Infant Toddler Lead Teacher

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• 403(b)
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Employee discounts
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Savings bank
• Training & development
• Tuition assistance
• Vision insurance
• Wellness resources

Job Title: Infant Toddler Lead Teacher

FLSA Status: Full-time, Hourly, 40 hrs/week

Shifts: 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM (one hour lunch break)

Work Week: Monday – Friday

Supervisor: Senior Director of Early Education

Age Groups: Infant/Toddler

Location: Pottstown, PA

YWCA Tri-County Area is looking for a dedicated individual to serve as an Early Head Start (EHS) Lead Teacher in our STARS 4 Early Education Center in Pottstown. Our EEC vision is to create a community of learning where children experience a sense of wonder and exploration – where everyone feels a sense of connection and participates with others in ways that create new possibilities for making the world a better place.

Infant/Toddler Lead Teachers are responsible for developing a cohesive teaching team, coordinating the curriculum, and managing the day-to-day operational activities of the classroom. Teachers must understand children’s social and emotional, language, cognitive and physical development to ensure a safe and stimulating classroom environment where children are actively engaged and encouraged to succeed. Teachers must be skilled in communicating with both children and adults to meet the needs of the children, effectively guide teacher assistants, and resolve family concerns.

Each Lead Teacher understands and promotes education and early childhood development as defined in YWCA Tri-County Area’s (YW3CA) Policies and Procedures, and mission statement.

• Coordinate and implement educational curriculum by developing classroom activities based on developmentally appropriate practices and early learning standards.
• Ensures the program operations meets funding and licensing guidelines with regards to screenings, assessments, curricula, supervision of children, child safety and reporting.
• Plan individual and group age-appropriate activities to actively engage children and encourage social, cognitive, and emotional growth.
• Use routines and experiences to teach content areas: literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, the arts and technology as well as to build social-emotional skills.
• Maintain daily communications including written communication using daily reports with families through informal discussions, Tadpoles messages, phone calls, report cards, and conferences.
• Ensure all center policies and state regulations are met.
• Ensure a healthy classroom environment – including maintaining appropriate hygiene and cleanliness meeting Caring for Our Children’s standards for safety and security of children.
• Supervise teacher assistants and classroom volunteers to ensure they are following planned activities, hygiene, cleanliness, and safety standards, including use of primary groups.
• Maintain timely and accurate records, forms and files including recording daily observations.
• Maintain personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement.
• Ensure the safety of children and staff.
• Actively contributes in team meetings at which families are participants.
• Attends and participates in all in-service training and monthly staff meetings as identified by the Early Education Director to increase competency in job performance.
• Lead by example; encourage teaching team success through teaching, modeling, and coaching.
• Maintains confidentiality in all children and family records.
• Completes special projects specific to the function of the service area or as needed for the area as directed by the supervisor.
• Support families/staff using the P.E.A.C.E. model for problem-solving.
• Use inclusive language and Conscious Discipline skills and powers in all communication.
• Other duties as assigned within the scope of position expectations.

• A strong understanding of child development.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, and interpersonal…