Preschool Teacher Coordinator

Preschool Teacher Coordinator

Northwest Head Start - Tucson, AZ

Level: Experienced

Position Type: 40 hours/week (mid July - mid June)

Salary Range: $1,886.40 biweekly

Travel %:
In Town

Job Shift: Day (M-F), 7:30am-3:30pm, work is in-person and has limited eligibility for remote work, may require working some evenings and weekends.

Job Categories:
Education

Location:

Tucson or Duncan

Classification:
Salary, Exempt

Supervisor:
Program Services Coordinator

Supervises:
Preschool Teacher (1), Preschool Co-Teacher (2), Cook (1), Driver/Custodian (1)

Job Summary:

Child-Parent Centers (CPC) is seeking professionals who share our values and principles for building trusting relationships with children, families, and colleagues. Successful candidates welcome individual differences and perspectives, respect cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and are sensitive to current circumstances. Candidates display a commitment to teamwork, open communication, and are eager to work in a fast-paced, high quality preschool environment. This is a great opportunity for organized and dependable early childhood professionals with a strong work ethic and a desire to grow.

If you have previous experience working in an early childhood center and are interested in joining our growing team, we encourage you to apply.

Reporting to the program services coordinator, the Preschool Teacher Coordinator will supervise, lead, oversee, and support center staff in their implementation of the Head Start (HS) program and the delivery of high-quality comprehensive services to enrolled children and families. The Preschool Teacher Coordinator oversees the administrative requirements of the center including compliance with a broad range of local, state, and federal regulations such as childcare licensing (BCCL) and ERSEA (eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance).

The Preschool Teacher Coordinator implements daily routines with children that promote children's cognitive, social, health, and emotional growth for later success in school. The Preschool Teacher Coordinator serves as the parent's primary contact for all Head Start services. The Preschool Teacher Coordinator receives regular on-going support from the program services coordinator and the education specialist (coach) to implement the agency's curriculum that includes creating a safe and enriching environment, embedding responsive and effective teacher-child interactions, and fostering partnerships with families by respecting values, strengths, and cultures and welcoming parent's contributions and participation.

The Preschool Teacher Coordinator position is funded for eight hours per day Monday through Friday, working directly with children for 4-6.75 hours per day four days of the week. When children are not attending class, the Preschool Teacher Coordinator guides the center team activities such as regulatory compliance, food service oversight, transportation oversight, parent meetings, curriculum planning lessons, documenting children's work and outcomes, entering and analyzing child and family data, setting goals, and attending professional development opportunities.

Direct Services:

• Implement the Languages of Learning curriculum with a minimum of 6.5 hours per day four days per week. Ensure and support the completion of at least two parent conferences and two home visits during the program year.
• Set learning goals and plan learning experiences by integrating knowledge of each child's temperament, interests, gender, culture, language, learning approaches, understanding, misconceptions, and abilities and by working collaboratively with families and a range of specialists (e.g., medical, dental, speech, nutrition, mental health)
• Promote children's active exploration, creativity, and development in all domains by designing indoor and outdoor environments based on knowledge of how children develop and learn, and their individual abilities.
• Build children's pride in their cultures, families, and communities by ensuring that classroom learning centers and materials reflect children's cultures and communities…