Lead Pre-K Teacher

Description

Company Overview:

 

The Olympic Peninsula YMCA is a non-profit organization that oversees Y programs and focuses on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Our mission is to build healthy minds, bodies, and spirits throughout the communities we serve. We strive to promote the values of caring, respect, responsibility, and honesty. We are open to people of all ages, beliefs, incomes, races, genders, and abilities.

 

Job Description:

 

Provide direction for the program and staff, and implement program curriculum in a safe, enjoyable, positive and inclusive environment.

 

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

 

-Plan and Implement daily lesson and activity plans

-Supervise all children and activities within program area, often independently

-Manage a classroom of up to 20 children including maintain a daily schedule, responding to

individual needs and creating a positive climate.

-Regularly observes, schedules and completes evaluations for each child

-Maintain communication with parents, conduct regularly scheduled parent conferences, and engage parents as volunteers

-Maintain materials, equipment, and program facility

-Maintain required program records

-Diapering and toilet training including assisting children in changing out of soiled clothing.

-Perform other duties as assigned

 

Qualifications

Qualifications:

 

-Minimum age 18, 21 is preferred.

-Have an ECE state certificate or equivalent, pursuant to WAC 110-300-100

-Provide documentation of all certification and training requirements established by DCYF, including position prerequisites, current negative TB test, and portable background check, pursuant to WAC 110-300-100

-Have two years of experience as a teacher of children in any age group enrolled in the early learning program or two years of experience in administration or management, pursuant to WAC 110-300-100

-Be onsite for the daily operation of the early learning program fifty percent or more of weekly operating hours up to forty hours per week, pursuant to WAC 110-300-105

-Plan, organize, and implement high quality developmentally appropriate programming

-Early Achievers knowledge preferred

-USDA program knowledge preferred

 

Y Culture:

 

-Build relationships with a diverse membership base in culturally responsive ways, connect

members with one another and to the YMCA

-Exhibit Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility

-Complete required training and certifications within established guidelines

-Arrive on time ready for shift, clock in/out within timekeeping system

 

Embrace Team Leader Core Competencies:

 

Mission Advancement:

-Models and teaches the Y’s values

-Ensures a high level of service with a commitment to improving lives

-Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development, and recognition

-Cultivates relationships to support fundraising

 

Collaboration:

-Champions inclusion activities, strategies, and initiatives

-Builds relationships to create small communities

-Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with

conflict

-Effectively tailors communications to the appropriate audience

-Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance and support

 

Operational Effectiveness:

-Provides others with frameworks for making decisions

-Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities

-Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team

-Effectively creates and manages budgets

-Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress

 

Personal Growth:

-Shares new insights

-Facilitates change; models adaptability and an awareness of the impact of change

-Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or

performance

-Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology

 

Physical and Mental Demands: 

 

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

 

Physical Demands:

 

As directed, lead and participate in a range of activities in indoor/outdoor settings. Sufficient strength, agility and mobility to perform essential functions of position and to safely supervise program activities. Staff may be required to move weights of approximately 50 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to handle, feel or operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; and lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

 

Mental Demands:

 

While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to use written and oral

communication skills; read and interpret data, information and documents; analyze and solve non-routine and complex problems; may use math and mathematical reasoning; observe and interpret situations; learn and apply new information or skills; perform highly detailed work on multiple,concurrent tasks; work under intensive deadlines with frequent interruptions; and interact with members, staff, volunteers, and others encountered in the course of work, some of whom may be dissatisfied individuals.

 

Working Conditions: 

 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of

those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Typically interacting with others is busy, constant and occasionally interruptive. Work may be demanding at times. May Require ability to work irregular hours. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Driver Requirements:

YMCA Vehicle

• 18 years of age or older

• Valid drivers license

• Driving record which meets or exceeds YMCA standards, driver records request will be submitted

Salary : $21