Lead ECE; NGES

Position: Lead ECE (NGES)
Location: West Lunenburg County (New Germany)

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South Shore Regional Centre for Education

The South Shore Regional Centre for Education (SSRCE) practices the culturally responsive pedagogy approach in providing an inclusive, diverse, equitable, safe and healthy education that supports learning and success both personally and academically to the 59,000 residents of Lunenburg and Queens Counties, an area of 5,250 square kilometres and a total of 23 schools.

Regional Centres for Education have Employment Equity Policies and/or processes and we actively encourage applications from under‑represented groups, particularly people of African Nova Scotian, African Canadian and African ancestry and Mi’kmaw/Indigenous ancestry. Please ensure that you complete the self‑identification portion on the position application.

Location:

New Germany Elementary School

Reports to:

School Principal & Pre‑Primary Facilitator

Employee Group:  NSGEU

Start Date:

Effective August 18, 2026

Final date to receive applications:  July 14, 2026 at 11:59pm

Scope of Responsibilities
Working with the Support Early Childhood Educator (SECE), the Pre‑primary Facilitator and the Principal, the Lead Early Childhood Educator (LECE) will bring a leadership role to the Pre‑primary Program Team. The LECE will work cooperatively with all ECE staff, family members, community‑based professionals and service providers, such as Developmental Intervention to introduce children into the culture of school ensuring a supportive and secure learning environment for young children who attend the Pre‑primary Program.

The LECE, along with the Support Early Childhood Educator (SECE), will be responsible to create and maintain an engaging learning environment based on the children’s knowledge and interests. The environment will be one in which children are encouraged to explore and create new knowledge through their experiences and social interactions with others. The LECE will use evidenced‑based practices and professional judgement to ensure the learning environment is focused on the holistic development and overall well‑being of the child/ren.

The LECE will be responsible for implementing the Pre‑primary Program using the Nova Scotia Early Learning Curriculum Framework, all other policies and best practices as determined by EECD including the Continuous Quality Improvement process.

The LECE will be an active member of the school team reporting to the School Principal and the Pre‑primary Facilitator and will work collaboratively with the Support ECE to ensure the development, assessment and consistent delivery of a high quality early learning experience for children attending the Pre‑primary Program.

Qualifications

A minimum ECE Level 3 (Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from a recognized post‑secondary institution) with a minimum of 3 years of recent experience working with young children (birth to six); OR ECE Level 2 (2‑year Early Childhood Education Diploma from a recognized post‑secondary institution) with five years’ experience.

Valid standard First Aid training.

Satisfactory Criminal Record and Child Abuse Registry Checks.

Experience

Experience in a leadership role in early childhood development is an asset.

Experience working with children and families with diverse cultural backgrounds, experiences, and developmental needs.

Experience with developmentally appropriate observation, documentation and authentic assessment strategies.

Possess an in‑depth understanding of child growth and development and demonstrated knowledge and experience using a play‑based pedagogy and child‑centered, developmentally appropriate practices.

Ability to translate theory and best practices into action in early childhood settings.

Ability to create inclusive and responsive early learning environments that support the diverse and special needs of all children.

Demonstrated competency with distributed leadership and shared responsibility (e.g. Parents, community‑based professionals, School Principal and teachers).

Strong interpersonal skills to initiate and maintain contact with many educational partners.

Ability to apply computer skills suitable to report writing and internet…