Job Description
PACT for West Central IL is seeking applicants for Early Head Start Center-Based Teachers for our Center in Quincy. This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday, year-round. Benefits include 14 paid holidays, vacation days, personal leave, sick time, 2-week winter break, life insurance, and affordable health, vision, and dental insurance. Starting pay is 19.54 per hour, with extra for college degree. Qualifications include:
A) Must be 19 years of age or older, and
B) Have Associate, Bachelor, or an advanced degree in Early Childhood Education and be trained (or have equivalent coursework) with a focus on infant/toddler development; or
C) Have a degree in a related field and 21 hours in Early Childhood with experience teaching infants & toddlers and be trained (or have equivalent coursework) with a focus on infant/toddler development: or
D) Completion of the Infant/Toddler credentialing program of the CDA National Credentialing Award System with a current credential as an Infant/Toddler Child Development Associate, completion of 12 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours in courses directly related to child care and/or child development from birth to age 6, and proof of two years (3120 clock hours) child development experience in a nursery school, kindergarten, or licensed day care center.