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Lead Teacher-Preschool 

About the Organization YWCA Minneapolis is a nonprofit organization founded in 1891 as a member of YWCA USA, the oldest and largest multicultural organization in the world.

The mission of YWCA Minneapolis is eliminating racism, empowering women and girls, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Our vision is to be the most trusted and effective change agent in the journey to eliminate racism and sexism in our community.

We are a trusted social justice organization with a 130+ year history of advocacy for women and children. More than 30,000 people in our community are served every year by YWCA Minneapolis, through award-winning programs, classes, and workshops.

YWCA Minneapolis strives every day for:
• Race and gender equity
• Economic independence for women
• Respect for diverse cultures
• Children and youth who thrive
• A community that is vibrant and healthy

 
Category Early Childhood Education  
Description

***Immediate Need $500 Sign On Bonus***

JOB SUMMARY:

Responsible for developing and implementing a high quality, nurturing, anti-bias, developmentally appropriate environment, utilizing the YWCA’s anti-bias curriculum for a diverse classroom.  Maintain a safe and high-quality environment for children by providing work direction to staff.  Responsible for the daily care, education and nurturing of children enrolled in the classroom along with a team of staff and for reporting the child’s progress in social, physical, emotional, and cognitive development to parents/guardians.  It is an expectation that this position will fluctuate hours based on the ECE Center’s needs; work in various classrooms and at the other sites as the need arises. The Lead Teacher is also expected to occasionally fulfill the duties of the Assistant Director or the Director during their absence.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Ensure smooth operation of the classroom as described below:

  • With the classroom staff team, enforce and implement developmentally appropriate, anti-bias, multi-cultural curriculum, following the YWCA’s play based,  anti-bias curriculum, for the classroom.
  • Foster a classroom environment conducive to the curriculum objectives and NAEYC Accreditation standards.
  • Ensure nurturing, culturally sensitive care for each child.
  • Foster, assess and report children’s progress in social, physical, emotional, physical, and cognitive development to parents/guardians. 
  • With the ECE Specialist or Assistant Director or Director, consult with parents and provide an individual developmental plan and services for special needs and at risk children.
  • Foster and model cultural sensitivity to the families we serve.
  • Coordinate staff requests for time off within the classroom and communicate these requests to the ECE Assistant Director or Director as needed.
  • Partner with center team in planning parent events or other special center activities.
  • Ensure classroom representation at events and encourage family participation.

 

Provide work direction to classroom staff:

  • Provide direction to staff to ensure compliance with YWCA policies and procedures
  • Maintain overall knowledge of classroom routines, schedules, activities, and procedures and direct staff as needed to complete various duties to meet the children’s needs.
  • Coach and mentor classroom staff such as leading by example, modeling appropriate care and education of children, and providing suggestions for professional development. .
  • Participate in the retention of staff.  Recognize quality performance and partner with Director/Assistant Director in handling performance management aspects for staff.
  • Understand the dynamics of providing work direction to a diverse staff.

Handle overall site needs and all record keeping as described below:

  • Maintain a high level of health and safety and assure emergency procedures are known and practiced.
  • Contribute to the NAEYC Accreditation process including the completion and updating of Classroom Portfolio.
  • Ensure all child assessments and child portfolios are up to date and current.
  • Monitor and provide information to the Director or Assistant Director regarding supply, equipment, and repair needs for classroom.
  • Coordinate with and participate on center, department, and agency teams.
  • Understand and interpret the YWCA mission to children, staff and families.
  • Complete DHS required amount of in service training hours per year.

COMPETENCIES:

  • Exhibits ethics, integrity, and values
  • Maintains confidentiality
  • Takes responsibility for words and actions
  • Customer focused-- listens attentively to parent needs, is responsive and follows up to ensure customer satisfaction
  • Values inclusion and equality, advancing the mission of YWCA
  • Enables and encourages others to voice concerns and opinions
  • Uses time efficiently, effectively and wisely
  • Communicates progress toward goals to those who need to know
  • Manages conflict and deals with issues respectfully and directly
  • Listens and gains perspective from others; uses resources wisely
  • Creates respectful and trusting working relationships
  • Offers constructive inputs for good solutions and actively engages with the team
  • Communicates across the center while utilizing others for a healthy interdependence
  • Actively seeks and accepts feedback; looks at mistakes as learning opportunities
  • Uses good judgment in solving problems, building solutions, and in recommending or making decisions
  • Considers the broad impact of problems, decisions and actions
  • Embraces change and uses it to create new solutions or opportunities

RELATIONSHIPS:

This position reports to the Early Childhood Education Director who reports to the ECE Director of Operations. Lead Teachers will interact with Teachers, Assistant Teachers, Associate Teachers, and Teacher Aides, ECE Specialist, volunteers, students, and parents.

 
Position Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Required:

Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development, Early Childhood Education (ECE), elementary education or equivalent education in another discipline with 36 credits in ECE plus 4160 hours in classroom experience.
  • Minimum of one year supervisory or management experience or equivalent
  • Ability to provide work direction clearly and respectfully to other staff
  • Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize the daily routines, activities, and curriculum for the classroom children and staff.
  • Must have excellent written and verbal communication.
  • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations where only limited standardization exists.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
  • Must be able to carry out responsibilities independently but also in a team setting. 
  • Demonstrate exceptional problem and conflict management skills.
  • Ability to delegate work responsibilities.
  • Ability to mentor staff.

Preferred:

  • Masters degree in ECE or related field
  • License in Birth – 3rd grade or Pre-K.
  • One to two years experience creating and effectively implementing age appropriate activities and curriculum, highly preferred.
  • Current First Aid and CPR Certifications.
  • Bilingual skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear, stand, walk, sit, use hands to fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee frequently is required to climb or balance and taste or smell.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception. Individual must have the ability to get to and from various sites/events/meetings in the metro area on an occasional basis. 

 

ADDITIONAL NOTES: This job description represents the major functions but is not intended to be all-inclusive. 

 
Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time  
Salary $19.00 to $20.57 per hour  
Number of Openings 1  
Exempt/Non-Exempt Non-Exempt  
Location Midtown YWCA Minneapolis  
EOE Statement YWCA Minneapolis is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  
HoursPerWk None Specified 


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