City Colleges of
Chicago Child Development (Chicago)Teacher
Seeking energetic,
creative teachers for our laboratory preschools! City Colleges of
Chicago
is restructuring its five Child Development Laboratory Centers and is looking for
experienced teachers who can create and maintain a high quality lab school classroom.
This is a unique opportunity to impact the lives of both young children and college
students by teaching an early childhood program in a higher education setting.
Each teacher leads a classroom team in maintaining a nurturing and stimulating classroom
environment that offers a developmentally appropriate curriculum that meets the
needs of individual children. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Developing and implementing a child centered, play-based curriculum that provides
for a variety of activities to promote children's development in the areas of language
and literacy, cognition, social-emotional well-being, and physical health.
- Ensuring that classroom team and curriculum adheres to licensing, accreditation,
and funding standards and regulations.
- Adhering to NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct, demonstrating a professional attitude
and work ethic.
- Providing supervision and mentoring to teacher assistants, aides and practicum
students in the classroom.
- Overseeing and participating in the completion of required paperwork, logs and
records, as well as documentation to assess individual children and the class as
a whole.
- Adhering to requirements put forth by funding, licensing, and accreditation agencies.
- Working with Education Coordinator at District Office to ensure classroom quality
is maintained.
- Additional duties as required.
Must adhere to CCC Customer Service Excellence standards. Positions available at
DALEY
COLLEGE
,
OLIVE
HARVEY
COLLEGE
,
MALCOLM
X
COLLEGE
,
KENNEDY
KING COLLEGE & TRUMAN COLLEGE
.
Master's Degree preferred. Bachelor's Degree in Child Development,
Early Childhood, or equivalent AND an Illinois Type
04 teaching certificate required. Equivalent teaching certificates from other states
will be considered. Two years experience working with preschool children preferred.
Must demonstrate the ability to create developmentally appropriate lessons that
address the physical, social, cognitive, and emotional needs of the children. Must
be able to interact positively with children and program staff, as well as college
students, faculty and other personnel. Must be able to lead a team and manage the
classroom environment. Must to willing to accept supervision and continue professional
development in the field in order to improve work performance. Strong verbal and
writing skills required. Must be flexible in receiving assignments and adapting
to changes in the program. Must be willing to participate in quality enhancement
initiatives that the center may undertake. Must be able to work well within a culturally
diverse environment with the ability to handle all situations with tact and diplomacy.
Ability to operate computers and use applicable software required.
All CCC employees
are required to adhere to CCC Customer Service Excellence standards.
Send Letters of interest and resumes to:
Christi Chadwick
jobs@ccc.edu
Child Development Center
All Colleges
CCC District Office
226
W. Jackson
Street
Blvd
Chicago,
IL 60606
Chicago
residency is required for all full-time employees
within 6 months of hire. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
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