Lead Teacher

Position Information Position Title Lead Teacher Position Number 500210 Salary Range $30,700.00 Position Type Unclassified Staff Department Information Ending Effective Date of Temporary Employment Department Early Childhood Initiatives

Job Duties Responsibility / Duty Engaging Students in Learning
* Poses open-ended/higher order (HOT) questions to children designed to promote thinking and understanding
* Creates discussion among children as developmentally appropriate, providing adequate time for children to respond
* Employ a range of developmentally appropriate strategies to engage children in classroom discussions
* Provide learning tasks and activities that are aligned with the instructional outcomes/objectives and are designed to challenge children's thinking,
* Scaffold activities to support engagement.
* Most children are intellectually engaged in the lesson.
* Learning tasks have multiple correct responses or approaches and/or demand higher-order thinking.
* Children are provided options in how they complete learning tasks.
* Variety of groupings as determined by developmental progression
* Materials and resources support the learning goals and require intellectual engagement, as appropriate.
* Provide children time to become intellectually engaged in activities.
* Maintain displays inside and outside of the classroom that exhibit children's work Percentage Of Time 20 Responsibility / Duty Using Assessment in Instruction
* Use formative and summative assessments regularly to guide instruction
* Provides accurate, specific, and developmentally appropriate feedback as developmentally appropriate
* Collects and assesses evidence of learning through questions, prompts, and assessment.
* Completes any data driven assessments as required by center administration and/or state policies (TS Gold)
* Carries through with center-wide management, assessment procedures (organizing portfolios), and any other instructional and developmental methods as directed by higher-level personnel Percentage Of Time 20 Responsibility / Duty Setting Instructional Outcomes
* Design instructional outcomes that represent developmentally appropriate learning in the early childhood environment.
* Design instructional outcomes that are clear, suggest viable methods of assessment, are observable, and follow DAP and the Louisiana Department of Education state standards for children ages Birth to Five.
* Design outcomes/objectives that reflect several different types of learning opportunities for coordination and a range of outcomes: factual, conceptual understanding, reasoning, social, management, and communication.
* Design outcomes that take into account the varying developmental needs of children. Percentage Of Time 20 Responsibility / Duty Maintains:
* Knowledge and compliance with the policies and procedures set forth in the staff handbook and any additional verbal directives
* Physical demands requiring frequent lifting, carrying, transferring, of objects of a considerable weight
* Duties related to and in support of the educational process and care and safety of all children
* Participation in staff planning and evaluation meetings as well as professional meetings
* Sharing of appropriate information with other staff members
* Confidentiality of children, parents, and all staff members.
* Compliance with all university, LDOE licensing, Health Department, and Fire Marshal policies and procedures .
* All necessary employment requirements by established due dates. Percentage Of Time 15 Responsibility / Duty Managing Classroom Procedures
* Maximizes instructional time
* Manages children's behavior in instructional groups, transitions, and/or handling of materials and supplies consistently
* Establishes classroom routines to be followed by children with minimal guidance and prompting as aligned to children's developmental progression
* Maintain cleanliness and organization within classroom Percentage Of Time 15 Responsibility / Duty Professionalism
* Dresses appropriately for the job assigned.
* Establishes and maintains appropriate respectful and collaborative relationships with all administrative supervisors, center staff, enrolled children, families, center visitors, donors, etc.
* Seeks, shares, and respects ideas of others.
* Exhibits a positive attitude towards others.
* Participates in continued professional growth activities (seminars, conferences, workshops).
* Communication
* Understands and interprets written and verbal instructions from upper-level administrators.
* Assists center-based administrators in all operational components of the center.
* Reports any abuses of policy or negative situations through the appropriate chain of command.
* Reports to work at the assigned time, attends work consistently, and contacts supervisor when absent
* Completes task in a safe manner and reports any observed unsafe conditions/ incidents/injury/damage/suspicion of abuse or neglect and the like IMMEDIATELY to the necessary…