Early Childhood Lead Teacher

POSITION DESCRIPTION

St. Catherine's School is an Episcopal day school in Richmond, Virginia, founded in 1890 enrolling roughly 950 girls age 3 through grade 12. Located on a 16-acre campus in the western part of the city, St. Catherine's core values include pursuing academic excellence, developing character, nurturing spiritual growth, celebrating individuals, and building community.

St. Catherine's School provides a rigorous education that prepares girls with diverse perspectives for a lifetime of learning, leadership, and service in a global community.

An Early Childhood lead teacher must be able to create a flexible program and a class environment designed to cultivate each student’s learning and personal growth. This teacher needs to establish effective rapport with students and motivate and guide students to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed for a foundation for lifelong learning and responsible global citizenship. The Early Childhood teacher is expected to stay current with best practices in early childhood education, particularly with girls’ education.

Establishing and maintaining positive relationships with parents and other faculty/staff members is essential. Early Childhood lead teachers are expected to collaborate effectively with other faculty/staff members, as well as support the school’s mission and core values.

Supervisor
:
Head of Lower School and Early Childhood

Position Status
:
Salaried, exempt, full-time, 9-month schedule

Hours of Work
:
Standard work week. Evening and weekend work may be required.

• Developing and teaching an Early Childhood curriculum whose objectives are based on current national standards in Early Childhood education, research and knowledge of developmental skills while maintaining the flexibility and integrity of the Early Childhood program
• Documenting children’s social-emotional and academic progress, as well as process thinking and learning through anecdotal notes, work samples, digital portfolio creation, and report cards
• Providing individualized and small group instruction while delivering high-quality, engaging instruction using a variety of strategies, such as inquiry, group discussion, discovery, play and hands-on experiences
• Establishing and maintaining positive relationships with families by communicating through conferences, narrative report card comments, emails, and/or phone calls as needed
• Collaborating with the grade level team to set up an effective learning environment both indoors and outdoors
• Contributing positively to the School’s culture and community by adhering to the professional standards outlined by the School

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle and feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl; talk and hear; engage in moderately strenuous physical activity both indoors and out; and smell. The employee may occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Ability to become CPR and First Aid Certified.

Travel is not a requirement for this role.

St. Catherine’s School does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, or national and ethnic origin in the administration of its hiring practices. St. Catherine’s School is committed to providing an inclusive educational environment. We actively engage students, families, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Our School community respects the differences in ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status.

Consistent with the School’s mission, St. Catherine’s fosters in our students, and experts from all others, respect for the dignity and wholeness of every person. For more information on St. Catherine’s Access, Equity and Belonging please follow this link…