Lead Teacher
Company: Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc.
Location: Chicago
Posted on: April 16, 2024
Job Description:
Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc. is driven by its
mission to empower, educate, and employ people to change lives and
strengthen communities. The agency was founded as a settlement
house in 1919 by Ada Sophia McKinley, a schoolteacher and social
reformer, who saw the need to assist veterans returning from World
War I and African Americans migrating from the South. Today, the
agency serves more than 7,000 people annually at over 70 locations.
Services rendered daily include tutoring, mentoring and college
placement, foster care, housing opportunities, youth and family
counseling, employment training and placement, and Head Start
programs. Job Description Summary: Performs duties leading teaching
staff with planning, coaching and implementing educational
activities for 3 to 5 year old in the Child Development Program
that comply with state early learning standards and federal
performance standards from OHS. Assumes various regular and /or
delegated tasks specifically in the area of education. Take the
lead in helping the entire classroom team implement Creative
Curriculum and TS Gold in alignment with Illinois Early Learning
Standards to guide learning. Reporting Relationship: Reports To:
Site Director Child Development & Youth Services Core
Competencies:
- Adaptable: Adjust to new conditions, changes, challenges, and
experiences.
- Communicator: Is understood by others (both verbally and in
writing) and understands the ideas and perspectives of others.
- Uses a Growth Mindset: Embraces their potential to learn and
grow and views successes and failures as development
opportunities.
- Has Integrity: Honesty, trustworthiness, ownership,
accountability, and respect are hallmarks of integrity.
- Collaborator: Cooperates and works well with peers, colleagues
and team members by giving and receiving ideas, comments, and
feedback with an open mind.Essential Responsibilities & Duties:
- Obtain written parental consent to screen the child.
- Conduct developmental screenings to identify any issues or
concerns that may limit learning and address them as soon as
possible.
- Ages and Stages Questionnaire Developmental Screening (ASQ) for
children in the Early Head Start Program (0-3 years old).
- Early Screening Inventory-Revised (ESI-R) Developmental
screening for children in the Head Start Program (3-5 years
old).
- Administer screenings in the child's native language.
- Ensure parents complete the social emotional screening for
their child.
- Ages and Stages Questionnaire-Social/Emotional (ASQ-SE) for
children in both Head Start and Early Head Start (0-5 years
old).
- Complete Developmental and Social Emotional screenings on all
enrolled children, within 45 days from the child's first day of
attendance in the program.
- Share information from screenings with parents during home
visits and the parent/teacher conference.
- Assist families with locating services as a result of screening
information, when needed.
- Have no more than 17 children in class during each session.
Classrooms will be staffed with one Lead Teacher, one Assistant
Teacher, and a PEL teacher.Classroom Hours
- Provide classroom instruction for at least 7 hours for full day
programming, five days per week.Curriculum
- Work with the classroom team to fully implement the Creative
Curriculum using high-quality teaching strategies (through Teaching
Strategies Gold) and ongoing individualization. This includes
helping children who are Dual Language Learners develop in all
areas, while also increasing their abilities in English.
- Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers and Two's for
children birth through 60 months
- Creative Curriculum for Preschool to five-year-old's
- Model excellent teaching practices. Work with children in large
groups, small groups, and individually to ensure that their
instructional needs are being met.
- Develop weekly lesson plans using the Creative Curriculum.
- Use planning time to discuss child assessment results and
develop individualized instruction plans. Modify lesson plans to
meet individual children's needs.Home Visits
- Conduct two home visits during the school year (1 spring, 1
fall) on each child in the class.
- Use home visits as an opportunity to discuss the child's
progress, results of developmental screenings, and desired goals
for the child.
- Observations/Assessments/Documenting Children's Progress
- Provide thoughtful observation and intentional planning.
- Complete regular assessments of each child's learning and
development.
- Maintain a portfolio of children's work that will be shared
with parents and kindergarten teachers during transition from Head
Start to kindergarten.
- School Readiness
- Complete Teaching Strategies Gold Checkpoints quarterly to
assess each child's progress on school readiness.
