Lead Teacher Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Plan individual and group activities to stimulate growth in literacy, language, mathematics, science, social and motor skills.
• Develop and use instructional materials suitable for a learning environment for children with wide range of mental, physical, and emotional maturity.
• Encourage children to express themselves creatively in art, music, movement and dramatic play.
• Provide a welcoming and supportive climate to establish and reinforce acceptable child behavior, attitudes, and social skills.
• Implement developmentally appropriate instruction for children using a research-based Curriculum.
• Follow the daily schedule as outlined in the curriculum
• Provide small group instruction designed to meet individual needs of children in communications skills, health habits, physical skills, and development of self-concepts.
• Maintain routine schedule of observations, data collection, data input, and interpretation.
• Conduct screening and ongoing assessment of children and provide age-appropriate instructional support
• Create and update anecdotal records and portfolios for each child.
• Assist in the orientation and training of support teachers.
• Collaborate with the Lead teacher in planning, team meetings, troubleshooting, and decision-making.
• Communicate regularly with parents by means of a newsletter, notes, phone calls, home visits and individual parent conferences.
• Promote parent participation and involvement in educational activities provided for their children.
• Conduct two home visits and two parent teacher conferences per year with Lead teacher to partner with parents to meet the educational needs of their children.
• Assess family?s needs and assists with follow up.
• Participate in center team meetings.
• Meet with Early Head Start, Head Start, or GSRP Team as needed to ensure quality programming and maintain a high-quality program.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Will begin as a position at the center and will eventually be moved to an in-home-based position.