Youth Development Early Learning Center Preschool Lead Teacher

Youth Development Early Learning Center Preschool Lead Teacher

Description

A Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care and Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as a special education day program. Serving students with diagnoses of serious emotional disturbance (SED) and intellectual developmental disability (IDD), with a specific emphasis on cultural responsiveness.

Main office in Randolph. Direct Care staff based on the program they work in are designated to regions, travel for work at patient homes, school and within the community would be required.

Youth Center Lead is trained as Behavior Technicians and according to the Department of Early Education and Care. Lead teacher plays a key role in shaping a preschool's educational experience. Leading staff and parent meetings. Promoting a positive learning classroom environment. This role involves tasks such as developing curriculum, overseeing implementation of curriculum and classroom activities, mentoring junior teachers, and ensuring educational standards are met.

Their responsibilities include:
They are responsible for developing and implementing curriculum development:
Leading the development of the curriculum for their department. Mentoring:
Providing guidance and mentorship to other teachers, associate teachers, substitute teachers, and interns. Classroom management:
Overseeing classroom activities and managing classroom behavior, Student performance:
Assessing student performance, Communication:
Communicating daily with parents and the program director.

Collaboration:

Collaborating with staff and parents. Lesson plans:
Writing lesson plans. After-school tutoring:
Providing after-school tutoring. Staff development:
Providing staff development. Instructional needs:
Identifying the instructional needs of teachers. Liaison:
Serving as a liaison between the department and administrators.

Also responsible for implementing behavioral interventions programs as directed by the Behavioral Management Coordinator and or Master Level Clinician Supervisor. Behavioral intervention services to help youth deal with diagnosis (DSM
5) or an Autistic /Asperger/PDD, NOS and other behavioral health diagnosis. Youth are picked up and dropped off within the Randolph, Brockton, Quincy, and Dorchester area and traveling to patients’ homes is required daily as part of duties.

• Lead teachers acting as Preschool Direct when needed should have strong leadership skills, knowledge of educational best practices, and proficiency in educational software and tools. They should also be skilled in instructional strategies, classroom management, and educational technology
• Lead teacher in managing a classroom and implementing youth development program curriculum
• Lead for implementing sooth transportation pick up and drop offs and transition in the community between home
• Instructs and supervises children in social and developmental activities and generally provides one‑on‑one attention when needed.
• Plans activities for children, such as storytelling or art projects. Must help organize the classroom and plan intellectual activities for children, per the program coordinator requests.
• Plans activities for youth and children, such as storytelling, art projects and integration of community activities. Must help organize the classroom and plan intellectual activities for children, per youth and children development age and functioning.
• Interacts with children, prepares snacks, teaches children about numbers, colors and shapes, helps them get dressed and changes their diapers when needed.
• Evaluates children’s social development and physical well‑being and should be prepared to take on the role of lead teacher when needed.
• Coordinate lesson plans, activities to implement learning via level of experiential learning, tutor after school grade school academic, assistant in transition into school, vocational school, or college
• Progress notes and reports match reproductivity reports submitted weekly
• Completes specialty programs documentation progress notes and reports within 24 hours to send home.
• Verifies youth or…