Head Teacher - After School Program

Job Description

Job Description

About This Role

Head Teacher - After School Programs

Leila Day is in search of a creative, organized, art fluent, nature based educator for our After School Program. Lead teachers are responsible for cultivating an environment of creativity, curiosity, exploration, and joy while supporting the emergent ideas of young children and helping them grow, learn and have fun. Prospective lead teachers must have great classroom management skills, be reliable, and have experience with both outdoor education and working with this age group of children. The Leila Day After School Program supports families with children in grades 1st through 3rd grade.

Lead teachers will help children problem-solve through play, express themselves through language, print, art,and multiple sign systems, nurture a joyful appreciation for one’s bodily self, support ethical values and emotional intelligence, develop multi-cultural literacies and cultural dignity, and foster authentic connections with the natural world. The lead teacher will be expected to take children on outdoor adventures at least three times a week, organize weekly art projects, lead and/or co-lead their team, maintain an orderly classroom, use the environment as another “teacher,” communicate with parents, complete necessary paperwork, and collaborate with the administration and other staff.

We are looking for someone with experience in outdoor education with this or a similar age group, a willingness to spend time with children outdoors and in the woods, a commitment to learn more about outdoor education and the educational philosophy and pedagogy of Leila Day, who can physically keep up with a rambunctious group of 6-11 year olds, and can work cooperatively with the head teacher to further the goals of the afterschool program.

Hours are 2:30-5:30, with additional subbing hours during the school day, if interested. Salary is dependent upon experience and education.

Leila Day is an accredited, nonprofit child care center serving children of working families from diverse economic, racial and cultural backgrounds from New Haven and surrounding towns. In operation since 1878, this celebrated program's mission is to foster children's social, emotional, intellectual and physical development within a warm and nurturing environment built on sound

principles of child development. Leila Day emphasizes nature and outdoor education. The children and teachers spend time learning outside every day.