Bilingual (Spanish) Head Teacher

Description:

The ECB teacher is a facilitator and co-constructor of their young students’ learning journeys within a dual language classroom environment. As a child development expert, they are led by children’s conversations and topics of interest to frame their student’s learning experiences.

The ECB teacher is an active researcher who intentionally design their classrooms’ physical and social spaces to promote interactions that foster children’s overall multilingual development, critical thinking skills and problem solving skills. ECB teachers pose questions, are flexible with children’s answers, and promote hypothesizing and experimenting in the classroom.

The ECB teacher has a love for young children’s wonderings in which teachers are creative, organized, patient and passionate. Their approach is relationship driven in which they actively listen and respect children's ideas.

The ECB teacher supports children’s autonomy, leadership and positive risk taking, building children’s sense of agency.

Responsibilities:

Mindsets, Roles and Responsibilities

While working with ECB’s first students, who will be two years old, the Head Teacher will be expected to:

• Facilitate children’s learning and development through a Spanish immersion program with the support of two Associate Teachers and the Head of School
• Apply a progressive pedagogical approach to meet the developmental needs and interests of their young students
• Design and implement lesson plans that support all developmental domains and children’s interests
• Apply culturally as well as emotionally responsive practices  that support children’s sense of agency
• Proactively mentor and support Associate Teachers in developmentally appropriate practices, as well as through a dual language based, child-led curricula
• Observe, document, and assess children’s play and development that informs their planning and instruction
• Support young students in reaching developmental milestones while valuing individual differences
• Screen and identify when a student may need to be referred for a developmental evaluation for support services
• Collaborate with young students, families, and educational support staff that encourage and scaffold children’s learning through play
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with children and their families, &
• Adhere to health and safety procedures.

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