Job Description
ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
Family & Child Empowerment Services (FACES) SF provides families who live and work in San Francisco with high-quality early childhood education and enrichment; job support, training, and placement; and comprehensive family support services and referrals. Our mission is to empower families who live and work in San Francisco to transform their futures through evidence-based educational and economic opportunities.
Position Summary
The Lead Teacher is passionate about early childhood education, kids in general and works in a supportive and collegiate environment where you can make a difference. The Lead Teacher is responsible for overall classroom management, including lesson planning, safety protocol and maintaining positive, professional relationships with parents/caregivers. This is a full time non-exempt position and reports directly to the Site Supervisor.
What You’ll Do
Establish and maintain a safe, healthy and rich learning environment per FACES SF standards
Supervise, coach, and mentor classroom teacher(s) and floater teachers
Support children’s growth in key developmental areas (social-emotional, language and
literacy, cognitive, and physical)
Use age appropriate positive guidance techniques and model behavior for children and
co-teachers
Ensure positive teacher/child interactions and peer relationships in the classroom, responsible in creating and maintaining positive family relationships
Maintain Community Care Licensing (CCL) standards, update registry with training, permit changes and salary changes. Lead teaching team to maintain, update, and train regarding CCL regulations; ensure teacher/child ratio
Lead classroom teaching team to plan and implement lessons and activities appropriate to
children's developmental expectations and innate curiosity
Ensure teaching team follows all health and safety procedures, including closely supervising
children and conducting health checks
Lead and implement weekly developmental observations and DRDP assessments,
assign assessments to classroom teacher
Prepare for and lead teacher conferences with parents/caregivers, communicate with parents daily around their child’s day and milestones
Partner with FACES Family Support team, Inclusion Specialist, and Site Supervisor to
communicate and address need for additional child and family support
Follow all policies, procedures, and expectations set in Teacher Handbook and FACES Employee Handbook
Ensure all paperwork, program data, and other administrative tasks are complete, attend staff meetings and professional development/trainings
Align classroom practices to FACES values
Qualifications
You have a solid mix of the following knowledge, ability, skills and experience:
Maintain California Child Development Teacher Permit or Higher
Demonstrate commitment to working with families from marginalized communities
Use effective and compassionate communication
Work cooperatively as part of an interdisciplinary team
Meet required state, federal, local, and CDC standards (including but not limited to
fingerprint clearance, negative TB test, First Aid, CPR)
Lift up to 50lbs
What We Offer
Hourly rate starting at $34.00 - $43.10 based on units, education and/or years of experience in Early Childhood Education
Healthcare premiums 100% paid for employees and 25% paid for dependents
Three weeks of vacation, twelve sick days, ten paid holidays (including one-week winter closure between Christmas and New Year’s), two floating holidays, two personal days, and a day off for your birthday.
A retirement plan with employer match up to 7% of your salary
Ongoing professional development and training opportunities
A chance to positively impact the lives of young children and their families
A fun, dynamic and collaborative working environment
Opportunity to join a movement to achieve educational, economic, and racial justice!
FACES SF is a welcoming space for all. We embrace diversity in all forms- race, gender identity, sexuality, country of origin, religion, or ability. Candidates with diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. FACES SF is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.