Lead Teacher

Job Details

Job Location:

Coos Bay, OR 97420

Position Type:
Full Time Education Level: 4 Year Degree Salary Range: $25.65 - $30.78 Hourly

Job Title:

Lead Teacher

Department:
Education and Language

Reports to:

Head Start Program Manager

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: $25.65 – $30.78

Location:

Coos Bay

This position is a covered position as defined in the Coquille Indian Tribe Chapter 185 Child Protection Ordinance.

Candidate must pass a pre-employment drug screen and Criminal and Character Background Check.

Under the direct supervision of the Head Start Program Manager, the Lead Teacher provides the best possible classroom experience for all children enrolled in the Coquille Indian Tribe Head Start and to provide a curriculum that is outcome-based and meets the requirements of the Head Start Performance Standards that has been selected by the program. This position is responsible for the Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Attendance (ERSEA) of students along with completing all child assessments and home visits.

The Lead Teacher is responsible for the direct supervision of the Teacher Assistants.

• Maintains a physically and emotionally safe and orderly environment with developmentally appropriate practices and maintaining health, safety, and sanitation standards.
• Creates a consistent schedule providing a balance of activities.
• Develop and implements lesson plans that incorporate developmentally appropriate materials and activities that promote social, emotional, cognitive, and physical growth.
• Individualize curriculum to meet the needs of each child, including children with disabilities.
• Prepares and implements curriculum outlined in the work plan which includes culture curriculum.
• Design, prepare and lead daily classroom instruction, activities, and routines, including field trips.
• Model/use positive interaction with children, including verbal and body language.
• Provides direction to the other members of the teaching team related to daily schedule and overall structure of the classroom environment and activities.
• Support parents to engage as their child’s primary educators as well as active participants with their child in the classroom.
• Design, prepare, and execute an outcome-based curriculum that is responsive to the needs of the individual child as well as the needs of the class.
• Complete the creative curriculum-based child assessments three times a year on the Child Plus DRDP program.
• Complete and develop goals for students, documenting progress, anecdotal, and revising goals as needed.
• Responsible for end-to-end enrollment process. This includes recruitment, waiting list, program policies and eligibility point systems.
• Monitor and document daily and monthly attendance on the Child Plus software program and report attendance monthly to the Program Manager.
• Maintain knowledge of the Performance Standards, including those related to ERSEA.
• Provide a minimum of two home visits and two conferences per year for each family.
• Other duties, as assigned.

The above statements reflect the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the job.

Requires the ability to communicate orally, repetitive movement of the wrists, hands and/or fingers. Frequent kneeling, bending, stooping, and raising from the floor level while interacting with children is required. Often requires walking, standing, and sitting for extended periods of time, raising or lowering objects, and occasionally requires lifting up to 50 pounds. Must be physically able to regularly kneel, bend, stoop, and sit on the floor.

Occasional climbing or balancing is required. Work is generally performed in a classroom or office setting and occasionally outdoors. Must have the ability to stay calm and make decisions in emergency situations. Will often be required to travel by automobile, commercial or private carrier. Local travel is frequently required, statewide and national travel is occasionally required. The…