Early Childhood Teaching Team Lead

Our House in Little Rock, AR; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in Little Rock is seeking an Early Childhood Teaching Team Lead to provide a safe and enriching environment for young children. The role involves planning lessons, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring compliance with educational standards. Ideal candidates will have a background in Early Childhood Education and a passion for fostering children's development.

Qualifications

• Responsible for a developmentally appropriate early childhood program.
• Collaborate with various teams for parenting skills and education.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement lesson plans to meet children's needs.
• Document children's progress and maintain a safe environment.
• Integrate children with special needs positively.

Skills

Collaboration

Classroom Management

Communication

Education

Early Childhood Education

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About Our House

Our House empowers homeless and near-homeless families and individuals to succeed in the workforce, in school, and in life through hard work, wise decision-making, and active participation in the community. The Our House team has defined a set of seven Guiding Principles that characterize our culture and that we intentionally seek to uphold: Hard Work, Wise Decision-Making, Community, Initiative, Integrity, Safety, and Heart.

About the Role

You will be responsible for providing a safe and developmentally appropriate infant-Pre-K early childhood development program in accordance with Arkansas Minimum Licensing Standards for Child Care Centers as well as ensuring the success of Bright Beginnings Arkansas Better Chance Program through collaboration with the rest of the Bright Beginnings team. You will work with the staff of the Housing Team, Career Center, Case Managers, and Mental Health Team on shared goals related to parenting skills and parenting education.

What You'll Do

1. Plan and implement daily and weekly lesson plans using the Experience curriculum to meet the physical, emotional, intellectual and social needs of the children in the program.
2. Collaborate with the Early Childhood Education Manager to plan and implement the daily and weekly integration of the supplemental literacy and mathematics curriculum.
3. Collaborate with the Bright Beginnings Manager and the Mental Health Team to plan and implement the daily and weekly integration of the Conscious Discipline social-emotional program, including the Feeling Buddies Curriculum and the Baby Doll Circle Time Curriculum.
4. Provide lesson plans and various enrichment experiences that reflect and cite the Arkansas Child Development Early Learning Standards (AR CDELs), Ages and Stages Questionnaire, Work Sampling System, and any other assessments we will utilize to best serve our clients.
5. Document daily needs, observations, academic performance, and developmental milestones through developmental checklists and Work Sampling System.
6. Implement developmentally appropriate programming while providing individualized instruction to meet the needs of each child and collaborate with our special services partners, Mental Health team, and our Behavior Support Specialist to best ensure this is happening.
7. Maintain an enriching learning environment through intentional use of materials in learning centers.
8. Track quarterly literacy, numeracy, and social emotional growth of each student.
9. Ensure all licensing, Arkansas Better Chance, ECERS, and AmeriCorps standards and requirements are met and formulate ongoing quality improvement plans and ensure that best practices are being used by everyone in the classroom.
10. Ensure children are supervised at all times and equipment and the facility are clean, well maintained, organized, and safe at all times.
11. Implement Conscious Discipline as the classroom culture by building children's self-esteem, being alert and responsive to children, establishing routines and providing positive behavior guidance, and implementing positive discipline practices.
12. Demonstrate competence in daily classroom management and clearly and effectively communicate in a manner that children understand.
13. Integrate children with special needs in a positive and respectful manner and help clients to enroll in LRSD Special Services when necessary.
14. Discuss children's development with parents on a daily basis through multiple means of communication such as formal and informal conferencing, text, call, and email and discuss identified problems and needs with professionals as appropriate.
15. Participate in and promote Bright Beginnings and Our House activities.
16. Coordinate with the Behavior Support Specialist to best integrate National Service Members into the classroom environments and facilitate relationships to ensure that they are able to fully contribute.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Education and Training
• Civic and Social Organizations