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Lead teachers for Early Childhood and Head Start programs are responsible for planning and implementing learning experiences that advance the intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development of children within a safe, healthy learning environment. They encourage the involvement of the families of the children of the program and support the development of relationships between children and their families.

• Utilizes appropriate language, interactions, and positive discipline.
• Models Positive behavior.
• Instructs and supervises children in classroom activities.
• Implement age appropriate activities that support the Head Start performance standards and the creative curriculum.
• Implement and model family style eating during meal times.
• Continuously monitor children to ensure safety at all times, and report child abuse and neglect when necessary.
• Maintains anecdotal notes, written observations, and other approved forms of documentation for each child.
• Administers Creative Curriculum, DECA and DIAL-4 screenings; makes referrals as needed.
• Utilizes curriculum library, trainings, plans, and develops age appropriate activities for lesson plans in conjunction with the assistant teacher
• Incorporates required activities into lesson plans that support childrens development.
• Prepares activities that support lesson plans.
• Utilizes process not product instruction with children.
• Informs parents about daily classroom routines, expectations, policies, field trips, and volunteer opportunities.
• Communicates with parents about incidents that have been observed and/or recorded on site.
• As a parent advocate, helps resolve issues or concerns that are raised.
• Completes all necessary paperwork for classroom activities including meal count sheets, attendance, screenings, parent/teacher conferences, and home visits in a timely manner.
• Maintains up to date and accurate education folders to include complete incident reports, permission slips.
• Completes all assessment paperwork, such as Creative Curriculum checklist, and DECA and DIAL-4 screenings, according to specified timelines.
• Supports volunteers, assistant teachers, and foster grandparents with the learning of classroom requirements.
• Delegates duties as necessary, and give feedback to facilitate professional growth.
• Works closely with site manager, assistant manager, and classroom teaching team.