Infants & Toddlers Lead Teacher

General Description:
The Infants & Toddler Lead Teacher is responsible for the academic, instructional, remedial, behavioral, and adaptive needs of all their children in an assigned age level classroom, as part of Luminous Childcare Early Childhood Program. The teacher must have strong management skills and techniques that can foster the pre-school classroom instructional process and will supervise the Assistant Teachers and Volunteers working in the classroom. The teacher must have a functional understanding and ability to meet all reporting mandates as determined by various governmental agencies. The teacher must work cooperatively with follow staff, parents, guardians, outside agencies and the funders to better serve our children.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Represent Luminous Congregation's mission, values, ethics, and always upholds agency Code of Conduct.
• Oversee and provide classroom activities and instruction tailored to meet the children's overall development goals.
• Develop curricula and enrichment activities that will encourage student interest and participation.
• Supervising Assistant Teacher (AT) daily and working collaboratively AT for the betterment of classroom and students.
• Follow schedule as developed collaboratively with the Educational Director.
• Prepare daily lesson plans for all instructional periods.
• Keep accurate records of individual student progress throughout the school year.
• Maintain an appropriate physical environment in the classroom or work area. (cleaning tables, toys and any materials related to classroom instructions.)
• Maintain appropriate safety measure to insure the protection of the children and staff.
• Provide enrichment activities for the parents and guardians of our children at specially designated events that may be outside the regular center hours or on non-center days.
• Make suggestions to the Director of Pre-school to further enrich the center's offerings.
• Assist in other duties as assigned by the Site Director, including assisting with food service, if needed.
• Participating in Monthly teach meeting and yearly Agency's Self-Assessment protocols.

Supervises:

• Children
• Assistant Teacher
• Volunteers

Qualifications Education:

• Minimum: Minimum: High school diploma or equivalent (GED) and five years of supervised experience in an infant/toddler classroom OR High school diploma or equivalent (GED), and a study plan leading to nine credits in early childhood education or Child Development Associate (CDA).
• Preferred: Associates degree in early childhood education and being enrolled in School pursuing a Bachelor's degree in early childhood education OR Education OR Elementary Education OR Special Education OR equivalent
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with parents and guardians

Experience:

• Must have 2 years of classroom experience in a preschool classroom.

Skills & Abilities: - Demonstrate ability to provide instruction for the Early Childhood age level population. - Demonstrate ability to provide effective management skills and techniques for an Early Childhood age level population. - Demonstrate ability to write appropriate and targeted student progress reports. - Demonstrate ability to adapt your area of expertise to meet student learning needs. - Demonstrate ability to work with parents and other community members to meet student learning needs.

Work Location Multiple Locations- Bronx

We offer a competitive salary, benefits package (including medical, dental and vision insurance), professional development support, paid sick time, paid vacation days, paid family leave and paid holidays. We also offer a supportive work environment where you can make a positive impact on the lives of young children. If you are passionate about early childhood education and have the qualifications and experience we are looking for, we would love to hear from you. Apply today to join our team as a Infants & Toddlers Lead Teacher.