Lead Teacher in Training- Stepping Stones Academy Beloit

Responsible to the Site Supervisor for utilizing and effectively implementing Community Kids selected curriculum while overseeing a respectful early learning environment consistent with the belief that children have tremendous potential and are capable and interested in learning. Additionally, responsibilities will include integrating the objectives of the program into a positive educational and social environment to ensure that the agency's policies, mission, and values are upheld in a culturally competent manner.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Initiative:
  Self-starter requires minimal supervision, requests additional assignments or responsibilities; suggests and implements improved work methods.
• Relationships:
  Projects a positive attitude and relates effectively with others to build strong working relationships built on a foundation of honesty, compassion, and respect. Promotes and maintains appropriate professional boundaries.
• Problem Solving:
  Identifies problems, secures relevant information, and implements solutions.
• Planning and Organizing:
  Establishes and manages work priorities; efficiently allocates time and utilizes available resources appropriately; effectively handles multiple assignments.
• Attention to Safety:
  Assists in the creation of a safety culture by working in a safe manner; reports unsafe situations and accidents; follows safety procedures; requests and uses safety equipment and safety techniques; and participates in safety training.
• Attendance/Punctuality:
  Team member is on time and prepared for meeting with participants and stakeholders internal and external to the organization.

• Plan and carry out activities according to the Education Policy in accordance with state licensing and Young Star.
• Establish and maintain goals and assessments for all children enrolled according to the Education Policy in accordance with state licensing and Young Star.
• Establish and maintain a daily schedule that follows the Education Policy in accordance with state licensing and Young Star.
• Oversee all lesson plans, goals, and assessments to ensure completion.
• Provide direct care and assistance to children with their basic needs including eating, dressing, and hand washing.
• Interact with children frequently while showing interest and modeling respect and affection.
• Implement the positive guidance policy within the classroom.
• Encourage independence in children while teaching and modeling positive approaches to behaving constructively.
• Assist children in dealing with emotions, positive and negative, while expecting them to behave in developmentally appropriate ways.
• Participate in all required meetings and trainings.

• Plan and set up an organized environment to meet the Education Policy and Environmental Rating Scale requirements.
• Establish and maintain a pleasant and welcoming learning environment for children, families, and co-workers.
• Provide a healthy and safe environment that is conducive to positive learning, playing, and growing.
• Oversee the environment to ensure it continues to meet the Environmental Rating Scales and curriculum requirements, including rotation of materials.

• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with children, families, co-workers, and supervisors.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with families, children, co-workers, and supervisors according to policies and the Environmental Rating Scales.
• Oversee communication in classroom to ensure policies and the Environmental Rating Scales requirements are being met.
• Guide and mentor new team members, assistant teachers, substitutes, volunteers, and students. to include completion of evaluations when necessary.

• Establish and maintain a healthy and safe environment according to all safety and emergency standards, policies, and procedures.
• Understand and follow all Community Action, Community Kids, Young Star, and State Licensing rules, policies, and procedures.
• Complete all required forms according to policies such as, but not limited to, USDA, attendance, Under Two Intakes and accident reports.
• Promote healthy snack times as pleasant and social learning experiences.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Assist with transportation of children as needed.
• Access to reliable, licensed, insured driver and transportation.
• Assist or supervise in other classrooms/sites as required.
• Keep up to date with developments in the subject area, teaching resources and methods and make relevant changes to instructional plans and activities.
• Assist in Kitchen and/or Office as needed.
• Assist in overall building cleanliness, organization, and stocking of materials.

• Responsible for the supervision of the children under his/her care in the classroom.
• Responsible for the supervision of volunteers or…