Jobs » HEAD START LEAD TEACHER (1-Position)

• Supervise and monitor children at all times.
• Participate in regularly scheduled team meetings to plan for and deliver collaborative services across all components.
• Respond appropriately to crisis or emergency situations that may occur.
• Coordinate special needs staff in the classroom when indicated, developing a collaborative approach that benefits all children in the classroom.
• Adapt curriculum to address and meet individual goals for children as identified in their individualized education plans.
• Assess individual and group needs, attending to special needs, specific interests, strengths and concerns.
• Develop and utilize integrated curriculum plans, which reflect mandated elements and components, parental and cultural influences, and promote the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development of all children.
• Follow a consistent schedule, which includes small and large group experiences, choice time, music and movement, large and small motor activities, skill development, meals and effective transitions between activities.
• Encourage experimentation, exploration, problem solving, cooperation, socialization, and choice making; ask open ended questions and listen respectfully to the answers.
• Establish weekly goals that promote individual and group educational plans and include other Head Start components.
• Prepare classroom materials to support developmentally appropriate curriculum plans; create and change learning centers as needed.
• Provide an atmosphere that promotes and reinforces parental involvement in the classroom.
• Communicate regularly with parents regarding each child's progress.
• Conduct the required parent/teacher conferences and home visits for the purpose of assessment and support, to share information on classroom progress and educational strategies at school and at home.
• Help plan and conduct regular parent meetings with team members.
• Work with appropriate agencies in developing specialized planning for children and families as needed.
• Document baselines, ongoing assessments in Galileo according to agency benchmarks.
• Document all significant classroom issues, parent contacts and home visits.
• Support Family Service Specialist in documentation regarding particular concerns with families & children at scheduled staffing’s.
• Monitor and report child abuse.
• Assist with breaks, bus driving or monitoring, and other classroom needs as requested.
• Attend meetings, trainings, and appropriate professional development activities.
• Other duties as requested or assigned.

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