Share Email Opening Title Teacher - Preschool for All  Position Teacher - Preschool for All   Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time   Base Wage This is a 180-day contract at $19.00/hr. Benefits include: PTO, health insurance, 401k, and paid holidays.   Description The Preschool for All (PFA) Teacher works with home child care providers and families in the Peoria local area brining quality learning environment that are developmentally appropriate and actively engages children. This posiiton will work Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm going into two home child care homes for 2.5 each (a total of 5 hours in home child care homes) with the remaining time left for planning and reporting functions.  COVID-19 mitigation practices are routinely practiced with masks and health screens requirements to maintain the health and safety of everyone.  Addiitonal mitigation strategies are in place at each home child care provider.   Essential Functions Fulfill stated PFA program requirements in accordance with the Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards and Illinois State Board of Education Cultivate a friendly and welcoming atmosphere where each child feels safe and secure and can develop a sense of belonging and value. Conduct on-going assessment and evaluation of the program environment to ensure it provides appropriate support of program goals using Teaching Strategies (TS) GOLD. Develop curriculum that provides opportunities for rich conceptual development that actively engages children in the learning process, encourages independence, and allows children to make meaningful choices.  Incorporate a wide variety of learning experiences, materials, equipment, and instructional strategies which consolidate learning and foster acquisition of new concepts and skills while building on what children already know and are able to do using benchmarks and activities. Provide curriculum opportunities that emphasize the development of children’s thinking, reasoning, decision making, and problem-solving abilities.  Through the curriculum emphasize the value of social interaction and provide opportunities for children to learn from their peers. Ensure the curriculum fosters each child’s comfortable, empathetic interaction with diversity among people. Utilize classroom activities that acknowledge cultural differences. Use TS GOLD assessment methods which demonstrate children’s overall strengths, progress, and development. Identify completion of skills during curriculum activities.  Present self as a professional ally of families, establishing genuine empathy for parent/guardians perspectives.  Promote positive relations with families to include daily contact, occasional phone calls and frequent oral and written reports on each child’s progress. Conduct parent/teacher conferences. Employees holding this position may be required to perform other job-related duties as requested.   About the Organization Mission SAL Community Services (SALCS) strengthens children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities. About Us SALCS operates Skip-a-Long Child Development Services - early care and education centers in Iowa and Illinois, The Home Child Care Network - a network of licensed and license-exempt home child care providers in both the Quad Cities and Peoria areas, Open Door - a crisis assistance program funded by IDHS to help individuals and families in crisis navigate local social services, SAL Child Care Connection - the child care resource and referral program in Peoria, IL, the Child Care Resource and Referral of Midwestern Illinois that serves the Illinois Quad Cities and surrounding counties, and Early Head Start Child Care Partnerships that serve Rock Island, Henry, and Mercer Counties in Illinois. SALCS is at the forefront of public policy and issues regarding early care and education and individual and family social services, and is dedicated to making sure all families have what they need to be successful, regardless of financial means.   EOE Statement SAL Community Services is an equal opportunity employer and believes in equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. Accordingly, all employment decisions are based on the principles of equal opportunity. These decisions include recruitment, selection, promotion, transfer, discipline, compensation, benefits, training and other personnel actions involving persons in all job titles and shall occur without regard to actual or perceived race, creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, religion (or for requesting an accommodation for a religious belief), sex, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information (as defined in Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)), military status or discharge status, veteran status, qualified disabled veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, transgenderism, marital status, citizenship status, familial status, physical or mental disability (or for requesting an accommodation for a disability), association with a disabled person(s), medical condition (including HIV or AIDS status, cancer related or genetic characteristics) arrest record (unless doing so violates contractual, funding, or licensing requirements), order of protection status, pregnancy (including conditions related to childbirth or breast feeding), homelessness or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.   Location Home Child Care Network - Peoria   Exempt/Non-Exempt Non-Exempt   Open Date 11/19/2020   This position is currently not accepting applications. 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