Teacher II - Children's Center

Position Summary

DEFINITION

Under the supervision of the appropriate administrator Director, Children's Center the incumbent will provide services in the care, development, and instruction of children; support adult student learners in the Children's Center Lab School; and value and promote the mission and vision of the college.

CLASS CHARACTERISTICS

Under minimal supervision, the incumbent in this position will be responsible for planning, observing, and listening carefully to children to provide meaningful experiences, create engaging learning provocations, and scaffold children's learning through the use of the outdoor and indoor classroom environments. Position carries out the day-to-day operations of the children's classroom and manages their assigned classroom.

Essential Functions and Qualifications

• Ensures nurturing and responsive caregiving; assesses daily health condition of children; generates, implements, adjusts daily schedule; and models competency-based behavior.
• Carries out professional and effective family and community interactions
• Assists in scheduling of parent orientation, parent volunteers; participates in activities for parent education; conducts parent conferences and provides referral information.
• Assists the Children's Center Director with day-to-day operations of the center, and serves as licensing designee.
• Coordinates classroom activities with student workers, student teachers, interns, Early Childhood Studies (ECS) faculty, and volunteers.
• Plan and implement classroom lesson planning, classroom environments, and classroom activities.
• Generate daily lessons and schedules to support children's development and needs.
• Serves as a liaison between parents, faculty, students, and program director.
• Maintains a working relationship with ECE ECS instructors into support of adult learners? success in the lab school setting.
• Provides a developmentally appropriate children's classroom; ensures daily inspection of environment for health and safety; monitors compliance with Title V, Title XXII, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation and any other center affiliations; reports any issues or concerns with compliance.
• Coordinates classroom supplies and equipment orders as needed; reports needed repairs, maintenance and replacements; ; and implements effective evacuation plan and procedures.
• Prepares and maintains all required documentation such as updated child information; daily logs; attendance; individual educational assessments for children; medication logs and accident reports; and prepares sensitive written and verbal communication to student workers, adult learners, ECS faculty and families.
• Participates in lab school and college events to include staff meetings, ECS meetings, community and parent meetings (as assigned), and staff training.
• Conducts open and closing procedures.
• Performs other related functions duties as assigned.

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Special Qualification :

Evidence of a sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds of staff and students and to staff and students with disabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

Completion of 5 years of experience in an instructional capacity in a childcare and development program within the last 10 years. Experience must include at least 3 years of supervision of adults in a childcare and development program. Bachelor's degree or higher in early childhood, child development, or related field; three (3) units infant / toddler college credits required; (6) credits preferred. Site supervisor permit required upon hire.

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Additional Information

The desired start date is November 2025. This is a full-time, 37-hour, classified, 11-month position.

Work Schedule : Monday - Thursday, 8 : 30 a.m. - 5 : 00 p.m. and Friday, 8 : 30 a.m. - 4 : 30 p.m.

To be considered for this position, the candidate must submit the following application materials by Sunday, November 2, 2025 by 11 : 59 PST :

Allan Hancock College provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Allan Hancock College will not sponsor any visa applications.