Child Care Center - Lead Teacher

Title: Child Care Center Lead Teacher

Agency: Tidewater Community College

Location: Portsmouth - 740

FLSA: Nonexempt

Hiring Range: $42,000 - $50,000, commensurate w/ experience

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Additional Detail

Job Description:

Tidewater Community College has served South Hampton Roads both students and employers for 50 years. It has grown from 1 campus into a regional educational and economic force. TCC is the largest provider of higher education and workforce services in Hampton Roads, enrolling nearly 28,000 students in 2019-20. Founded in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, Tidewater Community College (TCC) services South Hampton Roads with 4 campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, 7 regional centers and 2 important cultural institutions. The college had 3,203 graduates in 2019-2020, 40 percent of whom pursued degrees that would let them transfer to 4-year institutions. Of South Hampton Roads residents enrolled in higher education 36% enrolled at TCC. TCCs institutional accreditation is affirmed through 2027 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

Tidewater Community College seeks applications for Lead Teacher position for the Child Development Center located on the Portsmouth Campus.

The Lead Teacher of the Child Development Center provides overall leadership and oversight in classroom. The Lead Teacher will assist daily operational managers with program oversight and customer relations. The Lead Teacher will assist in ensuring that students are able to conveniently access and utilize the centers, complete their coursework and expand their knowledge and understanding of high-quality early care and education. The Lead Teacher will ensure compliance with state licensing regulations and the standards set forth in maintaining a high-quality early childhood program according to Virginias Unified Measurement System and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) in their classroom.

This position has been designated an essential position. The employee filling this position may be required to report to work or otherwise fulfill the responsibilities of the position in the event of a college/campus closure due to weather or other emergent condition(s).

This is a restricted funded position.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to supervise or manager children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old.
• Knowledge of developing schedules, activity plans and special events for a child development center.
• Demonstrated ability to communicates with children using approved child development techniques.
• Skill to provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance to program assistants and student interns.
• Knowledge of program evaluation using designated instruments such as programmatic rating scales, risk assessment tools (as required), self-inspection materials, and national accreditation tools.
• Skilled in providing parents with daily verbal or written feedback about their childrens developmental progression and/or concerns and establishing goals.
• Skilled in the use of word processing, spreadsheets, and Child Development Center management software.
• Ability to lift and maintain 40 pounds in for the health and safety need of children.

Additional Considerations:

• Active Virginia teaching license in early childhood education or early childhood special education
• Bachelor"s degree in early childhood education, Child Development, Elementary Education, or related field with early childhood coursework, Special Education coursework and experience preferred for accreditation purposes