University Settlement Society of New York Hiring for Lead Teacher Job at New York, NY Full Time

Position Title: Lead Teacher

Supervisor: Assistant Director of Education and Child Development for Early Head Start

Program Description: University Settlement partners with 40,000 New Yorkers on the Lower East Side and in Brooklyn every year to build on their strengths as they achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives. For over 130 years, we’ve collaborated with our neighbors to pioneer highly effective programs that fight poverty and systemic inequality. Established in 1886 as the first Settlement House in the United States, we bring the values of that movement into the 21st century by meeting New Yorkers where they live, listening deeply to all perspectives, engaging with every individual holistically, and creating space for people to organize. Joining together with our neighbors to advocate for justice and equality, we help build community strength.

We work with New Yorkers of all ages. We infuse a commitment to civic engagement, equity, and communal action into each of our programs, which include early childhood education, mental health, and wellness, benefits assistance and eviction prevention, adult literacy, and education, healthy aging, community and recreation centers, performing and visual arts, and youth development.

Early Head Start offers comprehensive child development services, family support services and advocacy to low-income pregnant women and families with children under three years of age. The program provides developmentally appropriate care and home visits to families in the Lower East Side, NY.

Responsibilities:

• Lead classroom sessions
• Provide educational support to classroom staff
• Plan instructional methods and content of educational and/or student activity programs and monitor students’ progress.
• Develop lesson plans and implement an engaging, challenging and playful classroom curriculum
• Provide primary care to classroom children
• Administer developmental assessment on children
• Develop consistent, stable and supportive relationships with families and children
• Develop goals for children in the classroom based on developmental assessment
• Maintain written observations of the children’s experience in the classroom
• Assist in identifying children with special needs and facilitate referrals
• Assess children’s development and set educational standards and goals for children in the classroom.
• Review and evaluate new and current teaching/educational programs to determine their efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with regulations.
• Maintain appropriate materials in the classroom
• Provide guidance and training to program staff and help mentor the assistant teachers.
• Develop knowledge of services available to families in the community
• Maintain proper documentation on classroom and program activities
• Conduct home visits to at least twice per program year to evaluate students’ home environment and provide with necessary teaching/educational assistance.
• Track attendance and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) records
• Maintain proper documentation on children, classroom and program activities.
• Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students’ behavioral or learning problems. Conduct parent meetings and parent teacher conferences.
• Attend professional development conferences and training as required
• Assist with classroom set up and clean up on a daily basis
• Other duties as requested by supervisor to fulfill job responsibilities

Qualifications:

• NYS Certification in Early Childhood Education required
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Bi-lingual skills in English/Chinese or English/Spanish strongly preferred
• Two to three years experience working with toddlers and preschoolers in a classroom setting
• Must have at least one to two years of experience supervising classroom staff
• Must have good organization, communication, and writing skills

Hours: 35 hours per week

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We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. We support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to our organization. We are an equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. All University Settlement employees are vaccinated in accordance with the laws set for by the City and State of New York.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $45,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location