Share Email Opening Title Lead Teacher - Midtown Location   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 Salary: $24.00 per hour 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 environment for children by providing leadership for classroom staff. Responsible for the daily care and nurturing of a primary group of children with a team of staff and reporting the child’s progress in social, physical, emotional, and cognitive development to parents/guardians. The Lead Teacher is also expected to occasionally fulfill the duties of the Assistant Director or the Director during their absence. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Day to day responsibilities With the classroom staff team, develop theme based classroom and age group curriculum, implement and ensure compliance with a developmentally appropriate, anti-bias, multi-cultural curriculum, following the YWCA’s Anti-Bias Curriculum, for the classroom and primary care group. Foster a classroom environment conducive to the curriculum objectives and NAEYC Accreditation standards. Ensure nurturing, culturally sensitive care for each child. Foster, assess, document and report children’s progress in social, physical, emotional, and cognitive development for data needs and 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. Ensure all DHS Rule standards are maintained in classroom at all times. Maintain a high level of health and safety and assure emergency procedures are known and practiced. Ensure all child assessments and child portfolios are up to date and current. Ensure center communication is high quality through timely newsletters, reports, and correspondence. This position does not have any direct reports. Contribute to an overall cohesive program of Early Childhood Education at YWCA Minneapolis Actively participate in center events and meetings. Provide support for other classrooms and the center as needed. Attend all staff training days and complete required number of DHS in-service hours yearly. As a Lead Teacher, act as a role model and mentor to new and developing Teachers and Assistant Teachers.     Position Requirements QUALIFICATIONS: A minimum of one year experience working in Early Childhood Education. Meet Minnesota DHS Rule 3 Teacher qualifications, including yearly in service requirements. Excellent human relations skills. Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to write routine reports, newsletter articles and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees in the organization. Current First Aid and CPR certifications Preferred: Ability to speak a second language helpful, but not required. AA or BA in Child Development or Early Childhood Education. WORKING CONDITIONS: Employee is regularly required to talk or hear, stand, walk, sit, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Frequently is required to climb or balance and taste or smell. 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. Frequently exposed to outside weather conditions and exposure to illness. Noise level in the work environment is frequently loud. Individual must have the ability to get to and from various sites/events/meetings in the metro area on an occasional basis. It is an expectation that this position fluctuate hours based on the ECE Center and association needs; work in various classrooms and at the other sites as the need arises. ADDITIONAL NOTES: This job description represents the major functions but is not intended to be all-inclusive.   Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time   Salary   Number of Openings 1   Exempt/Non-Exempt 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  This position is currently not accepting applications. 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