Teacher-Early Head Start

Are you the healthcare champion we’ve been looking for?

AWARE is looking for the right person to join the Early Head Start team as an Early Head Start Teacher.

If you embrace new ideas with a heart full of energy, we invite you to join a caring, compassionate, and fully engaged team that isn’t afraid to get vulnerable with one another. We have gritty, but respectful conversations that drive the needle forward on what it means to provide the highest quality of care for our clients. At AWARE, our strength lies in our culture of care. AWARE’s Unconditional Care Principles inspire the services we provide to each person who comes to us for care and these principles lead how we treat ourselves and our clients; with hope, compassion and focus on the next right step. When you join the AWARE team, you will become part of an organization that has a rich history (over 45 years!) helping Montanans with mental health and/or developmental disabilities. AWARE strives to provide the highest quality of care, every single day. When you join the AWARE team, you will be joining a team that believes that building on strengths is the key to success, that prides itself in taking on and sticking with the hardest challenges, believes we are agents of change, that everything is normal until proven otherwise, and that families are our most important resource.Working for our organization means that regardless of your role, we’ll support you so you can support others. AWARE seeks to provide opportunities for employees to grow professionally through its tuition advancement program, professional development opportunities and in-house trainings.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

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  Provide comprehensive child development services and education in an environment in which children can develop personal relationships, experiment, make choices, solve problems, and develop age-appropriate social and self-help skills.
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  Function as the primary caregiver to assigned children, plan and participate in parent education and parent involvement activities.

Required Skills, Abilities & Education:

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  An AA/AS Degree in Early Childhood Education (ECE) or related field is preferred.
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  Child Development Associate (CDA) must be obtained within 18 months.
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  Two years’ experience in a licensed Early Childhood program or
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  One year of experience in licensed Early Childhood facility and 60 hours of childcare training.
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  Must have or be willing to obtain a valid Montana driver’s license

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  Annual raises
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  Tuition Reimbursement
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  Health Insurance
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  Dental/Vision Insurance
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  401(k) with company match
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  Life Insurance
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  Wellness programs
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  Generous paid time off