Position Summary
The Lead Preschool Teacher is passionate about early childhood education, kids in general and works in a supportive and collegiate environment where you can make a difference. The Lead Teacher is responsible for overall classroom management, including lesson planning, safety protocol and maintaining positive, professional relationships with parents/caregivers. This is a full time, non-exempt position and reports directly to the Site Supervisor.
What You'll Do
- Establish and maintain a safe, healthy and rich learning environment per FACES standards
- Supervise, coach, and mentor classroom teacher(s) and floater teachers (teaching team)
- Support children's growth in key developmental areas (social-emotional, language and literacy, cognitive, and physical)
- Use age appropriate positive guidance techniques and model behavior for children and teaching teams.
- Ensure positive teacher/child interactions and peer relationships in the classroom
- Maintain Community Care Licensing (CCL) standards and train and supervise staff regarding CCL regulations; ensure teacher/child ratio.
- Lead classroom teaching team to plan and implement lessons and activities appropriate to children's developmental expectations and innate curiosity.
- Ensure the teaching team follows all health and safety procedures, including closely supervising children and conducting health checks.
- Lead and implement weekly developmental observations and the Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) assessments, assign assessments to classroom teacher
- Be responsible in creating and maintaining positive family relationships
- Communicate with parents daily around their child's day and milestones
- Prepare for and lead teacher conferences with parents/caregivers
- Partner with FACES Family Support team, Inclusion team, and Site Supervisor to communicate and address need for additional child and family support
- Follow all policies, procedures, and expectations set in Teacher Handbook
- Ensure all paperwork, program data, and other administrative tasks are complete
- Attend staff meetings and professional development/trainings
- Align classroom practices to FACES values
Qualifications
You have a solid mix of the following knowledge, ability, skills and experience:
- Maintain California Child Development Teacher Permit or Higher
- Two (2) + years classroom experience in ECE setting
- Experience with State and Federally funded child care programs (preferred)
- Demonstrated commitment to working with families from marginalized communities
- Ability to work cooperatively as a part of an interdisciplinary team, as well as the ability to work independently, demonstrating strong initiative and enthusiasm
- Professionalism, punctuality, flexibility, self-motivation and reliability are essential
- Work cooperatively as part of an interdisciplinary team using effective and compassionate communication
- Demonstrates the ability to meet required state, federal, local, and FACES SF standards (including but not limited to fingerprint clearance, negative TB test, First Aid, CPR)
- Lift up to 50lbs
- A deep commitment to aligning all program practices to FACES values, especially around justice, equity, and inclusion for all our stakeholder
- Strong passion for and a desire to humbly reflect and grow in pursuit of our mission
- A sense of humor- we believe joy and justice go hand in hand!
What We Offer
- Annual salary between $36.00 - $47.60 based on experience
- Healthcare premiums 100% paid for employees and 25% paid for dependents
- Three weeks of vacation, twelve sick days, ten paid holidays, including extended winter closure
- A retirement plan with employer match up to 7% of your salary
- A chance to positively impact the lives of young children and their families
- A fun, dynamic and collaborative working environment
- Opportunity to join a movement to achieve educational, economic, and racial justice!
