Position Description

Early Childhood Educator Team Lead

About Brynmor (find us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @brynmorearlyed)

Established in 2022 with a vision that high quality early childhood education is within reach for every child, family and community, our mission is to ensure that: each child reaches their full potential; parents are free to do their best work with peace of mind because their children are safe, loved and thriving; and early childhood educators are respected and valued for the critical role they are playing in the development and learning of young children.

We are a privately owned business established with the belief that private companies have a responsibility to be a force for good. We believe that the growth of our company must be in partnership with the children and families we serve, the early childhood educators and staff we employ, and the companies and public agencies with whom we partner. Here’s more on our values and beliefs and how our existence is dedicated to the experiences children, families and our team have in our programs each and every day.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging is core to our character as an early childhood education company. We are strengthened because of diversity of thought, culture, traditions, language, experiences, spiritual practices and religion. It is evident in our position descriptions, our hiring practices, our salaries and benefits, in the aesthetics, equipment and materials at our centers, our curriculum and assessment practices and in the experience our employees, children and families have as they see themselves in our organization. Here’s more on our commitments to culture, our team, and the children and families we serve.

Job Location: Diplotots, Washington, DC

Reports to: Executive Director

Salary range: $55,000-$62,000

Schedule: Full-time Monday through Friday

About the Position

We are hiring for a Team Lead for Infants and Young Toddlers and a Team Lead for Older Toddlers and Preschool. Each Team Lead will report directly to the Executive Director. The Team Lead will provide Brynmor with an innovative advantage by identifying and implementing promising new ways of delivering exceptional care and experiences to our children, their families and our team. These are high-profile roles requiring thought leaders with an entrepreneurial mindset, exceptional operational and people leadership skills, and a demonstrated commitment to high quality early care and education.

The position covers a broad range of responsibilities including working in concert with the Executive Director to build the team of educators, promoting the value of Brynmor in a way that differentiates it from the competition, and ensuring that the operations are compliant with all applicable regulations and the classroom experiences of young children are optimized for their learning and development.

These individuals will see themselves as proactive partners with families—actively communicating about child experiences, their observations and listening and learning from families about their aspirations and concerns for their children.

Team Leaders will be committed, engaged leaders versed in building exceptional teams who are trusted and empowered in their work with children and families. Individuals should be enthusiastic about co-creating a new company’s experience and contributing to the evolving operations and growth of the organization. These individuals will work with the executive director to set the tone and the daily culture to ensure all team members are living into our commitment to children and families including strong adherence to all policies and practices designed to ensure the health, safety, development and learning of each and every child in our care.

Team Leaders are transparent and collaborative leaders and partners willing to innovate and experiment to support the evolving practice of high-quality early childhood education. These individuals provide the pedagogical and instructional leadership that bring learning and development to life.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Infant and Young Toddlers or Older Toddlers and Preschool educator team in all aspects of daily operations, child learning and development, and family communications.
• Lead and ensure implementation fidelity to HighScope Curriculum and COR Advantage assessment. This includes lesson planning, use of materials and equipment and overall engagement of children.
• Demonstrate and amplify Brynmor’s vision, mission, values and beliefs that center children, families and educators as the core components to high quality early childhood education.
• Ensure the safety, care, well-being and learning of children at all times and compliance with all local, state and federal laws, standards and regulations.
• At all times, exemplify the highest level of business and personal integrity, mission and team orientation.
• Commit to building a center environment and culture that is uniquely differentiated and results in providing high quality education, experience and care for all children.
• Work in concert with executive director to recruit, hire, oversee performance, professional growth & development, and retention of all team members.
• Serve as a mentor and coach to foster an environment of trust and belonging that inspires employees to achieve our vision.
• Partner to establish and maintain strong, proactive relationships and communications with families.
• Identify and organize professional development opportunities for all team members.
• Provide regular, proactive, and strengths-based coaching and feedback to all team members.
• Ensure that high quality, inviting, well-resourced environments and materials are maintained and accessible both in each classroom and outdoors.
• Role model for Integrity and Honesty: Has the highest standards of integrity and honesty. Will be an ambassador for Brynmor and have a direct impact on Brynmor’s brand.
• Demonstrates strong service orientation: Adept at working with children, families, team members and other stakeholders from many racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to make a positive impact, build futures and do good. Recognize contributions and celebrate what is unique about each of us.
• A People Leader who embraces the principles of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging: Ability to attract, build trust and energize diverse teams. Creates an inclusive and safe environment where team members have the opportunity to contribute to their full potential while developing a powerful sense of shared purpose that motivates the team to achieve higher levels of performance. Inspires and communicates a clear and compelling message to a diverse set of stakeholders. Ability to develop the long-term capabilities of team members and finding satisfaction in influencing or even transforming someone’s life or career.
• Innovation and Expertise: Fosters a culture of care and collaboration that inspires innovative ways to build Brynmor’s brand in early childhood education. Proactively communicates challenges and opportunities to the Executive Director and the team while implementing solutions to overcome the constraints. Adept at anticipating local community trends and shaping the business for sustainable long-term growth.
• Care and Collaboration - Demonstrates a highly collaborative leadership style grounded in a service mindset by balancing between an entrepreneurial spirit and the day to day needs of the program, i.e., both the ability to operate comfortably in a start-up environment and the requisite ability to deal with ambiguity.
• Drives results: Strong bias for nurturing creativity, curiosity and learning to deliver results that are aligned with our vision and values. Sense of urgency, goal orientation and focus; ability to solve problems in a way that consistently meets or exceeds established goals; sets new and stretch goals for self and team even under adverse circumstances; motivated by creating better ways of doing things, so that higher levels of performance are possible.

Critical Competencies for Success

Qualifications:

• Exceptionally adept in building and leading strong, cohesive, diverse, high performing teams.
• Clear, proactive oral and written communicator.
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or closely related field.
• Minimum three years of early education classroom or team leadership.
• Preferred experience in leading a NAEYC Accredited early education program.
• Preferred experience in HighScope curriculum.
• Familiarity with COR Advantage Assessment and Brightwheel child care management is welcomed.
• Familiarity with Reggio Emilia approaches and practices is welcomed.
• Fluency in multiple languages is welcomed.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds, sit on floor, kneel, bend, and carry young children.

Compensation:

Brynmor offers competitive compensation and strong benefits including:

• Compensation range: $55,000-62,000
• Paid Holidays
• Vacation
• Sick Leave
• Parental and Family Leave
• Flexible spending account
• Group health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401(K) with a matching plan
• Tuition reimbursement for coursework leading to a degree or credential in early childhood education.
• Child care tuition discount
• NAEYC Membership
• Annual professional development

How to Apply: Please send cover letter and resume to careers@brynmorearlyed.com.

Brynmor Early Education & Preschool is a Certified Women Owned Business and a Certified Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Business.

All educator positions at Brynmor align to the Early Childhood Educator I, II and III in the Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and the construct of the Unifying Framework for the Early Childhood Education Profession.