PRESCHOOL HEAD TEACHER

Locations: Brewster, Port Chester, Mamaroneck, Mount Vernon, Mount Kisco

Requirements: BS Early Childhood or MS Ed., BiLingual (English/Spanish preferred)

Duration: 12 months/52 weeks

Job Description:

  • Provide effective and nurturing teacher-child interactions, plan and implement learning experiences that ensure effective curriculum implementation and use of assessment; promote children’s progress across the standards.
  • Utilize the Creative Curriculum and Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF)
  • Ensure the health and safety of children
  • Create and maintain a developmentally appropriate environment
  • Plan and execute activities in accordance with curriculum guides
  • Monitor and document children’s development
  • Community with parent, including, but not limited to, parent-teacher conferences, class newsletters, and home visits
  • Supervise associate teachers
  • Collaborate with Family Services, Special Education, Health Services as appropriate
  • Attend staff and communication day meetings as required
  • Other tasks as assigned

Contacts

UPK HEAD TEACHER

Locations: Port Chester, Mount Vernon

Requirements: MS Ed. and Birth-2 Certification or within 2 years of hire Bilingual – Spanish/English preferred

Duration: Port Chester – 10 months; Mount Vernon – 45 weeks

Job Description:

  • Provide effective and nurturing teacher-child interactions, plan and implement learning experiences that ensure effective curriculum implementation and use of assessment; promote children’s progress across NYS standards.
  • Utilize Creative Curriculum, Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF) and NYS Early Learning Guidelines
  • Ensure the health and safety of children
  • Create and maintain a developmentally appropriate environment
  • Greet and interact with center children, families and staff in a warm and respectful manner
  • Plan and execute activities in accordance with curriculum guides
  • Maintain children’s education files
  • Monitor and document children’s development
  • Communicate with parent, including, but not limited to, parent-teacher conferences, class newsletters and home visits
  • Supervise associate teachers
  • Collaborate with Family Services, Special Education, Health Services as appropriate
  • Attend staff and communication day meetings as required
  • Other tasks as assigned

Contacts:

  • Port Chester – pmonsalve@westcop.org
  • Mount Vernon – cdowdell@westcop.org

PRESCHOOL ASSISTANCE TEACHER

Locations: Putnam, Yonkers, Port Chester, Mount Vernon, Peekskill, New Rochelle, Yorktown Heights, Granite Springs, Ossining

Requirements: Must be willing to obtain a CDA within 18 months of hire or AA equivalent in early childhood education

Job Description:

  • Assist in the creation and provision of appropriate environment and experiences to foster the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth of preschool children
  • Ensure the health and safety of children
  • Help create and maintain a developmentally appropriate environment
  • Greet and interact with center children, families, and staff in a warm and respectful manner
  • Collaborate with Family Services, Special Education, Health Services as appropriate
  • With the Head Teacher, plan and execute activities in accordance with curriculum guides
  • Attend staff and communication day meetings as required
  • Attend meetings as required
  • Other tasks as assigned by supervisor

Contacts: