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.
The Assistant Professor of Instruction is a Teacher in a classroom at the Child Development Center. They have responsibility of the classroom, coordinating activities and planning for children while working with an assistant teacher and mentoring Teacher Candidates.
Responsibilities:
- Teach and supervise young children from diverse backgrounds through planning, implementing, and reflecting on daily experiences alongside teaching team
- Interact with everyone with kindness, warmth, and an assets based perspective
- Use observational assessments, knowledge of child development, creativity, reflection, weekly classroom planning meetings and family input to develop emergent curriculum in the classroom
- Provide a safe, clean, organized, warm, stimulating classroom environment
- Assist children working through developmental skills and build classroom community
- Use Brigance screen two times each year with each child
- Follow the State of Ohio Early Learning and Development Standards
- Follow all DCY licensing rules, maintain attendance, tracking sheets, child portfolios, and classroom NAEYC portfolio
- Create Experience Journals and Documentation to make children’s learning visible using digital and paper formats
- Work with small groups and individual children while supervising the whole group.
- Able to prioritize and make appropriate quick decisions
- Develop strong relationships with families, encourage frequent/daily communication, meet with families at least twice a year and submit written conference reports
- Supervise, support, and assess sophomore Teacher Candidates with diverse backgrounds in the classroom daily
- Participate in the Center community, staff meetings and professional development days
- Attend and participate in Reggio Study Group Meetings, is a continual learner, and shares own learning or that of the children with others.
- Reflective and able to recognize one’s successes and areas for growth