Early Childhood Education Team Lead

1 week ago


Little Rock, Arkansas, United States Our House, Inc Full time
Job Title: Early Childhood Teaching Team Lead

Our House, Inc. is seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Early Childhood Teaching Team Lead to join our Bright Beginnings team. As a key member of our team, 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.

About the Role

You will work closely with our staff, parents, and community members to ensure the success of our Arkansas Better Chance Program. Your primary responsibilities will include:

  • Planning and implementing 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.
  • Collaborating with the Bright Beginnings team to plan and implement the daily and weekly integration of the supplemental literacy and mathematics curriculum.
  • Collaborating 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.
  • Providing 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.
  • Documenting daily needs, observations, academic performance, and developmental milestones through developmental checklists and Work Sampling System.
  • Implementing developmentally appropriate programming while providing individualized instruction to meet the needs of each child and collaborating with our special services partners, Mental Health team, and our Behavior Support Specialist to best ensure this is happening.
  • Maintaining an enriching learning environment through intentional use of materials in learning centers.
  • Tracking quarterly literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional growth of each student.
  • Ensuring all licensing, Arkansas Better Chance, ECERS, and AmeriCorps standards and requirements are met and formulating ongoing quality improvement plans and ensuring that best practices are being used by everyone in the classroom.
  • Ensuring children are supervised at all times and equipment and the facility are clean, well maintained, organized, and safe at all times.
  • Implementing Conscious Discipline as the classroom culture by building children's self-esteem, being alert and responsive to children, establishing routines and providing positive behavior guidance, and implementing positive discipline practices.
  • Demonstrating competence in daily classroom management and clearly and effectively communicating in a manner that children understand.
  • Integrating children with special needs in a positive and respectful manner and helping clients to enroll in LRSD Special Services when necessary.
  • Discussing children's development with parents on a daily basis through multiple means of communication such as formal and informal conferencing, text, call, and email and discussing identified problems and needs with professionals as appropriate.
  • Participating in and promoting Bright Beginnings and Our House activities.
  • Coordinating with the Behavior Support Specialist to best integrate National Service Members into the classroom environments and facilitating relationships to ensure that they are able to fully carry out lessons and activities that they have prepared.
  • Facilitating collaboration between the classrooms and with other team members to ensure smooth transitions, consistency in program practices, high-quality curriculum and lesson planning, and effective communication across different age groups and program areas.
  • Working with the Bright Beginnings and Our Club teams to annually create a Kindergarten Transition Plan for Pre-K 4 students.
  • Conducting other duties as assigned to fulfill Our House's mission.
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • At least 3 years of experience working and/or teaching in early childhood.
  • At least 1 year of supervisory experience.
  • Ability to work effectively with diverse staff, parents, and community members.
  • Experience with conflict resolution and/or crisis management.
  • Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to curriculum planning.
  • Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed.
Benefits and Perks

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

  • Insurance benefits available on the first day of the month following start date.
  • Optional employee-paid dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • 401(k) match up to 4% after one year of employment.
  • 10 days of annual leave and 10 holidays per year, including a birthday holiday.
  • 15 days additional leave for requirements of life.
  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • Eligible for tuition discount at UA Little Rock.

Our House is a drug-free workplace and an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. People of color and members of the LGBTQ community are encouraged to apply.


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