DENISE LOUIE EDUCATION CENTER
JOB DESCRIPTION: Lead Teacher
Mission Statement: Denise Louie
Education Center
promotes school and life readiness by providing multi-cultural early learning
services to children and families, especially those who need our services the
most. We will respect and preserve each child and family’s individuality,
cultural heritage and home language. We will promote personal and social
responsibility with integrity and love in an environment defined by social
justice and peace.
General
Qualifications for all employees:
1. Criminal
Background Check
2. TB negative or
document of status
3. Current
up-to-date Immunizations
4. Physically
able to perform essential job functions
5. CPR/First Aid
Card, and other individual requirements as requested per individual job
description
Personal Capabilities
All
DLEC staff will possess the
following personal capabilities:
1. Able to abide
by DLEC policies and procedures and standards of conduct, including ensuring
the safety of the children at all times;
2. Be proactive
about career development; continue to develop and update skills and abilities
in the areas of early childhood, family services, health/nutrition,
transportation, finance, human resources, etc.;
3. Approach
children, families, staff and the community with respect and sensitivity; must
be able to relate positively to children and families from diverse ethnic and
economic backgrounds, working to communicate with families in their own
language;
4. Provide a
supportive social and emotional climate to children, parents and coworkers by
being helpful, encouraging, and respectful, and by maintaining a positive
attitude at all times. Creating a positive team environment;
5. Take
initiative and follow through on assigned tasks;
6. Be reflective
about their work (e.g., raising issues that bring about best practices, be
solution oriented);
7. Communicate in
a respectful and constructive and timely manner;
8.
Be
open and responsive to feedback. Being accountable for your work and
acknowledging that we can all improve;
9. Share and
teach about their own culture;
10. Help promote
the involvement of parents in the program;
11. Be on time and
available for work on all scheduled days including staff meetings and
trainings;
12. Constructive
use of all paid working time including effective time management;
13. Ensure the
work area is clean, organized, secure, and safe;
14. Obtain
documentation for in-kind donations (e.g., volunteer hours, materials, and
services);
15. Ability to use
technology provided by DLEC to document your work, time/attendance, staying
informed about DLEC business and other job specific requirements; and,
16. Must be
committed to DLEC Mission Statement, the involvement of families in the
delivery of services and program service delivery goals. Speaking positively
about DLEC to prospective parents, community partners and supporters.
In accordance with the ADA and DLEC policy of
non-discrimination and the principle of equal opportunity, decisions to hire
persons with disabilities will be made on a case-by-case basis within the
framework of essential job-related functions
Job Title: Lead Teacher
Job Title: Lead Teacher
Report
To: Center
Supervisor
Salary Range: Grade 5-7 ($14.56 per hour to
$17.46 to start)
General Description of Duties
Responsible for planning and
implementing individualized, daily educational program for a group of
pre-school aged children in a multicultural, multilingual, bias free
environment.
Specific Job Qualifications for
this Position
1.
AA, BA or advanced degree in
Early Childhood Education, or course work equivalent to a major in Early
Childhood Education;
2.
One year of experience teaching
pre-school children;
3.
Knowledge of and ability to
implement developmentally appropriate, multicultural, and bias free curriculum;
4.
Able to lift and potentially
carry a child weighing up to 50 pounds;
5.
Able to routinely kneel, bend,
crouch, and sit on the floor for extended periods of time;
6.
Food Handlers Permit;
7.
Able to stand, walk and sit on
child sized chairs throughout the day;
8.
Able to communicate in English
verbally and in writing;
9.
Access to a reliable source of
transportation; and,
10.
Bi-lingual in a language spoken
by a DLEC parents – Spanish or Somali preferred.
Job Duties
Classroom Management and Curriculum Planning
1.
Interact with children in a
manner that allows them to learn through curiosity, experimentation, and
play. Look for opportunities during
interactions to extend learning and act on them.
2.
Supervise and monitor children
at all times; set up and monitor children’s learning environment and activities
in the classroom, during off-site events, and on the playground to ensure their
safety, and to ensure a positive learning environment.
3.
Manage children’s behavior
using positive guidance techniques; limit setting, clear and consistent
expectations, the Second Step principles of teaching children empathy,
problem-solving, and anger-management, and the DECA principles of strengthening
children’s attachment, self-control, and initiative.
4.
