Lead Teacher ; Infant​/Toddler

Overview

Job Title:
Lead Teacher 0-3 (Infant/Toddler) –

Location:

South Shore. Supervisor:
Site Director. Welcome to Family Focus, where we are on a mission to empower families and their children across Chicagoland. Family Focus offers center-based and home-based services, emergency assistance, prevention initiatives, early childhood education, after-school programs, and more. We are expanding our reach across 11 centers and are looking for passionate individuals to join our team as we grow to serve more families.

The Infant/Toddler Teacher is responsible for the care, supervision, and management of a class of infants and toddlers, following the goals and curriculum plan. The principal duties include conducting focused observations of children, developing action plans, carrying out activities daily, evaluating the effectiveness of child development activities, ensuring the safety and well-being of the children, maintaining regular communication with parents, and contributing to the effective operation of the overall early care and education center.

Lead teachers serve as ambassadors for the school and the agency.

• Provide care, supervision, and program planning for a class of infants and toddlers in alignment with the curriculum and development goals.
• Conduct focused observations, develop action plans, implement daily activities, and evaluate the effectiveness of child development activities.
• Ensure safety and well-being of children and maintain clear, regular communication with parents.
• Serve as an ambassador for the school and the agency.

• Must have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or child development from an accredited institution.
• Must have a minimum of an Infant Toddler Gateways Credential Level 5.
• Minimum of one year of teaching experience.
• Experience supervising and leading classroom teams in preparation and implementation of lesson plans for classroom activities across all developmental areas (language, cognitive, physical, personal, social-emotional, and creative). Ability to explore new curriculum ideas and implement Project Approach and Creative Curriculum.
• Knowledge of childcare routines carried out in a prompt, hygienic, and developmentally appropriate manner, including diapering, hand washing, eating, napping, and transitions between activities.
• Ability to observe, document, and report health-related changes and incidents; complete accident and incident reports on the day of occurrence (Active Supervision incidents).
• Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with peers, staff, children’s parents, families, and community partners.
• Experience organizing and/or delegating administrative record-keeping (daily attendance, CACFP food forms, daily health and safety checks) and evaluating the quality of childcare services, with regular reporting to the Infant Toddler Specialist.
• Knowledge of Early Head Start program principles, practices, and cornerstones.
• Excellent proficiency with computers, software, and databases.

Salary: $55,000/year.

Schedule:

M-F 7 am–4 pm.

This is a full-time exempt position.

Sign-on Bonus: $2,500 available.

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Family Focus is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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