ECE Behavioral Health Center - ECEAP Lead Teacher

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Location : ESD 112 - Vancouver, WA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 202502690
Department: EARLY CARE & EDUCATION
Opening Date: 07/09/2025
Closing Date: Continuous

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General Responsibilities
Reporting to the Early Care & Education (ECE) Leadership team member, the ECEAP Lead Teacher will work in a co-taught preschool setting alongside an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher. The ECEAP Lead Teacher is responsible for providing a safe and engaging educational setting for children whose ages range from three-five years in the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP). Responsibilities include functional supervision and delegation of classroom responsibilities to Classroom Specialists, providing direct services and engaging with children in the classroom, as well as regular collaborative planning and follow-up, using program databases and tools.

Salary:
The full salary range for this position is $46,632.44 - $56,738.25. Our offers are made at the entry level of the range.
Effective September 1, 2025, the new salary range will be $47,804.59 - $58,163.83.

Assignment:
This position will work full-time, 198 days per year and will serve the Early Care and Education Behavioral Health Center, a new program in Vancouver, WA that is being created to serve children ages 3-5 with intensive social, emotional, mental and behavioral supports and services. Anticipated start is the 2025-26 school year.

The ECEAP Lead Teacher must demonstrate exemplary teaching skills, patience, and responsive care practices that are woven together to create quality education experiences, model consistent and stable relationships, while maintaining all necessary documentation within program performance standards. Teachers work within the framework of age-appropriate curriculum and lesson plans, to promote the health, nutrition, and education of children in their care. Teachers must foster and encourage l involvement in educational planning, goal setting, and center activities.

Successful candidates must:
A complete application will include:
  1. Work history going back 10 years
  2. At least three professional reference's contact information
  3. A Cover Letter expressing interest in the position
  4. A Resume that reflects work experience listed on application
  5. Evidence of a Bachelor's degree or higher (unofficial transcripts or copy of diploma)


Essential Functions/Other Functions

Essential Functions:
  1. Co-plan and provide developmentally appropriate preschool lessons and activities.
  2. Organize classroom environment to effectively promote safety and social-emotional learning.
  3. Develop and implement behavior plans with children.
  4. Organize and conduct parent conferences to address student progress and parent input.
  5. Participate regularly in staff meetings, in-service training, coaching, and other professional development opportunities.
  6. Build on children's strengths and areas of interest, while helping them gain new skills with a focus on social emotional learning and self-regulation.
  7. Follow all ECE guidance techniques as well as classroom routines including snacks/meals, bathroom supports, cleaning, transportation supports and indoor/outdoor activities.
  8. Implement trauma-informed practices and strategies.
  9. Establish and maintain positive communication using collaborative methods to problem-solve and interact with families, children, and staff.
  10. Work effectively alongside special education personnel, specialists, program support staff, and consultants to support the complex needs of young children.
  11. Maintain all required records and child files in an accurate and timely manner, including daily observations, assessments and artifacts for child portfolios.
Other Functions:
  1. Maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries regarding the exchange of pertinent information.
  2. Work as a team to focus on quality, responsive caregiving.
  3. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum/Preferred Qualifications & Skills

Minimum Qualifications:
  1. Bachelor's degree or higher in Early Childhood Education or related field with at least 90 credits in ECE.
  2. Three years of experience working with children in a preschool setting.
  3. Experience working with children with complex needs including internalizing and/or externalizing behaviors.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:
  1. Experience in an ECEAP or special education preschool setting.
  2. Bilingual.

Working Conditions/Employment Requirements

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:
  1. Work in a preschool environment with children with mental health challenges including internalizing and/or externalizing behaviors.
  2. Job involves sitting, standing, walking, lifting, carrying, reaching, grasping, bending, stooping, crouching, pushing, and/or pulling. Position involves physical mobility with or without reasonable accommodation to perform essential functions of the job.
  3. Must possess the ability to lift and/or move materials necessary to meet requirements of essential functions of position, which includes exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, 20 pounds of force frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects including the human body.
  4. Must be able to assist in physical behavioral interventions and/or facility evacuations in the event of an emergency.

Employment Requirements- ESD job offer is contingent up on satisfying the following:
  1. Successful completion of a portable background check (PBC) and clearance through the Department of Children Youth and Families prior to working in program.
  2. Successful completion of emergency procedure training prior to working in program.
  3. Participation in Washington's State Training and Registry System (STARS) program required.
  4. Valid pediatric and adult CPR certification prior to working in program.
  5. Valid Food Handler's Card required prior to working in program.
  6. Negative TB test completed within the previous twelve months prior to working in program.
  7. Initial health exam completed by medical provider showing you are free from communicable diseases.
  8. Documentation showing immunity to Measles, Mumps, & Rubella (MMR), either vaccination records or results of a Titer test prior to working in program.
  9. Completion of HIV/Blood Borne Pathogens training prior to working in program.

Notice of Non-Discrimination
ESD 112 does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a disabled person. The following individuals have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

The above information will be provided in the appropriate language for persons with limited English language skills by contacting the ESD at 360-750-7500.
We provide a professional yet family-friendly work environment. To that end, our benefits are designed to meet the individual needs of our employees and their families.Full-Time or Part-Time positions working at least 17.5 hours per week are eligible for our standard package of benefits; retirement, medical, dental, and vision insurance offered at affordable premiums, we also offer a 25% discount on child care at ECE Child Care centers, tuition reimbursement, credit union membership, an employee assistance program, and much more!

