Lead Early Head Start Teacher supports Early Learning Services sites throughout Chicago and surrounding suburbs by providing early care and education to children in the classroom ages three to five years; serves as the lead teacher and facilitator of the classroom teaching team; creates an environment that is engaging and stimulating; recognizes that children are best understood and supported in the context of family, culture, community and society.
Requirements
- Provide ongoing supervision, training, and support to teacher assistants and classroom assistants
- Implement reflective and relationship-based practices
- Provide coaching and modeling to teachers on effective parent/teacher conferences and parent-child activities
- Implement classroom systems to align with requirements in the Early Head Start/ Prevention Initiative programs
- Ensure the implementation of developmentally appropriate practice within the classroom
- Facilitate with the classroom teaching team the creation of an inclusive environment where children can learn
- Facilitate with the classroom teaching team the creation and implementation of group lesson plans
- Research new ideas, methods, resources, and materials for lesson plans
- Ensure that all children within the classroom have sufficient, high-quality observations
- Provide a safe environment for children at all times by implementing active supervision practices
- Communicate with parents/families and report child progress through scheduled parent-teacher conferences and home visits
- Implement a system to ensure that all developmental screening information is completed within 45 days of children’s enrollment
- Participate in Individual Education Program (IFSP) meetings
- Work closely with consultants and other Easterseals personnel
- Support social-emotional development using the pyramid model
- Utilize data from child outcomes, screenings, and IEPs to guide lesson planning for individual children and for the group
- Maintain care of classroom equipment and supplies
- Promote an atmosphere of teamwork where staff, parents, and children interact positively with each other
- Participate in all required and recommended training
- Support the agency’s School Readiness goals and track progress towards goals
- Train and participate in evaluations for the classroom team
- Complete an ongoing professional development plan
- Prepare reports on classroom activities, including attendance records
- Participate in the ongoing self-assessment of the program
- Travel to Easterseals and partner sites regularly
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vehicle reimbursement
