Teacher - Refugio Job at Urban Strategies LLC, Tampa, FL

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  • Urban Strategies LLC
  • Tampa, FL

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE

Teacher

PROGRAM

Refugio Unaccompanied Children

WORK SCHEDULE

Five Days Per Week, 40 Hours Per Week; 12 Months Per Year

LOCATION

Tampa, FL

REPORTS TO

Center Director

JOB TYPE

Non-Exempt, Full-Time

GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION

Teachers promote and advance the social, emotional, physical, linguistic, and cognitive development and learning of infants and toddlers. Teachers are expected to provide a successful, safe, and supervised educational setting in the classroom and outdoor play areas; develop individual goals for children, provide on-going assessment on progress and facilitate transition into educational setting. Teachers encourage parent engagement in the development and growth of their child. In addition, teachers are expected to complete a professional development plan that may include university credentials.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

  • Provide direct education formation to one cohort of youth.
  • Maintain sensitivity to the culture of each youth.
  • Focus educational interventions on the initial outcomes of educational assessment conducted when each youth is admitted to the program.
  • Attend and monitor education field trips.
  • Attend required staff meetings and trainings.
  • Upon request, this role may be required to travel with UAC, 14 and under, to locations in the United States.
  • Other duties as assigned.

EXPERIENCE and/or REQUIREMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED

  • BA/BS Degree in Child Development with Infant and Toddler Development
  • Minimum two (2) years of successful experience as an infant/toddler teacher or caregiver.
  • Basic computer skills
  • Florida State Teacher Certification
  • Must have a Valid Driver’s License, Personal Vehicle and Liability Insurance required.
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish)

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE and/or REQUIREMENTS

  • Knowledge of Early Childhood Education models and standards.
  • English Second Language Certificate
  • Master’s degree in Education

ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

WORKING CONDITIONS

Ability to see at normal distance, hear normal conversations and sounds and use hands and fingers to fill out required forms. Ability to lift infants and toddlers weighing up to forty (40) pounds, twenty (20) pounds overhead and forty (40) pounds from waist to shoulder; occasional lifting of fifty (50) pounds is required and must be able to push/pull up to fifty pounds horizontally. Ability to sit on the floor, bend at the waist, kneel and/or stoop 75% of the time.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions as long as the staff disability does not create an undue risk of injury to any enrolled children in the classroom.

SALARY

$25.70 hourly

ABOUT US

Urban Strategies was founded by a Hispanic woman in 2003. Our mission is to equip, resource, and connect grassroots organizations so that all children and families can reach their full potential.

We work with trusted faith- and community-based organizations and focus on the Latino community to engage and come alongside the whole family. Our vision is that all children and families reach their full potential. Our organization is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Our team works across the United States and Puerto Rico with direct service centers located in California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, New York, and Puerto Rico. We also have some programming conducted in Latin America.

COMPANY CULTURE

Our work is drive by our three core values:

  1. Authentic Relationships are foundational to our work and move beyond a transactional nature to truly know people. They serve as opportunities for mutual development and growth and are based on the belief that all people have inherent dignity and worth.
  2. Servant Leadership is rooted in an other-centric mindset that informs the way one leads and builds up individuals, families, and communities.
  3. Intentional Compassion describes a deliberate commitment to understand, formulate strategic responses, and activate others to reach their full potential.

BENEFITS

  • Remote work for eligible positions.
  • Vision is covered 100% (individual or family)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Vacation time is generous but varies depending on program and position.*
  • 9 Sick Days and 11 Holidays*
  • Every teammate gets long and short-term disability free.
  • Positions that require laptops, company provides one.
  • Positions that require cellphone, company issues one.

PERKS

  • Meaningful employee engagement programs.
  • Education discounts (BA-PhD) with a variety of education partners.

OTHER

  • All employees must pass a mandatory criminal background check and a bilingual language test for positions that require them.
  • Employment is conditional pending satisfactory results of all required tests and background checks.
  • Periodic physical examinations and TB clearances will be required, if hired. *Some positions governed by Service Contract Act guidelines.

In keeping with its equal employment opportunity legal requirements, Urban Strategies will not discriminate against any person in employment because of legally protected classifications such as race, color, national origin or sex. Urban Strategies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or other legally protected classifications under applicable federal, state and local legal protections. This policy applies to all terminations and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotions, terminations, layoffs, leaves of absences, compensation, and training. Please note that Urban Strategies in order to fulfill its mission is legally allowed to make decisions in its employment practices based on its distributed employee manual. All employee positions are critical to the fulfillment of this mission. Consequently, Urban Strategies expects all employees to live out the standards as set forth in the Employee Handbook and otherwise as interpreted by the Urban Strategies leadership. Among other things, this means that Urban Strategies may take employment-related action against an employee based on his or her noncompliance with the policies, procedures, and practices of Urban Strategies, including employment termination.

Job Tags

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