The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education – Child Development Center at Ohio University invites applicants for Assistant Professor of Instruction – Early Childhood Teacher positions. Candidates should have experience teaching children ages birth to 5 years old, as well as preferred experience working with professional interns (student teachers). The successful applicants will bring strong qualifications, be reliable and possess a positive attitude.

Context: The Patton College has four Core Values: 1) Preparing ethical and reflective leader-educators and human service professionals, 2) Lifelong learning, 3) Change agency and 4) Diversity. At its core, the College is committed to serving a diverse student population that includes international and non-traditional students and to providing service to the region through professional engagement and collaboration. We are looking for candidates that will contribute to these goals, bring a strong commitment to teaching, and will work with colleagues within the College and Child Development Center to improve education.

Responsibilities:

Teach and supervise young children from diverse backgrounds

Supervise and assess Professional Interns and lab students

Plan curricular activities

Participate in field testing of innovative curriculum materials and teaching strategies

Work in tandem with co-Master Teacher

Work with families
The Assistant Professor of Instruction have overall responsibility of the classroom and acts as a coordinator of activities and daily planning.
Duties:

Plan and execute daily activities for children in cooperation with co-master teacher

Follow the State of Ohio Early Learning Content Standards and the Ohio Infant and Toddler Guidelines

Use the Brigance Early Childhood Screens and other observation strategies to document each child's development

Use children's assessments, classroom meetings and parent and teacher input to develop curriculum in the classroom

Maintain classroom portfolio, attendance and tracking sheets

Maintain classroom daily journals

Represent classroom at staff meetings to share ideas, experiences and concerns

Attend and participate in Reggio Meetings

Work cooperatively with parents to establish a consensus of what should be expected of their child and encourage communication with parents through regular parent-teacher classroom meeting, parent conferences and home visits

Demonstrate a working knowledge of the classroom environment

Provide a safe, warm, stimulating classroom environment

Submits reports on time

Able to work with small groups and individual children while supervising the whole group

Able to prioritize what is important to do first in the classroom and what can be done later

Has working knowledge of computers

Supervises students on a daily basis

Able to recognize one's successes and failures and reasons for them

Conducts parent semester meetings with co-Assistant Professor of Instruction and Professional Interns

Keeps classroom clean and organized and monitors sanitation schedule

Displays an ongoing desire to learn

Responds to children, families and students with warmth, friendliness and
humor

Able to make thoughtful, quick decisions as needed

Meets with Professional Interns and co-Master Teacher once a week

Shares responsibility with co-Assistant Professor of Instruction to meet with each Professional Intern each week to answer questions, go over evaluations and talk about their growth and development

Talks with parents each day

Able to work with and relate to children, staff and parents from diverse backgrounds

Meets with families of each child twice a year to discuss progress and goals for the year using the Brigance Early Childhood Screens and other observation tools.

Evaluation: The Director and Assistant Director evaluate the Assistant Professors of Instruction annually. These evaluations are written and discussed with each staff member. These evaluations are based on the professional development plan, parent feedback and can include classroom observations.

Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or related field.
Experience working with and supervising young children from diverse backgrounds.
Successful completion of FBI and BCII background checks and medical exam.

Experience supervising Professional Interns and lab students from diverse backgrounds.
Experience with Reggio Emilia Philosophy.