Teachers  |  Assistant Teachers  |  Resource Team  |  Teacher/Child Ratios

Teachers

A supervising teacher and teacher make up the professional teaching team of each classroom.  They are the staff that greet parents each day when dropping off and picking up their children. Professional staff provide a warm, nurturing environment that meets the needs of each child in the classroom. They develop and implement curriculum and supervise undergraduate assistant teachers in the classroom.

Supervising teachers and teachers hold a minimum of a bachelor's degree in early childhood education or a related field. Teachers have at least one year prior experience teaching in an early childhood classroom, and supervising teachers have a minimum of one year supervisory experience.

Classroom teachers are hired after a comprehensive search process which ensures that they are well-suited to the job. The hiring process for these positions includes an interview, an extended classroom demonstration, professional reference checks, and a background record check.
 

Assistant Teachers

University undergraduate students working as assistant teachers also form a vital part of our teaching teams. Many undergraduate assistant teachers come to us with prior child care experience and many include education as part of their academic studies. Undergraduate assistant teachers usually work 8 – 12 hours per week in a classroom.

The hiring process for these positions includes an interview, visit in a classroom, and a background record check.  Assistant teachers attend a day-long orientation and training session each semester, receive ongoing supervision from the professional teachers in the classroom where they work, and are rehired each semester based on performance evaluations.

Resource Team

CEEC’s resource team is comprised of three teachers who report to the assistant director. The resource team oversee the morning extended-day and afternoon preschool extended-day programs (toddler teachers provide the afternoon toddler extended-day) in addition to providing vital support to all of the CEEC classrooms. The resource team provides coverage when classroom teaching teams are off-the-floor for their weekly planning meeting and when classroom teachers are absent due to vacation or illness.

With a staff of 12 full-time classroom teachers and over 40 part-time undergraduate assistants, having a team of teachers who are familiar with the children in each of the classrooms enables the center to maintain our low teacher/child ratios; when a teacher is absent, there is minimal disruption for children who are comfortable with these teachers that they know.

Teacher/Child Ratios

Our planned teacher/child ratios for the preschool classroom are three (3) teachers for up to 20 children. Our planned teacher/child ratios for the toddler classroom are three (3) teachers for up to nine (9) children. These planned teacher/child ratios exceed the state licensing requirements of two (2) adults for up to 20 preschoolers or nine (9) toddlers.