CACS, Inc. Head Start and Early Childhood Programs is now hiring for Head Start Teachers! This is an immediate opening located in Lansing, MI. The rate of pay is $16.63 per hour. See full job description attached for more information.

Head Start Teachers work full-time, up to 42 weeks per year and have the summer off! Our program operates both single session 7 hour classrooms and double session 3.5 hour classrooms. Children in the Head Start program are between 3-5 years of age.

Responsibilities include:

• Weekly lesson planning (including individualization) with Creative Curriculum
• Assessing the developmental progress of children through Teaching Strategies Gold
• Providing guidance and support to teaching team (Teacher Assistant, Classroom Assistant)
• Home Visits, Parent/Teacher Conferences, Family Fun Nights, Reading is Fundamental (RIF) activities
• Working with cross functional team to prepare children for Kindergarten success

To be successful in this role, you must possess:

• Bachelor's Degree in Child Development, Early Childhood Education or Early Childhood Endorsement
• 1 year of experience working in an early childhood education setting

Why employees at CACS, Inc. say they LOVE coming to work:

• "Coming to work every day is like a new learning experience. I truly enjoy working with children and being a role model in their lives. I appreciate my job and that is why I come back."
• "The children! If I am having a bad day, one hug from one of my children and it makes it all worth it."
• "We are family we work together to better the families we work for. CACS, Inc. respects us and the work we do."
• "I think it is great that the staff, family advocates and supervisors work together with children, parents and staff."