• Lead Teachers plan and implement learning experiences that advance the intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development of children within a safe, healthy learning environment. They encourage the involvement of the families of the children of the program and support the development of relationships between children and their families.

Interact With Children:

• Utilize appropriate language, interactions, and positive discipline.
• Model positive behavior.
• Instruct, and supervise children in classroom activities.
• Implement age appropriate activities that support the Head Start standards, the NAEYC standards and the Creative Curriculum.
• Implement and model family style eating during meal times.
• Continuously monitor children to ensure safety at all times, and report child abuse and neglect when necessary.

Assess Children:

• Assess children on a regular basis.
• Take pictures and maintain anecdotal notes, written observations, and other approved forms of documentation for each child.
• Administer ESI-R screening, NRS, Creative Curriculum, Ages and Stages Questionnaire, Ages and Stages SE Questionnaire.

Curriculum Preparation:

• Utilize research library, research, plan, and develop age appropriate activities for lesson plans.
• Incorporate required activities into lesson plan that support children’s development.
• Prepare activities that enhance the lesson plans.
• Coordinate field trips with Education Coordinator.

Communicate With Parents: 

• Maintain open communication with parents by scheduling and conducting parent/teacher conferences and home visits.
• As a parent advocate, help resolve issues or concerns that are raised.
• Inform parents about daily classroom routine, expectations, policies, field trips, and volunteer opportunities.
• Communicate with parents about incidents that have been observed and/or recorded on site regarding their child.
• Obtain all required classroom parental signatures such as on all incident reports and field trip permission slips.