OVERVIEW OF POSITION:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Market the program to ensure full center utilization year-round including hosting open house events, posts to approved social media platforms, creation of flyers, etc., and promote partnership with surrounding communities.
- Serve as acting center administrator in the absence of the Executive and Assistant Directors. Supervise, manage, and direct Assistant Teachers and student teachers, if assigned.
- Effectively communicate program goals and philosophy to parents and classroom staff.
- Design, organize, and maintain the classroom environment to promote and provide developmentally appropriate activities, including, well-defined learning centers and materials for the age group.
- Create, facilitate, and maintain a warm, engaging, and comfortable environment for children, co-workers and parents.
- Plan and implement emergent curriculum weekly, as per Developmentally Appropriate Practice, program philosophy, and Curriculum.
- Maintain a child-centered, intentional teaching focus facilitating growth in all domains.
- Differentiate teaching approaches based on each child's needs, interests, behaviors, and developmental levels.
- Complete classroom documentation requirements including, but not limited to, lesson plans, portfolios, and assessments.
- Document incidents and accidents. Inform parents appropriately. Maintain the health, wellbeing, and safety of the children, as the first priority, at all times.
- Ensure that appropriate staff-to-child ratios are maintained at all times. Independently supervise small groups within the ratio. Cover in other classrooms, as assigned.
- Track children’s presence in the classroom, within Lighthouse Family services, and departures from the Lighthouse Family services at all times on the Classroom In/Out Log, as described in the Signing Children In and Out of Classroom Policy in the Employee Handbook.
- Participate in center family activities and events semi-annual celebrations.
- With Program Administration, support families in meeting the needs of all individual children, as per the Working with Children with Special Needs Policy.
- Participate in all required classroom team and center staff meetings.
- Attend required training and staff development sessions, conferences and workshops. Integrate concepts learned into classroom practice.
- Maintain the Lighthouse Family services library for children and parents.
- Perform other duties, activities, and projects as assigned and directed.
NECESSARY SKILLS
- Ability to demonstrate empathy, patience and follow through with the Lighthouse Family Services Philosophy.
- Verbal skills that demonstrate a calm, clear tone.
- Listening skills to understand the concerns of administration, staff, and parents.
- Written skills that are clear and grammatically correct.
- Professional, confident, and friendly body language.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Must be able to push 100 pounds, such as children in strollers, buggies, or evacuation cribs.
- Must be able to stand, walk and sit for extended periods of time; move quickly and easily from sitting to standing position.
- Must be able to stand, walk and perform duties outdoors on a daily basis.
- Must be able to climb stairs/ramps/ladders, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, squat and bend.
- Must be able to reach above the shoulders and must be capable of hand grasping, touching, pulling, in addition to, manual dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
- Must be able and willing to perform all classroom teaching responsibilities including diaper changes.
- Ability to work both inside and outside.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Completion of a Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.), or preferably a Master’s Degree (M.A.), in early childhood education or a related field from an accredited college or university, or at least the minimum educational requirement for licensing.
- Teacher certification by the State of New York or New Jersey, or Department of Education, if required by licensing.
- Minimum of two (2) years teaching experience with young children.
Light House Family Services offers a robust benefits package to include health, dental, and vision benefits 401K
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $58,500.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Education:
Experience:
- teaching young children: 2 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- Teacher Certification by the State of New York (Required)
Work Location: In person