Group Teacher , Glenmore Manor

Reporting Relationships: Group Teacher report to the Program Director.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the general supervision of the Program Director, Group Teachers are expected to perform the following principal duties and responsibilities.

• Works within the guidelines of AAPCI and carries out its functions, policies and procedures; observing the schedules in the center and adhering to its established personnel policies and practices.
• Plan and implement engaging activities for a group of children.
• Develop and maintain calendar of events and classes with Program Director.
• Provide homework assistance and academic support to children.
• Coordinate the planning and execution of site events.
• Supervise the planning and execution of a program to provide developmental and health needs of the group, as well as the individual child.
• Responsible for keeping equipment and material accessible and in good condition in order to ensure maximum constructive use by children.
• Responsible for removing and/or reporting any damaged or hazardous equipment to the Clinical Supervisor or to maintenance so that appropriate action may be taken.
• Plans the use of community resources to enrich the educational content of the children's program.
• Maintain a strengths-based perspective to engage all members of the family in order to help improve family functioning.
• Develops a program of sound educational goals, appropriate to the age and developmental level of the children.
• Attends all internal trainings, development conferences and other mandated trainings scheduled by funding agency including in the field of early childhood education.
• Prepares, writes, and maintains all required progress notes, reports, and group notes.
• Advocate and connect tenants to medical, mental health, and other supportive counseling services.
• Effectively guide tenants through the process of application, qualification, re-determination for SSI, SSDI, Medicaid, Medicare, HRA, HPD, SNAP, and other services as needed.
• Manages an assigned caseload of tenants ensuring comprehensive case management services are provided to both families and single adults as assigned.
• Provide outreach in order to engage tenants who do not follow through with appointments and case management as assigned.
• Maintain a strengths-based perspective to engage all members of the family in order to help improve family functioning.
• Assist youth in completing college applications, FAFSA applications and other documents for college.
• Responsible for promoting sound parent relationships.
• Liaison with school, ACS, DOE and other community resources and attend IEP and other meetings as required.
• Conduct unit inspections in the tenant’s unit to ensure compliance with lease and program rules.
• Develops and implements an appropriate plan by which information concerning the child(ren) and the program can be shared with the parent.
• Attends and participates in group parent meetings.
• Respects the confidential nature of all information about parents and children.
• Maintains good work relationship and objectivity with other staff members of the Social Services Department.
• Performs other related duties as may be requested by immediate supervisor and in his/her absence the Program Director.