The Lead Teacher is responsible for providing a high-quality preschool experience for enrolled children and their families. This position is responsible for the implementation of the educational curriculum that meets the ECEAP Performance Standards and the requirements of daily operations of a preschool classroom in ECEAP. The Lead Teacher is responsible for preparing and executing daily activities, lesson plans for children, and incorporating all children’s home/language/culture into class activities. The Lead Teacher acts as a lead team member of the assigned Direct Service Team (DST), and collaborate partner with parents to provide integrated, comprehensive services to children and families.
• Provide day-to-day oversight and coordination of classroom and teaching workflow to ensure families, staff, and program/agency goals are met; assign tasks, direct and monitor the work of Assistant Teacher and Teacher’s Aide, students, and volunteers.
• Partner with parents to support child development goals. Develop and implement ongoing individualized educational goals that meet the ECEAP Performance Standards.
• Work with a direct service team and local home schools for children during special needs services and transitions to kindergarten.
• Attend Individual Educational Plan meetings through school districts.
• Interact and communicate with families regularly to maintain the minimum parent-teacher contact as required by the ECEAP Performance Standards; building positive and effective relationships with families.
• Communicate with and actively involve parents in all aspects of program activities, through home visit conferences, orientation, field trips, events and classroom activities.
• Implement education that is responsive to children’s needs and interests using the creative curriculum planning tool. • Demonstrate and model quality and effective teacher-child interactions that promote children’s learning and development that is supportive of the Teacher Strategies Gold input.
• Provide emotional support that is trauma-informed, engaging, responsive, attentive, consistent, nurturing, supportive, and culturally sensitive to all children.
• Provide instructional support that fosters cognitive development and extends children’s thinking and learning.
• Understand and follow the Department of Child, Youth and Families (DCYF) ECEAP Performance Standards regarding, instruction practice, health and safety, classroom requirements and hours of service.
• Enhance physical and intellectual competencies in children by promoting physical, cognitive, language and creative skills, including those children who require special services.
• Model professional decorum and mutual respect in all interactions. • Maintain confidentiality of program, staff and client-related information at all times.
PREFERRED:
Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Children’s Studies, Elementary Education or related degree
REQUIRED:
• Experience teaching preschool-age children (3-5 years of age); experience in ECEAP, Head Start preferred and/ or working with a low-income or high-risk population preferred.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of child development theories and practices including child development, developmentally appropriate practices, observations, and ongoing assessment, individually planning, special services, referral, developing and maintaining a classroom environment and routines and child management.
• Strong leadership and management skills with demonstrated experience in building and motivating a collaborative team of professionals
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