Westwood Lead Teacher

Job Title:

Lead Teacher

Location: In-person at 4008 Westwood Northern Blvd, Cincinnati, OH 45211

Job Type: Full-Time, Monday - Friday

Pay Rate: $18-$20/hr with a $300 Sign-On Bonus!

Definition and Primary Objective:

Responsible for ensuring young children receive quality childhood experiences that support their early learning, development and school readiness. As a part of the Early Childhood and School Age team this position is also responsible for informing innovation and growth opportunities, leading a teaching team, creating a responsive environment and implementing a developmentally appropriate curriculum for individual children and the classroom as a whole.

This includes administering developmental assessments implementing social and emotional strategies, communicating with parents and co-workers, providing guidance to assistant teachers and providing a healthy and safe environment for children.

Minimum Education , Experience and Other Skill Requirements:

• Minimum of a CDA or Associates degree in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, or related field from an accredited college or university;
  Bachelor's degree preferred. Will accept education and work experience that meets requirements for Career Pathways Level (CPL) 3 as outlined by Ohio's Early Childhood Professional Development Network
• Direct teaching experience in an early education or Head Start environment
• Must have strong knowledge of social and emotional development and developmentally appropriate practices for preschoolers
• Must be flexible in work schedule, responsibilities and physically capable of performing the job of a teacher of young children
• Must be open to new ideas and strategies in order to improve work performance.
• Must possess minimum technical skills including familiarity with Microsoft Windows and ability to use standard Microsoft Office applications.

Primary Responsibilities:

Administration

• Ensure that day-to-day licensing standards and requirements set by the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services, accreditation bodies, and Step Up to Quality are maintained.
• Supports completion and collection of evaluation measures and adherence to best practice and agency standards. Assists with completion of all required program reporting and paperwork including but not limited to assessment data and licensing reports for external purposes on time.
• Complies with all regulations concerning client confidentiality in all settings.
• Manages and oversees staff credentials and required training hours for SUTQ and Licensing.
• Coordinates and establishes activity calendar, completes lesson plans with best practice standards and regulatory requirements and ensure effective implementation of all plans utilizing the SUTQ Standards and Creative Curriculum program structure.
• Ensures that lesson plans are being carried out, student goals and portfolios are updated monthly.
• Promote quality within program areas and identify appropriate action plans incorporating feedback from the ELLCO, PAS, and teacher observations to accurately reflect and promote resolutions of identified challenges/
• Ensure that implementation and action plans are accurate, current and documented.
• Supports Enrollment and Engagement Specialist in meeting enrollment targets.
• Manages program expenses and adheres to program budget requirements including management of staff hours.
• Manage and complete all required program reporting and paperwork including but not limited to assessment data on time.
• Is involved in the Individual Education Plans (IEP) process as well as implements the IEP in their individualized planning for each child.

Direct Client Service and Quality Effectiveness

• Establish positive relationships and communication with all families and handles parents' concerns and complaints.
• Administers developmental assessments such as the DECA, Galileo and Ages and Stages assessments.
• Supervise and interact with children daily, supporting and encouraging all developmental, social, and educational aspects of the children's development within the context of the child's family, culture, and individualized needs.
• Promotes quality within program areas and identifies appropriate action plans to accurately reflect and promote resolution of identified challenges.
• Attends agency training or professional seminars/conferences as required or necessary in order to maintain compliance with program regulations and to increase professional knowledge and skill base.
• Provides a balance between child-initiated and teacher-initiated activities.
• Maintains safe environment that is age appropriate for young children.
• Support the development and execution of age appropriate lesson plans aligned with State Standards and Accreditation Standards.
• Implements strategies for social and emotional development.
• Takes appropriate action to facilitate cognitive, motor, social, emotional and intellectual development within the context of the young child's family, culture and individualized needs.
• Works with assistant teachers in the classroom to…