Master Teacher

Responsibilities

• Maintain a welcoming, safe, clean, and high-quality environment for children, families, and staff.
• Engage, interact, and supervise children in positive ways to support their learning process.
• Provide a respectful climate for families, staff, and visitors.
• Establish and maintain positive relationships with SJB staff and parents or guardians, including communicating with all in a respectful and effective manner.
• Assist in the orientation process of new families and program staff.
• Share information with parents or guardians on a regular basis regarding the growth and development of their child.
• Plan and implement developmentally appropriate lesson plans through study topics using assigned curriculum.
• Ensure curriculum implementation and studies are reflected indoors and outdoors.
• Complete, supervise, and monitor continual evaluation of each child’s progress using assessments to develop goals and objectives for the child.
• Analyze and interpret assessment results and use the data to plan classroom activities and individual children plans.
• Assist in organizing, planning, and conducting family engagement activities, parent meetings, and volunteer opportunities.
• Maintain learning environments to support children’s learning, including inventory of supplies and learning materials.
• Conduct daily health checks upon the children’s arrival and departure.
• Ensure children are signed in and out upon arrival and departure.
• Work collaboratively with Site Director and peers to ensure classroom and center are following best practices.
• Model and ensure developmentally appropriate best practices.
• Participate in and/or facilitate meetings, trainings, and workshops with staff and families.
• Participate in activities and trainings that further own professional growth and apply strategies and skills.
• Travel when necessary to conduct SJB business.
• Assist at other SJB locations as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by the Site Director, Regional Director, Program Director, or Chief Executive Officer.

• Work as a member of the SJB team by promoting and following the mission, vision, values, and philosophy of the agency.
• Ensure and manage classroom staff implementation of SJB policies and procedures, Title 22 regulations, Title 5 regulations, and state and federal mandates.
• Maintain overall supervision of indoor and outdoor daily activities, children, and staff.
• Facilitate weekly and monthly classroom meetings and document agendas, sign-in sheets, and minutes.
• Complete and review daily, weekly, and monthly paperwork before submitting to Site Director.
• Complete all proper documentation by SJB timeline expectations, including but not limited to:
  Desired Results Development Profiles (DRDPs), Environmental Rating Scale (ERS), Lesson Plans, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), etc.
• In the absence of the Site Director, assume responsibility for the daily operation of the center.
• Assist in scheduling of classroom staff in accordance with Title 5 ratio requirements and center needs.
• Provide training, mentoring, and support to center staff on an ongoing basis.

• Maintain and model a clean, well-organized, and safe indoor and outdoor classroom environment.
• Ensure the health and welfare of children and staff is maintained at all times.
• Mandated to report suspected child abuse.
• Ensure classroom compliance with policies and procedures as they relate to health and safety, including but not limited to mealtime, medication administration, allergies, daily health inspections, ratios, etc.
• Ensure implementation of monthly fire drills, earthquake drills, lockdown drills, and annual disaster drills.
• Report safety hazards and injuries immediately to Site Director and ensure proper paperwork is completed in a…