Room Leader & Third in Charge for Kido Fulham

Who are Kïdo?

Kïdo are a network of innovative international nurseries with settings across India, USA and the UK. Running 13, soon to be 14, Good and Outstanding nurseries in and around London. We fuse the best practises from the Montessori, Reggio Emilia and Waldorf Steiner approaches and combine them with beautiful modern learning spaces and 21st century technology.

We create magical and engaging learning spaces infused with cutting edge pedagogy which are brought to life by great teachers who nurture and enhance every child’s innate curiosity, creativity and ability to be a lifelong learner. Our vision is to create a truly modern Early Years environment that meets the needs of both children and their parents, offering the most solid foundation in those important first years.

Visit our Website: https://kidoschools.com/uk/uk-careers/

Location:

185 Estcourt Road, London, SW6 7HB

Kido Fulham is located near Fulham Broadway Tube Station and West Brompton Overground. The nursery is a few minutes’ walk from Normand Park and features a beautiful garden and terrace creating opportunities for natural play, gardening, and sports activities.

What is the role?

As Room Leader & Third in Charge you will be responsible for ensuring that Kïdo are always providing the highest quality of care and education and the children have a safe and secure learning environment. You’ll work continuously to make sure that you and your team recognise and deliver the needs for every student.

As a Room Leader & Third in Charge you’ll share responsibility for planning, organising and delivering the activities and learning experiences for the children in your room. You’ll create an anti-discriminatory and inclusive environment that supports the team to facilitate the development of children and enable them to reach their full potential. You’ll take responsibility for working together and translating learning outcomes into daily classroom practise for you and your team.

You’ll work very closely with the managers in the nursery to ensure that Kïdo are delivering the absolute best that they can and to give recommendations about how they can improve their offerings and to always push the boundaries of excellence.

What will you do?

Working at Kïdo means joining a people centric, ambitious company with extremely high standards, who are committed to making a difference to our families every day.

As Room Leader and Third in Charge you’ll be an ambassador for our values and a gate keeper for our great culture. You will take overall ownership for your room and have accountability for the following:

• Team Leadership – Build a fantastic team within your room and forge relationships within the wider nursery setting. Role model behaviour and drive management, development and progression for your team.
• Planning – Plan collaboratively with the entire classroom team of educators for children’s learning and development. Support children’s learning outcomes in the context of a coherent nursery-wide curriculum.
• Teaching – All educators are active participants of the teaching process; room leaders should execute the general plan of monthly/weekly/daily goals and lead and supervise planned activities for all subject areas.
• Assessment – Responsible for ensuring that all educators in the classroom are taking ownership for the observation/assessment of their key children. Findings are shared within the team and as a room leader you will set the goals for the children.
• Key Person – As a named member of staff with responsibilities for a small group of children, you will help those children feel safe, nurtured and cared for.
• Curriculum – Work with Kïdo to deliver the best and most up to date curriculum for our children
• Relationships – You will encourage open lines of feedback and communication between colleagues, parents and children. You’ll create meaningful relationships within your team and with parents to provide the best service for our families.

Requirements

• Level 3 Early Years Qualifications
• Level 2 qualifications in English and Mathematics including functional skills. (If the qualification was achieved after September 2014)
• Ability to demonstrate high quality teaching and leadership skills

Benefits

• Salary £27,000-£29,000 experience dependant.
• Opportunity for excellent long-term career develo