Head Teacher. ITT and UPK

Description:

SCOPE OF INFLUENCE

• Lead teaching team in documentation, reflection and planning process to devise emergent curriculum informed by children’s interests, questions, theories and prior knowledge.
 • Facilitate virtual learning and individualized outreach to families during periods of school closure.
 • Work with a diverse community, including a significant Mandarin-speaking population
 • Build relationships with families and communicate about children’s learning and development in person and through documentation.
 • Partner with the teaching staff and administration in the overall philosophy and direction of the preschool

Responsibilities:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Planning, Preparation + Curriculum Development
 • Co-constructing curriculum, based on children’s interests, questions and development or following the Creative Curriculum in 3K, PreK
 • Documenting, reflecting and planning from observations
 • Participating in weekly planning meetings with teaching team
 • Meeting the needs of all children, including English language learners

Facilitate Virtual Learning During Periods of School Closure
 • Facilitate virtual learning by posting schedules, mini-stories, resources, suggested activities and video “read-alouds” online daily. Lead daily morning meeting and small group sessions for children via video conferencing.
 • Through whole group, small group and individual check-ins, empower families during periods of school closure by providing coaching, mentorship and parenting resources on topics including attachment, sleep, feeding, limit-setting, kindergarten transition developmentally appropriate expectations etc.

Classroom Environment
 • Planning and creating a classroom environment with inquiry, exploration, learning centers and respect in mind
 • Nurturing children’s home languages through curated books, materials and the physical environment
 • Creating a warm and inclusive environment where children and families feel welcome
 • Organizing physical space and selection of materials in a way that is inviting and accessible to children
 • Creating visual evidence of the narratives and curriculum occurring in your classroom

Relationships with Teaching Team
 • Develop schedules and processes to ensure that work is complete in a timely fashion by teaching team.
 • Lead regular documentation, reflection and planning meetings with teaching team.
 • Provide feedback, coaching and support to Assistant and Associate Teachers as necessary.

Interactions with Children
 • Speaking and listening to children with respect and mindfulness
 • Supervising the whole group, while giving individual attention
 • Managing classroom procedures including transitions, routines and small groups
 • Engage students in exploration and ongoing project work
 • Scaffolding children through conflict and problem solving

• Understand that all children have skills and learn in different modalities and at differing paces. Be willing to scaffold what a child needs in order to engage.

Relationships with Families
 • Building respectful and reciprocal relationships with families
 • Communicating consistently with families

Professional Responsibilities
 • Documenting children’s learning, development and progress through mini-stories, written narratives, reflections and observations. Maintain a documentation portfolio for each child. Upload documentation into the DRDP assessment platform and complete assessment checkpoints throughout year.
 • Maintaining collaborative and professional relationships with colleagues
 • Mentoring Associate and Assistant teachers
 • Connect families with housing, employment, college access and medical resources as necessary. Refer families to Manny Cantor Center’s Family Resource Center. Check in with support staff as necessary to ensure that families’ needs are being met.
 • Participating in weekly professional development meetings
 • Showing professionalism including integrity, ethical conduct and decision making
 • The candidate will be reflective, ask questions, be willing to take risks and make mistakes

The candidate will be accountable to their classroom team, families and the school in their professional responsibilities.

Qualifications: