Careers
The Infant Welfare Society of Evanston is looking for highly qualified, passionate early childhood professionals to join our teaching teams.
We are dedicated to providing good pay, a great working environment, and good benefits for our teaching staff. Health insurance, retirement plan, life insurance, paid vacation and sick time, and retirement contribution are just some benefits of working at the Infant Welfare Society of Evanston. Candidates interested in the positions below can send a cover letter and resume to Pamela Staples, pamelastaples@iwse.org or to Tiffany Culpepper, tiffanyculpepper@iwse.org . No phone calls please.
All of our positions require: knowledge of current and traditional developmental and educational theories in the field of infant and toddler care, the ability to work in a diverse environment, the ability to maintain a high level of professionalism and work cooperatively with others, the ability to provide and to follow directives, good oral and written skills, the ability to relate to families and children from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds as well as patience, maturity and a commitment to the field.
Infant and Toddler Assistant Teacher
The Infant Welfare Society of Evanston currently has openings for assistant infant and toddler teachers at our Baby Toddler Nursery and/or Teen Baby Nursery. The teacher will be expected to guide the routines, lesson planning, individualization, curriculum implementation, and care for a classroom of eight toddlers with a Head Teacher and a Teacher on the teaching team.
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Part-Time Assistant Infant/Toddler Teacher
The Infant Welfare Society of Evanston currently has an opening for one part-time Assistant Teacher in one of our Infant/Toddler classrooms at our Baby Toddler Nursery and/or Teen Baby Nursery facility. The teacher will be expected to guide the routines, lesson planning, individualization, curriculum implementation, and care for a classroom of eight toddlers with a Head Teacher and a Teacher on the teaching team. This program provides full-day child care for children from 6 weeks to 5 years of age. Ideal availability is Monday through Friday 8 am to 1:30 pm.
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ERSEA Specialist/ EHS Family Advocate
The ERSEA Specialist/ Family Advocate has two primary functions. One is to serve as the IWSE Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, Attendance (ERSEA) Specialist. The other primary function to serve as the Family Advocate for Teen Baby Nursery EHS children and families.
As the Enrollment Specialist, he or she is responsible for implementing the Head Start Program Performance Standards for ERSEA (Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment and Attendance) in order to recruit and enroll eligible children into Baby Toddler and Teen Baby nurseries.
As the Family Advocate, he or she works to insure families receive comprehensive, coordinated support services with a focus on prevention. The Advocate provides ongoing, individualized support services to children and families enrolled in Early Head Start. The Family Advocate is responsible for coordinating various meetings, trainings and activities that involve families. The Family Advocate also supports the other Family Advocate staff with services that insure program enrollment occurs and is maintained. The Advocate must support implementation of the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
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Family Support Specialist/ Home Visitor
As the Family Support Specialist, he or she works to insure families receive comprehensive, coordinated support services with a focus on prevention. The Family Support Specialist provides child development, social, health and parenting support services to a caseload of 15 families. Services are delivered through home visits, group activities, advocacy and crisis intervention. The Specialist uses a research based curriculum to plan safe, developmentally appropriate experiences for infants and toddlers in their homes while deepening the parents’ understanding of their roles as their child’s first teacher.
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