Head Teacher

POSITION SUMMARY/PURPOSE:

Under the Supervision of the Child Development Director and Child Development Coordinator, the Head Teacher is responsible for the overall operations of the site and provide a high quality of education and care for children.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Supervise daily classroom activities, including outdoor play activities using positive discipline techniques to ensure a safe and healthy environment.

Create and implement developmentally appropriate curriculums and submit timely forms and reports.

Responsible for planning and documenting program according to state guidelines.

Maintain open lines of communication with families and work with other staff members to ensure that the needs of individual children are met.

Attend and actively participate in supervision, multi-component, and staff meetings.

Assists in the preparation of materials, equipment, and information for the daily program, taking daily attendance and snack.

Use appropriate food handling, sanitation, and OSHA procedures at all times.

Conduct monthly fire drills, lockdown drills and other emergencies.

Maintain classroom and storage materials in neat, orderly, and safe manner.

Displays and upholds YMCA core values of honesty, respect, responsibility, and caring. Consistently demonstrates caring for the community we serve, for one another, and for the organization they are part of, and contributes to building trust, pride, and camaraderie.

Maintain confidentiality of child and family information.

Supervising a group of children.

Assist in maintaining all center policies and OEC state regulations.

Perform other duties as required.

JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS REQUIRMENTS, AND DESIRED ATTRIBUTES:

Knowledge of school age development.

Warm and nurturing personally.

Bilingual (Spanish/English) a plus.

This position may be authorized to have access to protected Health Information (PHI) to perform specific job duties.

Must be able to work in a school-age classroom, possibly work with children with communicable diseases and disabilities.

Outdoor playground (possibly without handicapped access).

Personal qualifications as required in Part 407: Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers, emotional maturity, willingness to cooperate with the aims of the program, respect for children and adults, flexibility, patience, good personal hygiene, and physical and mental health which does not interfere with responsibilities.

EDUCATION:

Twelve (12) credits in early childhood education or child development, elementary education, recreation, group social work or a related field from a regionally accredited higher education

institution and over not less than a nine (9) month span of time: At least five hundred and forty (540) hours of documented supervised experience working with children in a program that serves school-age children (within the age range of 5 years to under 13 years).

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of one year of early childhood experience required.

Desired Qualifications:

1 years of experience

Age Groups: Grade School

PHYSICAL JOB DEMANDS:

Ability to supervise children by sight and sound at all times, provide verbal direction.

Ability to move around a room and quickly react to safety issues (i. e. climbing, aggressive behavior).

Ability to remain calm, objective and respectful in potentially stressful.

situations (i. e. crying upset child, upset parent, or upset staff).

Ability to move around the room to assist children and supervise children.

with daily activities, social interaction, physical and emotional needs, including sitting on the floor, kneeling, bending, crouching.

Ability to lift young children and objects up to 40 lbs.