Bright Spot Early Learning Center Hiring for Master Teacher Job at San Francisco, CA Full Time

Head/Master Teacher (Infant/Toddler Focus)

Bright Spot Early Learning Center

About Us

Building upon a tradition that started at a family day care home in 2012, Bright Spot is a family-owned business that aspires to become a premier early learning center, with a particular focus on infants and toddlers. At Bright Spot, we believe that quality early care and education is a partnership between parents and provider. It is our mission to collaborate with parents, and to provide infants and toddlers with age and developmentally appropriate activities and materials in a safe, loving environment where they are free to explore and learn. We are committed to providing loving, responsive care based on respect for each child and their family. At Bright Spot, children have the opportunity to explore and grow, create and discover, build relationships with their peers, and become confident learners. Early learning provides a critical foundation for lifelong learning and development. As such, we are committed to providing a safe, nurturing, stimulating environment that sparks curiosity for all children under our care.
Center hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8am-5:30pm.

About the Position

Under general supervision of the Director, the Head Teacher functions as a specialist level teacher in overseeing the integration and coordination of education, curriculum, child assessment, staff development and parent involvement activities at Bright Spot Early Learning Center serving young children 0-3 years of age.
The Head Teacher is responsible for providing high-quality, responsive, and enriching caregiving and education that is in alignment with Bright Spot’s philosophy and mission. The incumbent plans and implements an environment that is rich with relational experiences and hands-on inquiry experiences designed to support the development of a range of social, emotional, self-help, language, literacy, cognitive and motor skills for individuals and groups of children. The Head Teacher engages in a highly reflective teaching practice that is grounded in child observation and documentation, which informs the planning of learning experiences and the learning environment. The incumbent mentors and trains other classroom staff including Teachers, Teacher Assistants and Volunteers.

Curriculum Development and Assessment Plan

• Prepare and implement learning activities that are in alignment with the center’s philosophy;
• Meet program curriculum goals, reflecting children’s abilities, interests and skills;
• Implement inquiry-based teaching;
• Create a safe, stimulating and aesthetically pleasing learning environment in the classroom and outdoor play areas;
• Support learning and development outcomes
• Monitor and document the progress of each child using a variety of modalities.

Mentoring and Training

• Build and maintain a cohesive classroom teaching team by guiding, training, coaching, and supervising classroom staff including Teachers, Teacher Assistants, and Volunteers performing related work, including completing formal evaluations of their work.

Health, Safety & Supervision

• Ensure health, safety and supervision of children while in our care;
• Provide individual and group direction, guidance and supervision of children;
• Maintain learning environment in a clean, safe and orderly manner;
• Conduct daily health checks of each child; and
• Instruct and monitor children and staff in proper health/hygiene skills and cleaning/sanitation procedures.

Working with Families

• Develop and maintain relationships with parents that foster effective partnerships in order to promote each child’s optimum growth and development; and
• Provide parents with ongoing information about learning that occurs in the classroom.

Leadership

• Engage in ongoing reflective practices with colleagues and administrator to improve practices;
• Participate in appropriate professional activities; and
• Assume Site Supervisor responsibilities when the Director is not present.

At All Times

• Demonstrate safe work practices for oneself, others and the office environment.
• Other duties as assigned to meet program needs, requirements, and regulations. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the scope of work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to this classification.

Required Qualifications

Educational Background

A bachelor’s degree or higher level of education in child development or early childhood education is preferred. Consistent with the State Child Development Permit Matrix, incumbents who do not possess a degree must have completed at least 24 units in child development or early childhood education, six specialization units in infant and toddler care, required adult supervision units, and the additional general education requirements.

Coursework in ECE should include courses in three core areas: (1) child growth and development, or human growth and development; (2) child, family and community, or (3) child and family; and program/curriculum.

Knowledge

Demonstrated knowledge and competence to develop, plan and implement a curriculum for early childhood education is required. Must be knowledgeable in pertinent state and federal regulations relating to the daily operations of an early childhood education center including licensing regulations, education regulations, child abuse reporting requirements, and public health and sanitation codes and requirements.

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Experience

Consistent with the state Child Development Permit Matrix, incumbents who possess a bachelor’s degree or higher must have completed the required units of supervised field experience. Incumbents without a degree must meet the specified days of experience within the last four years. This is equivalent roughly to one to two years of experience, including one year of experience providing teacher/staff supervision.

Additional Requirements

Incumbents are required to pass a health screening and background checks consistent with state requirements for working in centers for early education. In addition, some incumbents may be required to maintain certification in pediatric CPR and standard first aid practices and meet additional state requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree is preferred;
• Infant Head Teachers must have a minimum of 3 early childhood education units in infant care;
• Knowledge and/or Experience implementing educational/developmental philosophies and approaches;
• At least three years’ experience as a classroom teacher of children ages 0-5 years in a licensed childcare center, of which a minimum of one year was as a lead teacher.
• Core Competencies – embody the following competencies: o Bias toward collaboration and teamwork. o Effective oral, written and nonverbal communication skills. o Customer/Client Focus with an emphasis in problem solving and resolution. o Personal effectiveness and credibility as demonstrated by interpersonal and professional confidence. o Diversity and inclusion.

Required License/Certification

Must either have, or secure the following certification within 3 months of hire: Child Development Permit at the Site Supervisor level, and Pediatric First Aid/CPR Certification.

Environmental/Physical/Special

Must be able to competently interact with a culturally and ethnically diverse population of students, faculty and staff.

Pre-Employment Requirements

This position requires the successful completion of a background check.

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Salary & Benefits

This is an exempt, bi-monthly paid position. Upon mutual arrangement, the position can be salaried or paid on an hourly basis. Base annual salary range is $57,000-$67,000 (or hourly equivalent); exact salary is negotiable based on experience and qualifications. Position offers healthcare benefits, commuter benefits as needed, and annual bonus (depending on business performance).

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Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $65,000.00 – $75,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 4 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• San Francisco, CA 94118: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

License/Certification:

• CPR Certification (Preferred)
• Child Development Associate Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: One location