Lead Preschool Teacher

The Town of Brookline is seeking full-time Lead Preschool Teachers in the early education program located at the Soule Center in Brookline, an attractive space with large indoor/outdoor play areas. The Lead Preschool Teacher will develop and maintain parent relationships, collaborates with colleagues, and takes part in continuous professional development, which ensures a quality learning environment and meets the developmental needs of children aged 2.9 to 5 years. Provides a nurturing, consistent, developmentally appropriate environment that meets the cognitive, emotional, social and physical needs of the Center’s children, and other related tasks as required.

Qualifications:

Experience as an early childhood teacher. EEC lead teacher qualified. Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work cooperatively and communicate well with others, verbally and writing. CPR and First Aid is required. 40 hours per week.

Salary range: $28.01 - $29.42 hourly plus generous benefits and excellent working conditions. Please apply with resume and cover letter. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the positions are filled. The new school year has already begun so please apply asap!

Lead Teacher Job Description

Primary Purpose

The Lead (Preschool) Teacher develops and maintains parent relationships, collaborates with colleagues, and takes part in continuous professional development, which ensures a quality learning environment and meets the developmental needs of children aged twelve months to five years. Provides a nurturing, consistent, developmentally appropriate environment that meets the cognitive, emotional, social and physical needs of the Center’s children, and other related tasks as required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions or duties listed below are illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

Plans, implements and maintains developmentally appropriate classroom space, material and equipment.

Plans, implements, directs and oversee developmentally appropriate curriculum and activities with input from teachers in the classroom; primarily responsible to oversee safety and well-being of children in the classroom.

Responsible to ensure children adjust successfully to a classroom, foster positive relationships between children and their peers.

Promote positive discipline practices that support problem solving and conflict resolution consistent with the staff handbook and EEC standards, rules and regulations.

Supervise toileting, toilet training and diapering practices.

Evaluate children’s development ongoing, work with specialists or outside services designated to a child.

Responsible to maintain children’s attendance and ongoing development records and portfolio.

Complete formal observations and assessments of children in classroom two times per year, schedule and conduct parent conferences to review child assessment two times per year.

Develop and maintain positive and effective communication with parents, create a welcoming environment for parents.

Attend parent meetings on topics related to early education and care and center policies among other topics.

Attend staff meetings, prepare for and lead weekly team meetings. Maintain team meeting notes and plans for team.

Serve as a leader in the classroom to ensure a positive, collaborative and professional atmosphere, serve as a model and provide support to teachers; work cooperatively with staff.

Work with Director to coordinate in-service trainings to meet professional development goals of teachers, give feedback to Director and take part in Teacher performance assessments.

Provide orientation to new staff members; supervise volunteers and substitute teachers.

Supports the mission and philosophy of the Early Learning Center in all duties and functions, as set forth in the staff handbook and the EEC standards, rules and regulations.

Continue to take course work as needed to meet performance goals, keep abr