School Site Early Childhood Lead Teacher

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County seeks a dedicated Child Care Coordinator to provide a safe, enriching environment for children and to ensure compliance with internal policies and licensing standards.

The role emphasizes planning activities that support cognitive, social, emotional, physical and language development, supervising classrooms, and fostering a positive atmosphere for children and staff. Strong family and colleague relationships are essential.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old
• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Associates Degree/CDA preferred or higher education

Responsibilities

• Supervise and monitor the children at all times.
• Plan, develop, prepare, and implement educational activities including themes and subjects.
• Build positive relationships with parents and staff and communicate progress regularly.
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to all safety and health policies.
• Participate in staff meetings and contribute to program quality and compliance

Skills

Leadership

Self-Awareness

Self-Management

Social Awareness

Relationship Skills

Responsible Decision Making

Education

High School Diploma

Associates Degree/CDA preferred

Tools

Workforce technology

Job description

Description

The role focuses on creating a safe and healthy environment for children while ensuring compliance with all internal and external policies. Responsibilities include planning and implementing educational activities that support cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and language development. Classroom supervision should align with company goals and values, fostering a positive atmosphere for both children and staff. Additionally, building strong relationships with parents and colleagues is essential, along with conducting ongoing assessments to track and communicate children’s developmental progress

Description

The role focuses on creating a safe and healthy environment for children while ensuring compliance with all internal and external policies. Responsibilities include planning and implementing educational activities that support cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and language development. Classroom supervision should align with company goals and values, fostering a positive atmosphere for both children and staff. Additionally, building strong relationships with parents and colleagues is essential, along with conducting ongoing assessments to track and communicate children’s developmental progress

Requirements

DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Leadership

Self-Awareness:

Ability to fully understand the impact emotions have on performance, assessment of strengths and weaknesses, relationships, and others. Demonstrates self-confidence, initiative, motivation, optimism and flexibility.

Self-Management:

Ability to manage behaviors, thoughts, and emotions in a conscious and productive way. Models the ability to implement self-control in assessing frustrations and failures and models resilience and courage. Understands personal responsibility in different aspects of life and work, and what is needed to fulfill that responsibility.

Social Awareness:

Ability to understand and learn about the diverse perspectives of others. Includes listening, honoring others views, assessing impact of words, and the desire to serve others in effort to meet their needs appropriately and professionally.

Relationship Skills:

Ability to build relationships which model caring, concern and healthy conflict. Demonstrates positive methods of collaboration and conflict resolution. Ability to positively lead and inspire others and integrate such models personally. Demonstrates ability to support positive work culture, which encourages results from others.

Responsible Decision Making:

Ability to make constructive choices about personal behavior and social interactions based on ethical standards, safety concerns, and social norms; the realistic evaluation of consequences of various actions; and a consideration of the well-being of oneself and others.

General Duties

• Supervise and monitor the children at all times.
• Implement all activities in a safe, efficient manner.
• Use positive redirection, positive language and positive reinforcement to guide the children in your care.
• Recognize, document and take appropriate action of suspected child abuse and neglect, illness or accident.
• Plan, develop, prepare, and implement educational activities including a variety of themes and subjects, such as language development, math development, diversity, gross and fine motor skills development, self-help skill development, science, art, music, health and hygiene and self-esteem.
• Individualize one-to-one and group activities to reflect the unique needs and strengths of all in each group.
• Follow a consistent schedule which includes small and large group experiences for each child.
• Enhance the program using a variety of techniques which include modeling, observing, questioning, demonstrating and reinforcing for the children.
• Observe, assess and evaluate each child’s progress in your group keeping written records.
• Respect and communicate in a professional manner with parents to build long term relationships with families.
• Communicate with parents on a regular basis on each child’s progress and the activities of each area (daily notes home, what we did today, notes posted to door, etc.)
• Maintain confidentiality concerning child issues and handle this information in an appropriate manner.
• Promote and maintain good working relationships with other staff members as well as members of the management team.
• Participate in scheduled staff meetings

Administrative Compliance

Complete all required reports and administrative duties on time.

Collect and manage required data and internal and external reporting. Ensure accuracy of data and reporting.

Comply with all administrative policies and procedures, processes, and controls

Accountable for accurate and timely paperwork, reports, and data entry

Accountable for utilizing all BGCGTC communication tools regularly and effectively

Facility & Safety

• Accountable for adherence to all organizational health and safety policies and implementation of all safety practices and procedures at assigned work location(s)
• Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect members, staff, equipment, materials, and facilities. Abide by facility maintenance protocols and procedures to ensure compliance
• Accountable for reporting incidents and completing documentation within the required timeline
• Maintain discipline, de-escalate conflict between members and/or others

Data & Reporting

• Use database reports to create resource development strategies and marketing plans - MyClubHub (a Salesforce platform), MailChimp, Greater Giving
• Use data to inform key talking points for speakers, create headlines for Press releases, and build an Annual Report
• Maintain the Website with current information
• Oversee the photo and story repository

Relationships

• Be a positive role model
• Maintain emotional control and make good decisions under pressure
• Represent the Boys & Girls Club in a positive manner

Attendance

• Regular attendance is required; arrive on time; punctuality is required

Nonessential Duties

Complete all other duties as assigned

Requirements

Education and Work Experience Requirements:

• Must be at least 18 years old
• High School Diploma
• Associates Degree/CDA preferred
• Must meet or exceed licensing requirements for age, education and experience

Minimum Requirements

• At least one year experience in a licensed child care facility that includes infant and preschool.
• Must be proficient with the use of workforce technology (i.e. computers and smartphones) with the ability to complete basic tasks including but not limited to electronic lesson planning, sending and managing emails, navigating data bases, keeping files and folders organized, using the internet, and other basic functions.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
• Valid Driver’s License and liability insurance.
• Ability to perform all job requirements satisfactorily and meet the Education/Experience, Personal Skills/Characteristics, Reasoning Ability, Physical Conditions, Work Environment and Environmental Conditions listed below.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

Physical Demands

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations.
• Requires normal range of hearing and vision.
• Requires the ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Requires daily standing, sitting, bending and stooping.

Work Environment

• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• No or very limited exposure to physical risk.
• Exposure to childhood diseases.
• Ability to work overtime and odd schedules.