Preschool Lead Teacher: Head Start to Success (North Clackamas

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Preschool Lead Teacher:
Head Start to Success (North Clackamas)

• Position Type:
  Classified/ Classified
• Date Posted:
  7/23/2026
• Location:
  
  Head Start to Success
• Date Available:
  
  August 2026
• Closing Date:
  08/06/2026

Preschool Lead Teacher, Head Start to Success (HSTS)
Location:
Itinerant in North Clackamas School District
Schedule: 7.5 hours per day / 5 days per week / Instructional School Year Calendar

Clackamas ESD strives to infuse equity in all our programs and bodies of work by maintaining an inclusive, barrier-free environment in which everyone participates and fully benefits.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications as described in the job description. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be the one who comes from a less traditional background. We would encourage you to apply, even if you don t believe you meet every one of our qualifications described.

If you are unsure whether you meet the qualifications of this position, or how this would be determined, please feel free to contact Human Resources at hr to discuss your application.

Find your "why" with Clackamas ESD
At Clackamas Education Service District, our mission is to lead, serve and innovate for learning. Clackamas ESD provides services in early learning, special education, technology and teacher/staff support to Clackamas County school districts. We ensure students and families in all of our communities -- big and small -- have access to equitable education services. Learn more about CESD here .

About the program:
Head Start to Success offers a comprehensive range of services for children from birth to age five, including early education, health care, nutrition, and family support. Head Start places an additional emphasis on supporting the whole child and their family. Our Head Start to Success and Preschool Promise programs provide free comprehensive preschool to three- and four-year-old children who are experiencing poverty.

We work in partnership with the Canby, North Clackamas and Oregon Trail school districts and have classrooms at the Clackamas Early Learning Center to provide preschool services for children and families throughout Clackamas County.

About this position:
The Preschool Lead Teacher provides a successful, safe, and supervised learning environment for children in the school district preschool setting. The Lead Teacher promotes the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of enrolled children through age-appropriate instruction, progress monitoring/assessment of each child, development of individualized goals, and curriculum development. Family involvement is encouraged in all aspects of the program. The Lead Teacher works to ensure that program requirements are consistently met.

The Lead Teacher ensures that services are coordinated and address each child s individual learning strengths and needs.

Essential functions:

• Utilizes integrated curriculum plans, which reflect developmentally appropriate practice, parental and cultural influences, and promote the social, the emotional, physical and cognitive development of enrolled children
• Follows a consistent schedule, which includes small and large group experiences, choice time, music and movement, large and small motor activities, skill development, snacks, and effective transitions between activities
• Encourages experimentation, exploration, problem solving, cooperation, socialization, and choice-making; asks open-ended questions and listens respectfully to the answers
• Prepares classroom materials to support developmentally appropriate lesson plans; creates and changes learning centers as needed
• Promotes family involvement by providing an atmosphere that promotes and reinforces parental participation in the…