Lead Teacher

The Lead Teacher for the Waddler Classroom (ages 1-2) creates a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning environment that supports each child's cognitive, social-emotional, language, and physical development. This role plans and implements developmentally appropriate learning experiences, builds positive relationships with children and families, maintains a structured and inclusive classroom, monitors and documents developmental progress, ensures compliance with licensing and program standards, and provides leadership and guidance to classroom staff to deliver high-quality early childhood education.

Responsibilities:

Through the use of Creative Curriculum and Teaching Strategies plan and provide activities and experiences supporting children’s health, education and social emotional development

Establish a learning environment according to the Creative Curriculum and Early Achievers quality standards, and ECEAP if applicable.

Implement the Second Steps Personal Safety Curriculum in preschool classrooms

Provide activities and opportunities that encourage an individualized approach the developmental level and learning style of each child.

Prepare daily activity plans and insure progress towards individual child goals

Submit weekly lesson plans to the Early Learning Content Specialist Support ongoing assessment by observing, and documenting daily individual and group needs, interests, and skills based on Teaching Strategies assessment process.

Foster a positive emotional climate in the classroom based on licensing standards

Provide guidance and support through positive interactions between children and adults

Maintain an atmosphere that encourages open communication with children and adults through back and forth conversations, warm, nurturing tones, and being down at the child’s level.

Provide opportunities and support for children to understand, acquire and use verbal and non-verbal means of communicating thoughts and feelings

Create a partnership with families that encourages engagement according to ECEAP and/or Early Achiever quality standards

Complete quarterly parent/teacher conferences according to program timelines and content required by ECEAP and/or licensing regulations

Document parent/teacher conferences according to program policy and procedure

Communicate with parents through various platforms and methods (in person, phone calls, emails, class dojo, Teaching Strategies, parent newsletters)
Communicate with parents regarding classroom to classroom transitions, as applicable

Record Keeping Complete and submit accurate Counts and Attendance reports

Appropriately supervise and delegate duties to classroom staff, initiate training and encouraging teamwork among adults in the room and center

Approve timesheets and time off requests for assigned classroom teacher assistants.

Complete 6-month and annual performance evaluation for assigned classroom teacher assistants

Meet regularly for supervision check-ins with assigned employees

Create and maintain a safe and healthy environment

Maintain inventory and upkeep of classroom supplies and materials

Report needed repairs and maintenance to the Early Learning Site Supervisor and Facilities Manager Provide a safe, developmentally appropriate indoors and outdoor learning environment through the use of the Safety and Sanitation Checklist Apply health standards and care for the children and classroom according to licensing and ECEAP standards

Professional Development Participate in required training according to ECEAP and/or licensing regulations

Participate in scheduled supervision meetings, lead teacher meetings, teacher learning groups and other assigned meetings as required.

Assist in orientating and training new employees

Participate in Center activities and other duties as requested

Perform other duties as assigned

Job Requirements:

The following requirements are those that are normally required for performance of this position. Any disabled applicant or incumbent who does not meet one or more of the requirements, but who can perform the essential function of the job (with or without reasonable accommodations) shall be deemed to meet these requirements.

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