Part-time positions working less than 17.5 hours per week or Temporary positions are not eligible for health benefits or paid leave. Eligibility for retirement is based on length of assignment.

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Do you have a Bachelor's degree or higher in Early Childhood Education or related field with at least 90 credits in ECE? Your application will be incomplete if you do not attach unofficial transcripts
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Do you have three years of experience working with children in a preschool setting?
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Do you have experience working with children with complex needs including internalizing and/or externalizing behaviors?
04

In December 2019 a law passed that requires proof of MMR vaccine or immunity for employees working in child care programs (WAC 110-300-0120). To comply with the law, you must be able to provide one of the following upon hire:Option 1: Immunization records showing you have received the MMR vaccine; orOption 2: Proof of immunity to measles though documented lab evidence of antibody titer; orOption 3: A healthcare provider's attestation of your history of measles sufficient to provide immunity against measles; orOption 4: Written certification, signed by a Washington licensed-MD, ND, DO, ARNP, or PA, that the MMR vaccine is not advisable for you.Are you able to comply with WAC 110-300-0120 and provide one of the listed options?
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Confirm you understand the following items are required to be completed prior to working in program:- Successful completion of a portable background check (PBC) and clearance through the Department of Children Youth and Families.- Successful completion of emergency procedure training.- Participation in Washington's State Training and Registry System (STARS) program required.- Valid pediatric and adult CPR certification.- Valid Food Handler's Card required.- Negative TB test completed within the previous twelve months.- Initial health exam completed by medical provider showing you are free from communicable diseases.- Documentation showing immunity to Measles, Mumps, & Rubella (MMR), either vaccination records or results of a Titer test prior to working in program.- Completion of HIV/Blood Borne Pathogens training.
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Have you ever been convicted of any crime? Please answer YES or NO.
Note: For the purpose of this question, "convicted" includes: (1) All instances in which a plea of guilty or no contest is the basis of a conviction and (2) All proceedings in which a sentence has been suspended or deferred. You need not list traffic infractions that are not misdemeanors or crimes.
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If you answered YES to the previous question, please provide the following (If you answered NO, please enter N/A):
a. A detailed statement including what occurred, the nature of the offense, charge or warrant;
b. The name and address of the arresting agency;
c. The date of the arrest;
d. The final disposition, if any;
e. If a court was involved, the name and address of the court;
f. The complete arrest report and sentence and judgement; and
g. Attach a complete driving abstract for five years if the arrest was driving related. This can be done in the attachments portion of the application process.
08

Do you currently have any outstanding criminal charges or warrants of arrest pending against you in Washington, or any other state, province, territory, and/or country? Please answer YES or NO. If YES, please provide an explanation.
09

Are you presently under investigation in any jurisdiction for possible criminal charges? Please answer YES or NO. If your answer is YES, identify agency and location (street address, city, state), as well as a detailed explanation.
10

Is it true that you have NEVER BEEN convicted of any misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor or felony crimes against children or other persons (including instances in which a plea of guilty or nolo contendere is the basis for the conviction) or any proceedings in which the charge has been deferred from prosecution under Chapter 10.05 RCW or the sentence has been deferred or suspended listed as follows: Aggravated murder, First degree promoting prostitution, First or second degree murder, Communication with a minor, First or second degree kidnapping, First degree arson, First, second or third degree assault, First degree burglary, First, second or third degree rape, Indecent liberties, First, second or third degree rape of a child, Incest, Felony indecent exposure, Vehicular homicide, First or second degree robbery, Unlawful imprisonment, First or second degree manslaughter, Simple assault, First or second degree extortion, Sexual exploitation of minors, First or second degree criminal mistreatment, First or second degree custodial interference, Child abuse or neglect as defined in RCW 26.44.020, Malicious harassment, Selling or distributing erotic material to a minor, First, second or third degree child molestation, Custodial assault, First or second degree sexual misconduct with a minor, Patronizing a juvenile prostitute, Child buying or selling, Violation of child abuse restraining order, Promoting pornography, Prostitution, First, second or third degree assault of a child, Child abandonment, or any of these crimes as they may have been named?
11

Are you eligible for lawful employment in the U.S.? Proof of citizenship or legal right to work and identity will be required after hire.
12

APPLICANT DECLARATION: Selecting YES authorizes the employer to conduct a background investigation and authorizes the release of information in connection with this application for employment. This investigation may include such information as criminal or civil convictions, driving records, previous employers and educational institutions, electronic/phone personal or professional references, and other appropriate sources.
Selecting YES indicates you waive your right of access to such information, and without limitation, hereby release the employer and the reference sources from any liability in connection with its release or use. This release includes the sources cited above and specific examples as follows: The Washington State Patrol (WSP), information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of either data on all criminal convictions or certification that no data on criminal convictions is maintained, information from OSPI, the Washington or other State Departments of Social and Health Services and any locality to which they may refer for release of information pertaining to any findings of child abuse or neglect investigations involving you.
Selecting YES certifies under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Washington that you have made true, correct and complete answers and statements on this application in the knowledge that they may be relied upon in considering your application. If the information provided or answer(s) to any questions on the application change prior to your being hired, you understand that you must immediately notify the employer. You understand that any omission, falsely answered statement made by you on this application, or any supplement to it will be sufficient grounds for failure to employ you or for your discharge should you become employed.
Selecting YES indicates that you understand that you may be subject to Washington State Patrol (WSP) and FBI fingerprint background checks.
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Location:
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Job Type:
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