Afterschool Lead Teacher

About PLN Founded on Skid Row in 1980, Para Los Niños provides education and wraparound support, serving over 10,000 children, youth, and families annually in some of the most underserved areas in Los Angeles.
PLN fosters pathways to success by striving for excellence in education, family support, and comprehensive social-emotional, and community-based services.
Through early education, TK-8th grade education, youth workforce services, and family and community services Para Los Niño’s’ model provides a comprehensive, holistic approach to break the cycle of poverty and help children and youth thrive.
Position Overview Under the supervision of the Site Supervisor, the Lead Teacher is responsible for the academic, social and emotional growth and development, as well as the supervision of children.
Responsible for the supervision of up to six Associate Teachers assigned to the classroom.
Duties • Carries out Mission, Vision, and Values established by the President/C.
E.
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and Board of Directors.
• Participates in the overall agency Accreditation Quality Improvement process.
• Adhere to professional conduct at all times (i.
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proper tone and language use in the classroom, respectful, proper for children, parents and peers at all times).
• Attends and participates in all Professional Development meetings.
Planning and Creating the Learning Environment In the classroom and yard teachers are in charge of: • Providing a learning environment that reflects the PLN Guiding Philosophy • Providing a learning environment that promotes curiosity and inquiry • Providing a learning environment that is flexible and changes according to the needs and interests of the children.
• Providing a classroom environment that reflects the children's learning • Planning and providing experiences for children that promote critical thinking and inquiry • Planning and providing experiences for children that nurture and stimulate their cultural needs Supervision • Ensures that Associate Teachers are kept updated in all matters concerning the classroom i.
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teacher meetings, activity plans, policies and procedures.
Meets with staff on a weekly basis as a group and on a monthly basis for individual supervision.
• Assigns and monitors Associate Teacher tasks.
• Ensures that Associate Teachers are implementing school age curriculum in the classroom.
• Functions as a program liaison to schools, law enforcement, and other community agencies.
• Monitors and requests adequate instructional supplies for the program.
• Ensures that staffs turn in paperwork forms on a timely basis.
• Ensures that staff maintains logs documents adequate information of participants school, personal information and family progress.
• Completes performance evaluations and provides functional training and guidance to staff members assigned to the classroom.
• Completes incident reports for Supervisor regarding staffing or classroom concerns.
• Participates in interviews, selection, assignment, and orientation of program staff.
• May perform other administrative duties as assigned by supervisor.
Classroom Management (Supports Associate Teachers in the following areas): • Completes age appropriate curriculum (activity plans) to nurture and stimulate the psycho social, cognitive and cultural needs of the children in their care.
• Completes attendance records, maintains up to date emergency forms, curriculum plans, individual child development profile and other records as needed.
• Completes and develops short and long term goals for individual child and overall group.
• Completes orientation of the classroom with parents.
• Completes checklist to ensure that classroom is kept neat and orderly.
• Completes referral cases needing additional service to Family Services and/or Clinical Services.
• Completes training evaluation form for staff meetings and trainings attended.
CCL/ CDE (Supports Associate Teachers in the following areas): • Completes daily ratio counts for supervisor.
• Reports regularly to the supervisor any issues of concern that need immediate attention.
• Completes and reports any symptoms of child abuse to supervisor and/or the Child Abuse Hotline.
• Completes daily health checks regarding hygiene, safety, and overall well-being of children.
• Completes DRDP-Rs with the Associate Teacher twice a year for School Age children (completes a DRDP-R summary of findings yearly).
• Completes classroom and parent conferences after each DRDP-R is completed.
• May perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications and Experience Requirements • AA degree with 24 semester units in Child Development or Early Childhood Education including core courses (Child/Human Growth and Development, Child, Family and Community, Program/Curriculum).
OR • 60 Units of completed coursework at a four year college or university that would lead to a BA/BS Degree in Child Development or Early Childhood Education or related field.
And • The individual must posses a current Child Development Teachers Permit, plus 2 years teaching experience.
Must keep permit valid and updated at all times • Knowledge in Desired Results, Developmental Appropriate Practices • Knowledge of Title 22 and Title 5 regulations • Commitment to Accreditation through COA and/or NAEYC • Current certification in CPR/First Aid • Must be a team player • Bilingual (E/S) preferred Special Requirements TB test clearance to be renewed every two years.
Physical Requirements To perform this job the individual must be able to carry out all essential functions satisfactorily.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Approximately 50% of time is spent sitting, while frequently required to walk, stand and bend.
• Must be able to speak and hear well.
• Good vision is imperative.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Employee will be required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds without assistance School Age and Youth Services employees must be able to perform the following physical activities: • Observe, see, hear, and respond to children's needs, emergencies and conflicts that may occur in the child development center or on the playground.
• Lift 30 pounds from the floor to a waist-high table when necessary.
• Reach a child 20 to 30 feet away within 30 seconds without endangering the staff persons health.
• Crouch to a child's height, maintain eye contact at the child's level, sit on the floor and stand tall enough to reach children on the highest piece of equipment.
• Be aware of the cognitive, social and physical needs of children.
• Communicate verbally and writing in English to the degree that child, parents and other staff members are able to understand and respond.
• Handle the responsibilities and routine stress often associated with providing childcare services.
Expectations for All Para Los Niños Staff Candidates for employment at a Para Los Niños, regardless of position, will consistently demonstrate the following: • Unwavering belief in and commitment to fulfill the mission of Para Los Niños.
• Deep commitment to the success of all PLN students and families • Commitment to excellence and high standards -- for self, students, and colleagues.
• Continuous learning by engaging in reflection, self-assessment, and individual professional development.
• Use of data to inform decisions and drive continuous improvement.
• Ability to thrive as a member of a collaborative team.
• Self-motivation and initiative with solutions-oriented disposition.
• Belief in and ability to develop respectful relationship with parents and children marked by sensitivity to the students’ cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to effectively handle challenging situations • Comfort with basic Microsoft Office applications and a curiosity and propensity to push own adoption of new technology and approaches.
• Regular, punctual attendance and professional appearance.
Para Los Niños is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer It is the established policy of Para Los Niños (PLN) to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without discrimination with regard to race, religious belief (including dress or grooming practices), color, sex, sex stereotype, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including breast feeding), age, national origin (including possessing a driver’s license issued under Vehicle Code § 12801.
9), ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identification and expression, transgender status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic characteristics, genetic information, family care, marital status, enrollment in any public assistance program, status as military, a veteran or qualified disabled veteran, status as an unpaid intern or volunteer, or any other classification protected by law.
PLN also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.