Position Type: HeadStart/Head Start Lead TeacherDate Posted: 9/19/2024Location: St. Martinville Headstart Closing Date: 10/11/2024TITLE: HEAD START TEACHER REPORTS TO: Center Manager QUALIFICATIONS: Associate or Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education: or Associate or Bachelor's Degree and coursework equivalent to a major relating to early childhood education, with experience teacher preschool-age children JOB GOAL: To provide a well-organized, smoothly functioning classroom environment in which students can take full advantage of the instructional program and available resource materials. PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Reports to and dismisses from school at the times designed.
- Attends inservice sessions as scheduled by the supervisor, principal and director.
- Works effectively in organizing and maintaining students' records and progress reports under the supervision of the teacher.
- Assists the teacher, by providing tutorial individualized instruction on a one-to-one or small group basis when directed to by the teacher.
- Assists the teacher with instructional tasks: bulletin board, AV equipment, clerical, center materials, and clean-up.
- Is knowledgeable of the literacy and language process, skills and materials utilized in the instructional program and interacts with children based upon this knowledge.
- Observes parish policies regarding punctuality and absenteeism.
- Assisting with the maintenance of individual student portfolios including the collection of work samples, anecdotal notes and checklists.
- Assists with maintaining an orderly learning environment which is conducive to learning.
- Assisting with the supervision of students both indoors and outdoors.
- Provides effective and nurturing teacher-child interactions
- Plan and implement learning experiences that ensure effective curriculum implementation and use of assessment
- Promote children's progress across the Head Start Early Learning Outcome Framework: Ages Birth to Five and applicable state early learning and development standards, including children with disabilities and dual language learners, as appropriate
- Assumes other related responsibilities as assigned by the principal/immediate supervisor.
- Abides by the rules and regulations found in the St. Martin Parish Policy Handbook.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 9 months, 182 days EVALUATION: Criteria established by School Board Policy ADOPTED: September 2020 ST. MARTIN PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, LOUISIANA I have read the performance responsibilities above. I agree that these statements accurately reflect my job duties.