Lead Educator/Program Coordinator

Join to apply for the Lead Educator/Program Coordinator (Holway ECC?Rockwell) role at Lasell University. Job Description Purpose: To provide all children with a warm, nurturing, safe and loving environment where self?concepts are enhanced, independence encouraged and individuality respected. To uphold and support the philosophy of the center at all times. To support and lead team members where needed. Reports to: Executive Director. Key Responsibilities To offer a program that meets the emotional, physical, intellectual and social needs of both the individual child and the group. To interact with the children and encourage their involvement in activities, balancing educator?initiated and child?initiated activities/social interactions. To prepare, with team support, a warm and safe environment that is orderly, clean and appealing, permitting the child to grow and explore (including daily set?up, maintenance and clean?up of the environment). To be responsible for ensuring all center common areas are in order according to the common area description and that duties are executed timely. To provide student assistants and other appropriate personnel such as parent volunteers, substitutes and specialists with support and input to the program, in consultation with other team members and/or the Director. To support and meet the standards of the Hygiene/Dress Code Policy in the Staff Handbook. To plan weekly with team members developmentally appropriate curriculum for the classroom, and to work cooperatively as a member of the teaching team. To change and enrich the environment regularly. To change the environment and materials in all learning centers at least monthly but no more than bimonthly. To have a newsletter published at the beginning of each month, educationally sound, helping parents understand their child's developmental needs and how we meet them. To conduct oneself in a professional manner as an appropriate role model for Lasell students and all team members. To supervise, train and evaluate Lasell students, and to work with/confer with college supervisors. To establish and maintain good communication with parents through conferences twice a year and on a daily informal basis. To maintain professional attitudes and loyalty to the school and parents at all times, including dealing with personal and family issues of center families while refraining from gossip and judgmental statements. To cooperate with and respect all team members, parents, staff and children in the school community. To observe, record and report significant individual and group behavior regularly to team members and administration, preparing all reports on children with team members. To treat all children with dignity and respect as outlined in the Behavior Management Policy. To use appropriate and positive discipline and model methods so that all persons working with children provide consistent, developmentally appropriate discipline in accord with the center's philosophy and staff handbook. To maintain all records and files as appropriate for their class: parents' phone numbers, medication forms, attendance, evaluation reports and emergency numbers. To keep team members informed of program goals and developments, with children, parents and administration. To continue to grow within the profession by attending workshops, conferences, taking courses or in-service training opportunities, and to bring new findings back into the classrooms and share them with teaching staff. To help with the evaluation process, self?evaluation process and set professional goals with administration. To attend weekly team meetings, monthly staff meetings and other parent programs or conference evenings as scheduled. To inform the administration of any ongoing classroom issue, or any scheduling or major environmental changes. To arrive at the barn promptly and be ready to begin working during the hired shift. When a team member, including a substitute, arrives late, it is the Lead Educator's responsibility to speak with the team member, remind her of the center policy and report it to the Director, and to ensure the classroom is safely covered during that time. To be resourceful within the Holway ECC community, knowing where to replenish materials, order new supplies and equipment, and manage petty cash. To Inform The Director When A child becomes ill in school. A child has an accident at school. Ordering new equipment or supplies. Releasing a child to an unauthorized person. Needing to take time off. Wishing to refer a parent to outside resources (Director only). Wishing to change working hours. Any incident that may involve anxiety in staff, parents or children (also notify staff member on floor). Qualifications Required BA or BS in Early Childhood Education or related field. EEC LEAD INFANT/TODDLER and/or PRESCHOOL EDUCATOR certification. Experience working with appropriate age children. Experience supervising students. Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Lasell University by 2x. #J-18808-Ljbffr