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Teaching Team Lead

Updated July 2024

Department: Bright Beginnings

Reports to: Pre-K Coordinator or Infant/Toddler Coordinator

Employment Type: In-Person, Full-Time, Hourly, Non-Exempt

About Our House

Our House empowers homeless and near-homeless families and individuals to succeed in the

workforce, in school, and in life through hard work, wise decision-making, and active

participation in the community. The Our House team has defined a set of seven Guiding

Principles that characterize our culture and that we intentionally seek to uphold: Hard Work,

Wise Decision-Making, Community, Initiative, Integrity, Safety, and Heart.

About the Role

You will be responsible for providing a safe and developmentally appropriate infant-Pre-K early

childhood development program in accordance with Arkansas Minimum Licensing Standards for

Child Care Centers as well as ensuring the success of Bright Beginnings Arkansas Better

Chance Program through collaboration with the rest of the Bright Beginnings team. You will

work with the staff of the Housing Team, Career Center, Case Managers, and Mental Health

Team on shared goals related to parenting skills and parenting education.

What Youll Do

? Plan and implement daily and weekly lesson plans using the Adventures in Learning

curriculum to meet the physical, emotional, intellectual and social needs of the children

in the program

? Collaborate with the Bright Beginnings team to plan and implement the daily and weekly

integration of the supplemental literacy and mathematics curriculum

? Collaborate with the Bright Beginnings Manager and the Mental Health Team to plan and

implement the daily and weekly integration of the Conscious Discipline social-emotional

program, including the Feeling Buddies Curriculum and the Baby Doll Circle Time

Curriculum

? Provide lesson plans and various enrichment experiences that reflect and cite the

Arkansas Child Development Early Learning Standards (AR CDELs), Ages and Stages

Questionnaire, Work Sampling System, and any other assessments we will utilize to best

serve our clients

? Document daily needs, observations, academic performance, and developmental

milestones through developmental checklists and Work Sampling System

? Implement developmentally appropriate programming while providing individualized

instruction to meet the needs of each child and collaborate with our special services

partners, Mental Health team, and our Behavior Support Specialist to best ensure this is

happening

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? Maintain an enriching learning environment through intentional use of materials in

learning centers

? Track quarterly literacy, numeracy, and social emotional growth of each student

? Ensure all licensing, Arkansas Better Chance, ECERS, and AmeriCorps standards and

requirements are met and formulate ongoing quality improvement plans and ensure that

best practices are being used by everyone in the classroom

? Ensure children are supervised at all times and equipment and the facility are clean, well

maintained, organized, and safe at all times

? Implement Conscious Discipline as the classroom culture by building childrens

self-esteem, being alert and responsive to children, establishing routines and providing

positive behavior guidance, and implementing positive discipline practices

? Demonstrate competence in daily classroom management and clearly and effe ctively

communicate in a manner that children understand

? Integrate children with special needs in a positive and respectful manner and help clients

to enroll in LRSD Special Services when necessary

? Discuss childrens development with parents on a daily basis through multiple means of

communication such as formal and informal conferencing, text, call, and email and

discuss identified problems and needs with professionals as appropriate

? Participate in and promote Bright Beginnings and Our House activities

? Coordinate with the Behavior Support Specialist to best integrate National Service

Members into the classroom environments and facilitate relationships to ensure that

they are able to fully carry out le