Buckle My Shoe Preschool is seeking a Head Teacher Two's-Threes at our Tribeca location for our 22-23 school year.
Our school has been established for 40 years in the West Village and Tribeca since 1981. Our programs integrate developmentally appropriate education at each level, utilizing the tenets of Jean Piaget, The Bank Street philosophy of teaching, and the Reggio Emilia approach to Early Education.
We are looking for a warm, loving, highly organized, creative, innovative, hard-working leader who is passionate about Early Childhood Education and a right fit for our environment.
The ideal candidate for this position would:
- Have a Bachelor's or Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Education or a related field.
- Be bilingual in English and Spanish.
- Have at least two years of experience in an early childhood program serving the children in a developmentally appropriate environment
- Be a warm, loving, highly organized, creative, innovative leader
Responsibilities include:
- Daily communication with parents (someone who is comfortable speaking with parents, writing a daily blog, taking photos of children at work and documenting their experiences, ability to upload photos for parents to view, slideshows of children's experiences).
- Facilities Management: Work with teachers to ensure that all classrooms are safe, attractive, and developmentally appropriate
- Staffing Management: Supervise the overall program including office manager, teachers, teaching assistants, etc
- Program Administration: Ensure compliance with all state and local licensing regulations
- Teachers will create a portfolio for each child with written documentation of the higher-level thinking taking place in the moment, with dialogue and analysis. Teachers also create a class portfolio, highlighting project work from the entire school year. They must have classroom management experience with gentle redirection, the ability to work with small and large group work, circle time, reflection meetings.
- Design lesson plans with age-appropriate materials and interests in mind. Our school follows the children's interests through project work. We also have specialists that come in each week for music, language, movement, and music; and these should be reflected in lesson planning.
- Attend to children's basic needs through feeding, dressing, and establishing and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order and organization in the classroom.
- Attend professional meetings and development days with Reggio specialists.
- Confer with other staff members through weekly meetings with co-teachers, administration using documentation to further the learning of ourselves and of the children.
- Lead the training, development, and supervision of assistant/co-teacher
Daily Responsibilities:
- Creates lesson plans each week that are presented
- Updates children and classroom portfolios regularly
- Collaborate with peers to work on documentation and works in conjunction with their co-workers
-Takes part in all Staff Development training
-Open to the Reggio Emilia philosophy of teaching and the ongoing learning fostered in our environment. A plus to have prior Reggio Emilia experience
Required Experience:
-Masters degree in Early Childhood Education
-Two years experience in the classroom
-New York State Certification
Please visit www.bucklemyshoe.org to read more about our programs and familiarize with our philosophy and curriculum
Job Types: Contract, Full-time
Pay: $60,000.00 - $67,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
License/Certification:
- CPR Certification (Preferred)
- Child Development Associate Certification (Preferred)
Work Location: In person