Early Childhood Specialist.

Do you enjoy working with infants and toddlers?  Want to support, nurture, and build a foundation for young children?  Joining our Eckerd Connects Early Head Start staff is a great opportunity to make a difference in the life of a child and start their building blocks to success. 

Make more than a Living, Make a Difference

 Our Benefits: 

• Low-Cost Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 19 days of Paid Time Off the first year
• 11 paid holidays
• Retirement savings plan with employer match up to 5%
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid short-term and voluntary long-term disability
• Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary term life insurance

Hourly Rate: $17.00

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensure that quality of services is exceptional, and center-based/family childcare home requirements and goals are being met.
• Monitors and documents provisions and progressions in the area of Early Childhood Education and School Readiness.
• Assists with the implementation of a developmentally and linguistically appropriate approach to child development and education.
• Provides additional center-based and family childcare home support, as assigned.

Qualifications

• CDA required
• Associate degree or higher from an accredited college or university with a major in Early Childhood Education, Social or Behavioral Science or Education, which included 18-semester hours in Early Childhood Education preferred. 
• CPR/First Aid training for Infant/Child/Adult within ninety (90) days of hire date and maintain through the duration of employment.
• 2 years of experience in teaching infant/toddler, pre-school or kindergarten.

*This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a person assigned to this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties that may be performed by a person so classified.

About our Program:

Eckerd Connects' Early Head Start programs provides high quality, comprehensive care and support services to infants, toddlers, and their families.  The program provides free year-round services for children ages 0-3 years and their families to promote education, self-sufficiency, community building, health, and well-being.  This partnership provides community-based, high-quality care to our most vulnerable population, infants, and toddlers.

Our Location:

Eckerd Connects | Early Head Start

2714 North 16th Street | Tampa, FL  33605

About Us Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pydt08CEkIE

Paste the follow the link for more information about this program:  https://eckerd.org/family-children-services/community-programs/early-head-start-of-tampa/

Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Inc. ("Eckerd Connects") considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran.  

Eckerd Connects is a drug-free workplace and utilizes E-verify to confirm employment eligibility.

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