Preschool/Infant/Toddler Teacher
Salary: $25.07 - $32.71 Hourly
Job Type: Classified Regular
Job Number: 25-016
Closing: Continuous
Location: Imperial, CA
Division: Child Family Consumer Service
Representative Duties
COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND DIVERSITYWith the goal of ensuring the equal educational opportunity of all students, Imperial Valley College embraces diversity among students, faculty, staff, and the communities we serve as an integral part of our history, a recognition of the complexity of our present state, and a call to action for a better future. Embracing diversity means that we must intentionally practice equity and respect toward one another, and understand that discrimination and prejudices create and sustain privileges for some while creating and sustaining barriers for others. In order to embrace diversity, we also acknowledge that institutional discrimination and implicit bias exist, and that our goal is to eradicate those vestiges from our system. Our commitment to diversity requires that we strive to eliminate those barriers to equity, and that we act deliberately to create a safe and positive environment where individual and group differences are valued and leveraged for our growth and understanding as an educational community. To advance the goals of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice for the success of students and employees, we must honor that each individual is unique and that our individual differences contribute to the ability of the college to prepare students on their educational journeys. This requires that we develop and implement policies and procedures, encourage individual and systemic change, continually reflect on our efforts, and hold ourselves accountable for the results of our efforts in accomplishing our goals. We are invested as a community in cultivating and maintaining a climate where equity and mutual respect are both intrinsic and explicit by valuing individuals and groups from all backgrounds, demographics, and experiences. Individual and group differences can include, but are not limited to the following dimensions: race, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, immigration status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, religion, creed, military or veteran status, socioeconomic status, and any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation. We acknowledge that the concept of inclusion and diversity is ever-evolving, thus we create space to allow our understanding to grow through the periodic review of this statement. In service of these goals, Imperial Valley College is committed to fostering an employment environment that offers equal employment opportunity for all and an educational environment that ensures the equal educational opportunity of all students.
THE COLLEGE
Imperial Valley College is co-recipient of the 2023 Aspen Award for Community College Excellence. It offers a full range of associate degrees, professional certificates and basic skills courses as well as a comprehensive array of university transfer and education courses. IVC has an annual full-time enrollment of more than 10,000 students. The Aspen award committee noted that IVC has created one of the nation's most effective partnerships with local K-12 systems and has excelled in graduation rates and post-graduation success of its student population. Its student success is based upon IVC's work in eliminating barriers, addressing student challenges and fostering a culture of care in a rural area with high rates of poverty and traditionally low rates of educational attainment. Imperial Valley College is known throughout the region for its outstanding career programs, excellent programs of study in business, quality allied health, renewable energy and public safety programs and for excellent transfer and general education courses. IVC is also a major economic engine in Imperial County. It is responsible for infusing millions of dollars annually into the local economy through its construction projects, general operations and annual earnings of its current students and graduates. For additional details regarding Imperial Valley College click here.
BASIC FUNCTION:
Under direction of the Director of Child, Family and Consumer Sciences, participate in implementing the Preschool / Infant curriculum; plan, prepare and implement developmentally appropriate lesson plans to provide a safe, healthy, and educational program for young children; provide work direction and guidance to others as assigned.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:
Plan, oversee, and implement daily preschool or infant/toddler instructional activities according to established policies, licensing regulations, and philosophy of the school.
Participate in and implement the Desired Results Program and or programs deemed appropriate by the California Department of Education, Child Development Department.
Plan, develop, and implement developmentally appropriate lesson plans based on the individual needs of the children within your group according to the assessments. Provide an enriched learning environment conducive to the development of each child.
Provide for a safe and healthy environment for children; identify and correct safety hazards; report faulty or malfunctioning equipment; provide first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to ill and injured children; clean and sanitize classroom and play area equipment.
Train and provide work direction to field study students, work study students, parent volunteers and others as assigned; provide a positive role model at all times; explain the preschool and infant toddler program, rules, and regulations to visitors, parents and others.
Plan, implement and revise daily activities in the classroom and on the playground.
Participate in physical care of preschool and infant/toddler children; oversee and participate in the preparation and serving of breakfast, lunch and snacks; change diapers and toilet children as required.
Conduct parent conferences and prepare written assessments of the developmental progress of assigned children as specified by California Department of Education, Child Development Dept.
Attend staff development activities, workshops, and conferences; conduct special training and share information with co-workers.
Perform related duties as assigned.
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Minimum Qualifications
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Associate degree in Child Development or Early Childhood Education and two years of experience in a preschool or similar setting.
LICENSE AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Current Child Development Teacher Permit issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Current Infant/Child CPR and First Aid Cards If hired for Infant/Toddler Program must have completed 6 units in Infant/Toddler, meeting California Title 5 Regulations for Infant/Toddler.
IMPORTANT: To be considered for the position applying for, applicants must submit the required items by the deadline, which include: online IVC application, current resume, and ALL unofficial transcripts (transcripts must show degree was awarded or conferred with a completion date). All attachments will be uploaded into the online application. Applications which do not include all of the required materials will not be forwarded to the screening committee for consideration. Materials submitted become property of the District and will not be returned, copied, or considered for other openings.
Supplemental Information
RANGE 13 ON THE CLASSIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE: Initial salary placement is normally at Step 1, no higher than Step 3. Please click here to review current salary schedule.
A standard application consists of the following:
- Online District Application
- Cover Letter
- Professional Resume (CV)
- All Academic Transcripts showing the date degree was awarded/conferred.
- NOTE: Please note that no additional attachments or information beyond the required documents noted above will be considered as part of the application. We kindly request that you adhere to the specified requirements outlined in the application guidelines.
For Additional inquiries please contact:
Martha Gutierrez
HR Technician - Recruitment
Phone: 760-355-6212
Email: martha.gutierrez@imperial.edu
FIRST REVIEW DATE:
***First Review of Applications: Complete application packets will be accepted until the position is filled; but those received by September 26, 2025, are assured consideration. The College reserves the right to extend time limits or reinitiate the recruitment/selection process at any point.
EEO Information
Imperial Community College District is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate any applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, medical condition, or covered veteran status. This prohibition against unlawful discrimination extends to any person who is perceived to have any of the above characteristics or who is associated with someone who has, or who is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.
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The Imperial Community College District is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and will implement a comprehensive program to put those principles into practice. It is the District's policy to ensure that all qualified applicants for employment and employees have full and equal access to employment opportunity, and are not subjected to discrimination in any program or activity of the District on the basis of ethnic group identification, race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, gender identity, physical disability, mental disability, ancestry, sexual orientation, language, accent, citizenship status, transgender status, parental status, marital status, economic status, veteran status, medical condition, ancestry, political or organizational affiliation, or on the basis of these perceived characteristics, or based on association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. The District will strive to achieve a workforce that is welcoming to men, women, persons with disabilities and individuals from all ethnic and other groups to ensure the District provides an inclusive educational and employment environment. Such an environment fosters cooperation, acceptance, democracy and free expression of ideas.jeid-393ce0eb6d7368438317749fdabcf56d