substitute Teacher supports our goal to work closely with teachers and parents/caregivers to enhance their involvement in their child’s educational development. Programs include: First Steps (play group), Pop N’ Play, Pre-K, school-age programs, and childcare for our workshops and support groups.
Essential Functions:
Assist teachers with daily management and responsibilities of classroom
Be consistent with the goals and the philosophy of the program
Get familiar with available teaching and learning material, make sure such materials are properly utilized, and make activities success-oriented
Maintain visual and auditory supervision of children at all times to ensure their safety in the classroom, on the playground, and on field trips
Ensure that environment is safe, clean, clutter-free, visually aesthetic, and functional
Interact with children in a positive, supportive, respectful, and open-minded manner
Provide oversight of daily operation of the classroom, including overall safety, accident and illness prevention; positive interactions; and productive educational project-based activities
Develop and maintain a positive and confidential relationship with children and their parents/caregivers, including thorough communication about program and child’s progress
Follow mandatory reporting requirements for suspicion of child abuse or neglect
Follow requirements for reporting and record-keeping of injuries or accidents
Practice and ensure professional standards of communications within classroom, agency, and with community partners/vendors
Participate in in-service trainings and professional development workshops
Perform other duties and ad hoc projects as needed or requested by supervisor
Qualifications:
12 ECE units or related field in Child Development
Minimum two years teaching experience
AA in Early Childhood Education or related field; Bachelor’s degree preferred
Bilingual in Cantonese and English or Spanish and English strongly preferred
Experience working effectively in diverse communities of staff and participants
Collaborative and self-directed, with the ability to work well in teams and independently
Confident and respectful classroom management skills and approach
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including listening skills
Professional ethics of confidentiality, discretion, and good judgment
Live Scan Clearance and physical health/TB clearance required to be maintained throughout employment
Work Environment:
This job operates in a professional classroom and office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 25 pounds and on occasion may require lifting/carrying a child or object up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Family Connections Centers is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity, inclusion, and respect. We welcome and strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.