Calvary Early Learning Center Co-Director

Our mission at Calvary Day School is to provide a Christ-centered educational experience for grades Birth through 12th, developing the total student- spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. We are a community of learners and leaders where teaching and learning are stimulating, engaging, and Christ-centered. Students, staff, and parents support one another and work cooperatively to reach ever-higher academic, social, emotional, and spiritual competencies.

Differences are accepted and respected. We follow many pathways to learning while sharing goals that unite us: a common core of knowledge and a belief in biblical truths.

The Early Learning Center serves as the foundational first step in a child's educational journey at Calvary Day School. In alignment with Calvary’s mission, through intentional, Christ-centered instruction and nurturing relationships, the program develops the spiritual , academic, social-emotional, and physical readiness necessary for success in preschool, Lower School, and beyond.

The Early Learning Center Co-Director of Learning and Teaching serves as an instructional leader within Calvary Day School's Early Learning Center, partnering with the ELC Director to provide a Christ-centered, developmentally appropriate educational experience for children from infancy through three years of age.

• Lead the implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of developmentally appropriate curriculum for infants through three-year-olds.
• Review and revision of pacing guides, instructional resources, curriculum maps, and planning tools that support consistent classroom instruction.
• Ensure alignment of curriculum, instructional practices, and developmental expectations with Georgia Early Learning Development Standards and Calvary Day School developmental goals.
• Promote intentional learning experiences that support communication, early literacy, mathematics, fine and gross motor development, executive functioning, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and social-emotional growth.
• Maintain curriculum resources and assist with instructional material selection and inventory.

• Coach, mentor, and support teachers through classroom observations, feedback, modeling, and collaborative planning.
• Facilitate professional learning opportunities focused on instructional best practices, child development, classroom management, and school initiatives.
• Assist teachers in lesson planning, instructional design, differentiation, and implementation of developmentally appropriate practices.
• Foster a collaborative professional culture that encourages continuous improvement, innovation, and reflective practice.
• Assist in teacher observations and evaluation processes.

• Support teachers in monitoring each child's developmental progress through observation, assessment, and documentation.
• Assist in identifying students who may benefit from additional academic, behavioral, developmental, or social-emotional support.
• Collaborate with families, teachers, and support personnel, and school leadership to develop appropriate intervention strategies and transition plans.
• Promote instructional practices that foster independence, confidence, curiosity, and a lifelong love of learning.

• Serve as the instructional liaison between the Early Learning Center and Lower School to ensure continuity of curriculum, instructional practices, and student expectations.
• Collaborate with school leadership to strengthen vertical alignment across early childhood and elementary programs.
• Support strategic initiatives that advance Calvary's commitment to educational excellence and whole-child development.
• Coordinate academic aspects of the Summer Bridge Program, including curriculum development, instructional planning, teacher support, and family communication.
• Assist with student placement, classroom transitions, and readiness planning.

• Build positive partnerships with families by communicating student growth, developmental milestones, school initiatives, and educational opportunities.
• Support teachers in maintaining consistent, professional communication through Brightwheel and other school communication platforms.
• Coordinate parent education opportunities and family engagement events that strengthen home-school partnerships.
• Assist in welcoming and onboarding new families to the Early Learning Center community.

• Partner with the ELC Director to support daily operations, staffing needs, classroom coverage, and program implementation.
• Assist in maintaining compliance with Bright from the Start licensing requirements, health and safety regulations, and program documentation.
• Monitor implementation of classroom procedures, instructional expectations, and…