Head Start Teacher - Salem - Closes 09/16/2025

Description

  

Opening Date: September 2, 2025

Closing Date:  September 16, 2025

Job Title: Head Start Teacher - Salem

Salary/Wage: $26.74/ per hour

Tribal Level TL 116.1

Location: Salem, Oregon

Classification: Full-Time (36hr/wk), Seasonal, Exempt

Job Posting Number: 3501895

INTRODUCTION:

 The Siletz Tribal Head Start Program provides a developmentally appropriate and Native American culturally relevant preschool experience which promotes school readiness skills for children who are 3 and 4 years of age.  The program provides comprehensive services to children to ensure they are up-to-date on all well child care and to promote their physical, social emotional and cognitive development.  The Head Start Program offers families the support they need to connect with community resources to further their personal growth and to support them in their role as their child’s first and most important teacher. The Head Start Program supports the professional development for staff and can assist with pursuing further creditentialing requirements.

DUTIES:  

• Plans and maintains a developmentally appropriate classroom environment as supported by daily lesson plans and culturally relevant activities. 
• Works in a team setting with all other staff involved with the family, in assessing the needs of the family and child in order to      identify appropriate services and assist, as needed, with the acquisition of such resources. 
• Must provide follow-up to families to evaluate the effectiveness of referrals for services. Must develop Family Partnership Agreements to assists families in identifying needs and/or problems and during home visits, gathers information, conducts problem solving and refers as appropriate. 
• Develops an Individualized Education Plans (IEP) for each child in partnership with the parent and implements IEP goals through classroom curriculum and regularly scheduled home visit activities. 
• Maintains an accurate and up-to-date file on each child and family. Children’s records include classroom activities and progress      within the classroom, developmental screening, behavioral anecdotes, observations, evaluation records, applications, physicals, growth assessments, immunization records, dental screening and follow up for any identified need and/or treatment. Family records include monthly contact, referrals for community services, follow up of referrals, Family      Partnership Agreements, and documentation of program’s efforts to support parent in meeting of the child’s health requirements. 
• Demonstrates to parents, effective ways to guide young children through home visits and classroom modeling. 
• Actively recruits parents as volunteers within the classroom, Parent Committees, and Policy Council, and actively supports all parent activities. 
• Assists with planning and implementation of parent training activities. 
• Assists with the recruitment and enrollment of children into the program.
• Supports the Head Start goals, objectives, and performance standards. 
• Must complete 15 clock hours of professional development annually.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

REQUIREMENTS:  

  Associate’s or advanced degree in early childhood education, - OR - an associate’s degree in a field related to early childhood education and coursework equivalent to a major relating to early childhood with experience teaching preschool-aged children, - OR – bachelor’s degree in any field and has been admitted into the Teach For America program, passed a rigorous early childhood content exam, participated in a Teach For America summer training institute that includes teaching preschool children and is receiving ongoing professional development and support from Teach for America’s professional staff, and one year of experience in a structured early childhood education setting (Preschool, Head Start, Kindergarten, Daycare Center, etc.). 

Before a person is hired, they must pass a criminal history background check which includes a sex offender registry check and obtain one of the following  : State or tribal criminal history records, including fingerprints; or, Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records, including fingerprints. Within the first 90 days after hire, they must complete the background check process by obtaining whichever background check was not obtained prior to the date of hire, and a Child abuse and neglect state registry check, if available, and all of these checks must also be p