Maintain emergency contact and
health information for children, and implement health plans and/or medication
administration for children, as needed.
5.
Adhere to all OSPI requirements
and Head Start performance standards relating to food service such as, hand
washing, serving food family style, Documenting meal counts at the time of the
meal, encouraging children to try a variety of foods by modeling family style
meals, Using meal time as an opportunity for conversation and learning, and posting
current menus and nutrition information.
6.
Plan for and facilitate smooth
transitions.
7.
Ensure completion of
Developmental (Ages & Stages) and Behavioral (DECA) screenings, if
applicable.
8.
Maintain a written individual plan
for each child, and use it to plan individualized, developmentally appropriate
activities.
9.
Write and implement weekly,
individualized lesson plans which address social/emotional,
cognitive/linguistic, and physical development for all children, and include
monthly nutrition, health & safety activities.
10.
Write lesson plans and prepare
materials/arrange the physical environment according to:
a.
The principles of child
development, and DLEC curriculum (Creative Curriculum, Second Step Curriculum,
and Anti-Bias Curriculum)
b.
Information from all screenings
health (height, weight, vision, & hearing), behavioral (DECA), and
developmental screenings (Ages & Stages)
c.
Individual strengths, interests
and educational goals of each child determined from ongoing assessment through
child observations and portfolio collections, and the outcomes checklist.
d.
Home and second language skills
and culture of each child—develop and implement a classroom language plan that
helps children to develop English fluency and reinforce their home
language. Ensure representation of
individual children’s home language and culture in the classroom environment
and through the classroom language plan.
e.
Goals written in a child’s
individual education plan (IEP) as applicable.
Incorporate these goals into the child’s individual plan and develop
activities with input and support from the special services team. Support and relate positively to children and
families with special needs.
Teaming
1. Participate
in regularly scheduled team meetings to plan for and implement collaborative,
high quality services.
2. Work
with Center Supervisor and your classroom team to develop and implement staff
schedules and breaks in a manner that supports children’s safety and learning
environment.
3. Provide
guidance and direction to teaching assistants, substitute teachers and
volunteers.
4. Participate
in staffings to individualize services to children and families.
5. Attend
staff trainings and meetings and encourage a climate of continuous learning
within your team.
Parent Involvement
1.
Conduct home visits and
conferences in a manner that provides individualized information and gets
parent input for the curriculum. Share
emerging information with your team on a regular basis.
2.
Maintain classroom and hallway
bulletin boards that provide current parent information and represent
children’s interests and learning.
3.
Promote the involvement of
parents in the program by encouraging parents to:
a.
Volunteer in the classroom or
on field trips, as a parent environmental volunteer, and/or on the Policy
Council and other committees.
b.
Inform teachers of strengths,
interests and needs of their child at conferences, home visits or at any other
time; give suggestions and feedback on the curriculum or give lesson plan or
theme ideas; or come to the classroom to do a parent observation of their
child.
Documentation
of Educational Services
1. Ensure
timely, accurate completion of reporting documentation (such as height and
weight screenings), education monthly reports, attendance and meal count forms,
janitorial feedback forms, and other record-keeping as needed.
2. Regularly
assist in inventory of classroom materials and requesting classroom supplies.
3. Ensure
timely, accurate completion of education file documents such as:
a.
Ages and Stages Questionnaire
(annually)
b.
Conference and home visit forms
(4x/year, or documented three attempts and reason it didn’t occur)
c.
Anecdotal evidence of child’s
developmental progress on child observation forms (monthly) and through children’s
portfolio items (ongoing)
d.
Individual plans (ongoing)
e.
Outcomes checklist (quarterly)
f.
Daily service record (ongoing)
4. Maintain
children’s education file documents and lesson plans in a secure, organized
system for easy reference by all team members.
Ensure that they show thorough documentation of the following:
a.
Parent communication—input into
the curriculum and parent input on their child’s goals
b.
Staff observations of child
interests, strengths, needs, and goals
c.
Health, developmental, and behavioral
screening and ongoing assessment (and early identification of special needs if
applicable)
d.
Integration of observations and
communication with parents and staff for maintenance of each child’s individual
plan and Individualized lesson planning
e.
Child development and
achievement of child outcomes
May also be Required:
1. Assist
with general maintenance, organization, and security of the facility
2. Attend
and/or support in meetings as assigned.
3. Other
duties as assigned
