Head Teacher​/Instructional Coach; 91st

Job Details

Job Location:

Day Care Center at W 91st Street - New York, NY 10024

Position Type:
Full Time

Salary Range: $78,500.00 - $82,500.00 per year

The Goddard Riverside Community Center (Goddard Riverside) and the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center (Isaacs Center) are well-established Manhattan community-based agencies that support services to approximately 30,000 New Yorkers. We are two of New York City’s leading human services organizations meeting the needs of children, youth and families, homeless individuals, and older adults throughout Manhattan and New York City. We work every day for a fair and just society where all people have the opportunity to make choices that lead to better lives for themselves and their families.

This position serves as the lead educator in a classroom of children by planning, implementing, and overseeing all classroom activities. The role works with typically developing children as well as children with disabilities, serves as a social service referral person, and shares in the responsibility of parent involvement in the program. The position may be reassigned to various classroom/centers as deemed necessary for program operations.

As an instructional coach, the individual will work with teachers and administrators in the education industry to improve student achievement by providing guidance and support, observing and giving feedback on teaching practices, and designing and delivering professional development opportunities.

Monday-Friday 7:30am-6:00pm

• Prepare weekly daily lesson plans, including objectives posted for parents, volunteers, and visitors.
• Develop an individual plan for each child with goal setting based on identified needs and prescriptions for objectives and activities to meet established goals and outcomes.
• Schedule and attend home visits and parent-teacher conferences on an as-needed basis and document these events.
• Prepare and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment for children that is positive, developmentally appropriate, and experientially based.
• Provide sufficient outdoor learning experiences for children.
• Supervise all classroom activities, field trips, and outdoor activities.
• Make necessary referrals for any special needs problems or issues to appropriate staff.
• Ensure lesson plans cover all Head Start Standard domains and are individualized.
• Implement education lesson plans and daily programs for children in accordance with each child’s needs based on classroom observation and recording children’s interests and levels of functioning.
• Support children’s social and emotional development and provide positive guidance and discipline.
• Share pertinent information with family advocates ensuring coordinated services.
• Supervise mealtime and model good nutrition and proper social skills.
• Provide a stable classroom routine and environment ensuring a well‑run purposeful program responsive to children’s needs.
• Help teachers develop teaching strategies and techniques, observe teachers, provide feedback, collaborate on lesson plans and curriculums, and assist teachers in identifying and addressing areas for improvement.
• Provide resources and support for teachers, coordinate professional development opportunities, analyze student data and provide recommendations for instructional improvement, facilitate communication and collaboration between teachers, students, and parents, stay up to date on current educational research and best practices, and encourage a culture of continuous learning and growth among teachers.
• Screen, observe, and document children as required.
• Submit monthly progress reports to supervisor.
• Assist with collection and editing process of…