Job title:
Lead Teacher 0
Company:
Mary Crane Center
Job description
Position SummaryLead 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 age-appropriate activities that support the Head Start standards, the NAEYC standards, and the Creative Curriculum.
- Implement and model family-style 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 ESI-R screening, NRS, Creative Curriculum, Ages and Stages Questionnaire, Ages and Stages SE Questionnaire.
Curriculum Preparation:
- Utilize the research library, research, plan, and develop age-appropriate activities for lesson plans.
- Incorporate required activities into the lesson plan that supports children’s 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 on-site 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 up-to-date and accurate education folders, including complete incident reports and permission slips.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date 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 teacher’s evaluation.
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 In-Services.
- 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: Must have a Type 04 Certification, Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education from an accredited college or university, including required field service, and a Registered Professional Educator License (PEL) with early childhood endorsement. Alternatively, a Bachelor’s Degree with an alternative certification program.
- 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 team-oriented environment.
- Capacity to assume responsibility for own professional development.
- Detail-oriented, logical, and methodological approach to problem-solving.
- Ability to plan and schedule the work of others.
- Flexible, with the ability to work in a highly demanding, stressful environment.
- Proficiency using word-processing 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.
- Bilingual-Spanish preferred.
Covid-19 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 COVID-19 vaccination upon 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
Expected salary
Location
Chicago, IL – Lamon, Belluno
Job date
Sat, 26 Oct 2024 22:25:20 GMT
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