Preschool Lead Teacher

Pre-Kindergarten Lead Teacher

Sacred Heart STEM School in Roslindale is seeking a caring and creative individual to serve as the lead teacher in a Pre-K classroom. This role offers the opportunity to nurture our youngest learners in a faith-filled, hands-on environment that sparks curiosity and fosters growth.

Candidate’s qualifications and experience:

• An Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or a related field is required
• A bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or a related field is strongly preferred.
• EEC 2.0 Certification
• Solid English oral and written communication skills
• Bilingual skills, English/Spanish, preferred
• Minimum of one year’s experience working in an early childhood classroom.
• EEC Lead Teacher certification or willingness to obtain
• Must have basic proficiency with laptop computers.
• Physically able to lift a minimum of 40lbs and assume a low-level posture to be at child level for appropriate visual and physical contact.
• Able to engage in physical activities indoors and outdoors.

Lead Teacher Responsibilities:

• Cooperate and work in close collaboration with administrative staff, with the other school personnel, and with parents to accomplish effectively the goals set forth by the school for the pre-school program.
• Fulfill contractual obligation and observe all other school and Archdiocese policies.
• Work cooperatively under the leadership of the principal, assistant principal, and pre-school program director to develop instructional programs within the curriculum guidelines of the Archdiocese and the Massachusetts Common Core Curriculum.
• Implement weekly lessons that provide stimulating, developmentally appropriate learning objectives that are led by both scholars and teachers, which are aligned with the MA Learning Standards. Guided by the OWL and Building Block curriculum
• Incorporates the CSEFEL Pyramid Model of social-emotional support and intervention in the classroom and throughout the pre-school program.
• Observe regularly to assess all stages of development to scaffold skills and build on the interest of scholar for more individualized classroom instruction.
• Demonstrate the ability to utilize various assessment tools and strategies to accurately assess individual scholar achievement.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times.

A criminal and fingerprint background check will be conducted on all final candidates.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $42,000.00 - $48,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Tuition reimbursement

Work Location: In person