EHS Lead Teacher

$5000 Signon bonus!

Position Summary:

Lead Teachers plan and implement learning experiences that advance the intellectual emotional social and physical development of children within a safe healthy learning environment. They encourage the involvement of the families of the children in the program and support the development of relationships between children and their families.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Interact With Children:
• Utilize appropriate language interactions and positive discipline.
• Model positive behavior.
• Instruct and supervise children in classroom activities.
• Implement ageappropriate activities that support the Head Start standards the NAEYC standards and the Creative Curriculum.
• Implement and model familystyle eating during meal times.
• Continuously monitor children to ensure safety at all times and report child abuse and neglect when necessary.

Assess Children:

• Assess children on a regular basis.
• Take pictures and maintain anecdotal notes written observations and other approved forms of documentation for each child.
• Administer ESIR screening NRS Creative Curriculum Ages and Stages Questionnaire Ages and Stages SE Questionnaire.

Curriculum Preparation:

• Utilize the research library research plan and develop ageappropriate activities for lesson plans.
• Incorporate required activities into the lesson plan that supports childrens development.
• Prepare activities that enhance the lesson plans.
• Coordinate field trips with the Education Coordinator.

Communicate With Parents:

• Maintain open communication with parents by scheduling and conducting parent/teacher conferences and home visits.
• Help resolve issues or concerns raised by parents as a parent advocate.
• Inform parents about the daily classroom routine expectations policies field trips and volunteer opportunities.
• Communicate with parents about incidents observed and/or recorded onsite regarding their child.
• Obtain all required classroom parental signatures such as on all incident reports and field trip permission slips.

Documentation:

• Design and complete documentation panels for the classrooms and hallways.
• Complete all necessary paperwork for classroom activities including meal count sheets attendance screenings parent/teacher conferences and home visits in a timely manner.
• Maintain uptodate and accurate education folders including complete incident reports and permission slips.
• Maintain accurate and uptodate portfolios.
• Maintain classroom supply lists and inventory.
• Complete all assessment paperwork such as Creative Curriculum checklist and ESIR screenings according to specified timelines.
• Family reviews and transition documentation.

Supervision:

• Supervise assistant teachers teacher aides and/or volunteers.
• Delegate duties as necessary and provide constant feedback to facilitate professional growth.
• Process timesheets and vacation requests.
• Contribute to the assistant teachers evaluation.

7. Administration:

• Work closely with the Site Director Head Start Manager and other content area specialists.
• Conduct and participate in team meetings. Communicate and share ideas and concerns with the team Site Director Education Coordinator and other management team members.
• Actively participate in agency committee meetings (e.g. health advisory committee advocacy etc. as an advocate for children parents and staff.
• Participate in various meetings including management teaching team center committee parent parent policy family reviews city/state agency and board meetings.
• Participate in staff InServices.
• Engage in continuing education and professional development activities such as trainings workshops and classes to meet required qualifications.

Classroom Maintenance:

• Maintain a clean and organized learning environment.
• Sanitize all surfaces including classroom toys and equipment.
• Maintain a quality room arrangement in compliance with curriculum standards.
• Routinely check classroom equipment and materials to ensure they are in good repair.

Other Duties As Assigned

Job Requirements/Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development.
• OR Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development.
• OR Gateways to Opportunity Level 5 ECE and Infant/Toddler Credential.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentational skills.
• Demonstrated capability to interface and maintain effective relationships with administration staff consultants regulators and founders in a teamoriented environment.
• Capacity to assume responsibility for own professional development.
• Detailoriented logical and methodological approach to problemsolving.
• Ability to plan and schedule the work of others.
• Flexible with the ability to work in a highly demanding stressful environment.
• Proficiency using wordprocessing systems.
• Ability to cooperate successfully as a member of a team.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others including giving and receiving feedback on the quality of services.
• Meet any specific content area requirements.

Language Skills:

• Ability to read and speak English proficiently.
• BilingualSpanish preferred.

Covid19 Note: In the spirit of caring for one another and our community please note that upon accepting an offer of employment from Mary Crane you will be required to share proof of a COVID19 vaccinationupon eligibility. You may apply for a Medical or Religious Exemption in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Mary Crane does daily temperature checks as well.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities