Lead Teacher - Readiness Program - Howell

Livingston Esa Preschool Teacher

Under the direction of an Early Childhood Specialist, the Livingston ESA Preschool Teacher is responsible for all aspects of planning, evaluating and supporting child development/school readiness skills of children enrolled in his/her classroom. The Preschool Teacher oversees the daily operations of the preschool classroom based on a philosophy of trauma informed principles and culturally responsive care. The Preschool Teacher must ensure an environment that is nurturing and supports the development of children ages 3 – 5 years and integrate all required components in accordance with the Livingston ESA preschool curriculum, philosophy and policies.

Essential Functions:

• Supports the social-emotional needs of children.
• Understands the impact of toxic stress and trauma on children.
• Understands and can implement and build on the trauma-informed framework of our classrooms.
• Supports oral communication with children and adults.
• Supports social skills, such as sharing with and helping others.
• Supports age appropriate developmental skills
• Observes and reports on physical, emotional, intellectual and social development and progress of children.
• Creates regular communication as needed.
• Attends meetings and workshops as needed.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships and open communication with families and caregivers.
• Creates a welcoming environment.
• Maintain primary responsibility for lesson planning, the classroom environment, data collection and record keeping associated with highest quality developmental/educational programming for children.
• Maintain primary responsibility for the effective involvement of the teaching team related to planning, coordination, data collection and record keeping associated with highest quality early childhood programming.
• Supervise Associate Teachers and/or Preschool Assistants assigned to the classroom.
• Promote parent participation and involvement in education activities provided for their children.
• Conduct ongoing observations, with anecdotal notes, for children enrolled in the classroom; create documentation in TS Gold and utilize collected data to plan for individualized instruction.
• Complete and maintain all required paperwork, reports, receipts and child records in accordance with Livingston ESA's system of operation and submit them in a timely and professional manner.
• Maintain a continuous updating of knowledge and experience related to early childhood best practices, child development, Creative Curriculum, and other related areas.
• Maintain educational and health credentials as necessary.
• Possess knowledge of Livingston ESA's organization, mission, and philosophy.
• Perform other duties deemed appropriate.
• Works collaboratively with all staff who support children in our program.

Additional Duties:

• Performs other duties deemed appropriate and as assigned by the Early Childhood Specialist.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development with a specialization in Preschool Teaching and a major in Child Development or Early Childhood Education.

Experience:

• 1 to 2 years of progressively more responsible or expansive experience supporting children in an early childhood setting.

Other Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities:

Required:

Preferred:

Language

Skills:

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees of the organization.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus, especially due to concentration on a computer screen and small numbers.

Work Environment:

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and is a standard acceptable level for this environment.

The employee is directly responsible for student safety, work output and well-being.

The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled…