Lead Teacher - Head Start (North Campus Early Learning Center

Location: North Campus Early Learning Center, Vista

Hourly
- Lead Teacher I: $26.58 - $31.59

Hourly
- Lead Teacher II: $30.58 - $36.33

Work Period: 46 Weeks

Since 1965, MAAC has been maximizing self‑sufficiency with families and individuals through high‑quality programs and advocacy in our communities. MAAC employs dedicated staff who provide life‑changing services to thousands of individuals annually through programs in five core focus areas:
Education, Economic Development, Health & Wellness, Housing, and Advocacy & Leadership Development. Through a wide variety of programs, MAAC has grown to become one of the largest nonprofit social service organizations in the community.

Head Start (HS) and Early Head Start (EHS) are federally funded school‑readiness programs for low‑income and special‑needs children that promote parents as the primary educator of the child. MAAC serves a diverse group of low‑income children and their families in North County; the majority of participating families are of Latino/Hispanic ethnicity. These programs provide children ages 0‑3 (EHS) and 3‑5 (HS) and their families with comprehensive services to promote optimum physical, cognitive, social and emotional growth.

MAAC’s California State Preschool program provides educational and developmental services to qualifying children ages 3 to 5; parents are encouraged to participate with their children and to be involved in their development.

• Develop and implement lesson plans to involve the approved Creative Curriculum and to align with program goals.
• Utilize classroom materials and routines as resources to provide an environment conducive to learning and appropriate to the development levels, interests, and special talents of children.
• Develop and maintain a safe and healthy classroom environment.
• Implement rules and practices that provide and foster discipline in children.
• Provide age‑appropriate activities to promote social, physical, cognitive, creative, and self‑concept development of children.
• Facilitate a continuing interactive process between families and providers that strengthens family‑identified goals.
• Implement methods to utilize classroom volunteers, aides, and parent volunteers.
• Maintain and update written records and reports promptly.
• Maintain an open and friendly relationship with staff, volunteers, and parents.
• Conduct required home visits with primary caregivers.
• Recognize individual child differences in growth, development, and needs and develop individualized plans.
• Work with Head Start families on identified needs, informing them of community resources, providing referrals, and assisting with scheduling appointments and follow‑up services.
• Integrate other Head Start components into the curriculum.
• Provide client transportation as needed.
• Collaborate on the Individual Family Plan with each family from “Phase‑In” through at least three updates during the school year.
• Lift, carry, and restrain children weighing 30–50 pounds as needed.
• Ensure personalized special services for special‑needs children (e.g., feeding, toileting assistance, diapering, cauterization, urine bag management).
• Mainstream special‑needs children into the classroom environment.
• Meet with parents of special‑needs children to discuss educational objectives and special‑needs services.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of early childhood education, child development, and anti‑bias education.
• Knowledge of local educational and community resources and ability to use them in the classroom.
• Knowledge of bilingual language acquisition.
• Knowledge of Head Start policies and procedures (desirable).

Ability to:

• Speak, read, and write in English and Spanish; bilingual proficiency preferred.

Lead Teacher I:

• Associate’s degree with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education or Child Development and a minimum of 12 units in ECE/CD, including core units required.
• One year experience with children in a child‑care setting.

Lead Teacher II:

• Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education or Child Development and a minimum…