Lead Teacher- Toddlers

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Preschool Lead Child Care Teacher is responsible for guiding and instructing children through creative planning and implementation of a developmentally appropriate daily program of activities promoting each child's affective, cognitive, physical, perceptual-motor, communicative and social competence. The position involves the close supervision of the Assistant Teacher enhancing a team teaching approach to ensure the safe and healthful care and management of children in a nurturing environment.

Involvement includes maintaining contact and open communication with parents, program staff and community resources.

The Preschool Lead Child Care Teacher is responsible for guiding and instructing children through creative planning and implementation of a developmentally appropriate daily program of activities promoting each child's affective, cognitive, physical, perceptual-motor, communicative and social competence. The position involves the close supervision of the Assistant Teacher enhancing a team teaching approach to ensure the safe and healthful care and management of children in a nurturing environment.

Involvement includes maintaining contact and open communication with parents, program staff and community resources.

The Preschool Lead Child Care Teacher is responsible for guiding and instructing children through creative planning and implementation of a developmentally appropriate daily program of activities promoting each child's affective, cognitive, physical, perceptual-motor, communicative and social competence. The position involves the close supervision of the Assistant Teacher enhancing a team teaching approach to ensure the safe and healthful care and management of children in a nurturing environment.

Involvement includes maintaining contact and open communication with parents, program staff and community resources.

The preschool lead child care teacher supervises other assistant teacher(s) in their classroom. All department staff are responsible for each others safety and well-being.

• Interacts frequently with children showing affection, interest, and respect.
• Makes self available and is responsive to children.
• Speaks with children in a friendly, courteous manner.
• Talks with individual children, and encourages children of all ages to use language.
• Treats children of all races, religions, family backgrounds, and cultures equally with respect and consideration.
• Provides all children with equal opportunities to take part in all activities.
• Encourages independence in children, as they are ready.
• Uses positive approaches to help children behave constructively.
• Refrains from use of physical punishment or negative discipline methods that hurt, frighten or humiliate children.
• Helps children deal with anger, sadness and frustration by comforting, identifying, reflecting feelings, and helping children use words to solve their problems.
• Encourage prosocial behavior in children such as cooperating, helping taking turns, talking to solve problems.
• Expectations of children's social behavior are developmentally appropriate.
• Encourages children to talk about feelings and ideas instead of solving problems with force.

• Maintains an efficient, well-arranged classroom including interest areas that provide direction and a sense of organization.
• Keeps equipment and materials in good repair and stored in a safe, orderly fashion.
• Keeps equipment and materials sanitized and clean.
• Provides materials and activities appropriate for the children's developmental progress and individual learning styles.
• Implements a well-established positive routine adapted to…