Hybrid Lead Teacher 0-3 (Uptown) at Christopher House

• Coordinate monthly teacher meetings to ensure on-going cooperation among staff and to ensure that individual teachers are working towards a unified approach to infant, toddler and two’s development; maintain a strong classroom presence
  • Ensure compliance with all curriculum related to funding and licensing requirements pertaining to the Infant, Toddler and Two’s program.
  • Review lesson plans on a weekly basis, make any recommendations for needed changes and follow through on implementation of lesson plans
  • Provide a copy each week to the Associate Director of Early Childhood, Associate Director of Parent Involvement and Manager of Health and Disabilities
  • Meet with the teaching staff and the Manager of Health and Disabilities to ensure compliance to and an understanding of appropriate health and nutrition practices.
  • Coordinate portfolio assessments of all children in a timely manner and conduct classroom observations monthly
  • Ensure that parent-teacher conferences are conducted twice a year and assist teachers in both preparation and conducting these conferences, as needed.
  • Provide training, support and follow up to program staff regarding Creative Curriculum, Ages and Stages and Ages and Stages Social Emotional Questionnaire, Portfolio and Parent Teacher Conferences.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong alignment with Christopher House’s Values and Mission;
• Strong work ethic coupled with a proactive problem-solving approach;
• Two years of experience working in a birth through three-year-old classroom, preferably in an Early Head Start or governmentally funded child care program;
• Bi-lingual skills in English/Spanish is desirable
• Must be able to sit, stand, bend, stoop, kneel, walk, go up and down stairs daily, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Infant/Toddler Studies, Early Childhood Education or Child Development and Illinois Gateways Infant/Toddler Level 5 credential.