- Share information on children's progress toward the
school-readiness goals with parents, by sharing highlights of the
assessments during home visits and parent-teacher conferences.
- Inclusion
- Support children's learning through environments and
experiences that are developmentally appropriate, individually and
culturally meaningful and inclusive of children with
disabilities.
- Include children with disabilities and challenges so they may
attain goals specified in the IFSP/IEP.
- Nutrition
- Include one nutrition lesson weekly in all lesson plans as
required in the Performance Standards. *Not for Early Head Start
classrooms*
- Ensure all meals are served Family Style. Both staff and
volunteers will participate in the mealtime experience with the
children. *Not for Early Head Start classrooms*Health and Safety
- Prioritize health and safety of children in the program.
- Ensure classroom equipment, furniture, materials, and supplies
are properly maintained and stored.
- Include lessons on Health and Safety in lesson plans.
- Lessons will include eating healthy; handwashing; tooth
brushing; Pedestrian Safety and Safety Drills
- Follow procedures for notifying parents in the event of an
emergency involving their child.
- Post emergency evacuation routes and other safety procedures
for emergencies (e.g., fire or weather-related) which are practiced
regularly.
- Post policies and plans of action for emergencies that require
rapid response on the part of staff (e.g., a child choking) or
immediate medical or dental attention.
- Post locations and telephone numbers of emergency response
systems. Up-to-date family contact information and authorization
for emergency care for each child must be readily available.
- Adhere to the procedures for Mandated Reporters to report cases
of suspected or known child abuse and neglect.
- Foster safety awareness among children and parents by
incorporating it into child and parent activities.
- Hand washing- staff, volunteers, and children must wash their
hands with soap and running water at least at the following
times:
- After diapering or toilet use.
- Before food preparation, handling, consumption, or any other
food-related activity (e.g., setting the table);
- Whenever hands are contaminated with blood or other bodily
fluids.
- After handling pets or other animals.
- Before and after giving medications.
- Before and after treating or bandaging a wound (nonporous
gloves should be worn if there is contact with blood or
blood-containing body fluids);
- After assisting a child with toilet use.
- After returning indoors from outdoor activities.
- Tooth Brushing
- Establish healthy oral habits in the classroom with daily tooth
brushing after each meal.
- Replace the toothbrushes provided to all enrolled children by
the grantee every 3 months.
- Conduct safety checks of the classroom and outdoor environments
on a daily basis prior to student's arrival and in between each
session. QUALIFICATIONS:
- Position requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree (master's
degree, preferred) in Early Childhood Education, Child Development
or related field.
- A level 5 certification in ECE from INCCRRA.
- A minimum of 5 years teaching experience in an early childhood
education classroom
- Must have up-to-date Interrater Reliability Certification for
Teaching Strategies
- 3 years of coaching experience in an early childhood education
classroom, preferred.
- Training and experience with CLASS assessment of quality
teacher-child interactions, and scoring
- Working knowledge of early childhood environmental rating
scales
- Working knowledge of developmentally appropriate practices for
preschool education
- Working knowledge of current educational techniques and
practices relating to preschool-age development
- Working knowledge of The Creative Curriculum and Teaching
Strategies GOLD
- Understanding of lesson planning, assessing and individualizing
for preschool aged children
- Ability to use a computer and related software.
- Ability to administer CPR and First Aid and implement safety
procedures.Mental/Physical Demands: Ability to interpret a variety
of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule
form. The employee is required to stand, walk, engage, and lift
children. The employee must be able to frequently lift and/or move
up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close
vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth
perception, and ability to adjust focus. Environmental Conditions:
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Duties
are performed in either an office or classroom environment. Duties
require outside work or responsibilities at other locations. No
unusual or adverse working conditions exist. This description
documents the general contents and requirements of the job. It is
not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties,
responsibilities, or requirements. The principal duties and
responsibilities shown are all essential job functions. The
requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge,
skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made
to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.
Keywords: Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc., Joliet , Lead Teacher, Other , Chicago, Illinois
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