General Description

Provides leadership, educational direction and mentoring to assure adherence to early childhood education/care best practices. Researches and develops the curriculum and daily routines for infant/toddler/children care programming.

Reporting Relationship

The Childcare Team Lead reports to the Director of Children’s Services.

Supervises

The Childcare Team Lead supervises the Childcare Activity Aides.

Responsibilities and Essential Functions

• Develops and implements infant/toddler and preschool program and oversee all day-to-day childcare activities including: Designing developmentally appropriate curriculum guided by trauma-informed care practices.
• Designs and set-ups the classroom learning environment using developmentally appropriate materials and maintaining daily standard sanitation practices.
• works with Director of Children’s Services to develops early childhood program procedures and documentation.
• Interviews, trains, directs, and supervises Childcare Activity Aides in St. Joseph and Elkhart County; works with Director of Children’s Services to evaluate Childcare Activity Aides.
• Assesses programs based on current research and developmentally appropriate practices.
• Maintains children’s intake information in client tracking system and maintains accurate records for each child’s time spent in childcare.
• Ensures parents are informed and involved with their children’s experiences and progress; plans and facilitates parent involvement in programs for children.
• Assures compliance with all relevant governmental regulations related to safety. Aware of and responsive to non-regulated best practices within the early childhood profession.
• Cultivates a positive, strength-based teamwork environment that allows for growth and development of staff members.
• Must have record maintenance experience and have basic computer skills to complete lesson plans, email communications, etc.
• Must be flexible in receiving assignments or adapting to changes in the program.
• Maintains CPR and First Aid certification.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

Working towards or have obtained Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education or experience in related field.

Minimum 1-2 years’ experience working with children required Demonstrated experience in positive development of early childhood.

Must have a warm and supportive attitude and disposition toward working with children and their families.

Knowledge and Ability

Demonstrated ability to work with children of all ages and backgrounds; ability to prepare accurate and informative client records, communicate clearly and function as a leader of a productive team, make decisions based on early childhood education best practices, and policies and procedures developed by the YWCA of North Central Indiana.

Outstanding written skills, interpersonal communication skills, attention to detail and organization skills required.

From: YWCA North Central Indiana