Dual School Educational Lead Teacher Job

The Children’s Council of Watauga County is hiring an Educational Lead Teacher for DUAL School. The Diverse Unified Appropriate Learning (D.U.A.L) School is a half-day preschool at The Children’s Council of Watauga County serving children and families from 8:30-12:30 Monday through Thursday. The DUAL School Program prepares children ages 3 and 4 years old who speak English and children who are English Language Learners for kindergarten. Our school focuses on providing an intentional learning space that supports and encourages children’s home language and the acquisition of the English language. Our mission is to immerse children in a developmentally appropriate curriculum that involves hands on learning. A fundamental part of our program includes viewing children as capable and giving children open-ended opportunities to think, create, explore, and imagine. We believe that this is done through nurturing relationships and encouraging and support play and curiosity.

DUAL Educational Lead Teacher

Responsibilities and Objectives
The DUAL School Educational lead teacher is responsible for anything related to the DUAL School classroom’s everyday function. The DUAL School Educational Lead Teacher is expected to implement developmentally appropriate practices and curriculum when working with children and families. The DUAL School Educational Lead Teacher helps coordinate yearly enrollment, classroom volunteers/ internships, family events and fundraising events with the Administrative Lead Teacher. The DUAL School Educational Lead Teacher works in collaboration with the DUAL School Administrative Lead Teacher to coordinate yearly enrollment, classroom volunteers/ internships, family events and fundraising events. The DUAL School Educational Lead Teacher collaborates with fellow CCWCI staff to connect DUAL families with other CCWCI resources. The overall objective/mission of the DUAL School Educational Lead Teacher is to create an inclusive, developmentally appropriate classroom environment for all families and children enrolled in the program.

Education/Experience:

  • Personal commitment to strength-based, family/ child-centered practice
  • B.A.  degree in Child Development or Child Development: B – K preferred; or related degree
  • Demonstrates ability to plan, coordinate, organize a classroom.
  • Demonstrates ability to interact with children in a developmentally appropriate manner as well as comfortably interact with / support families.
  • Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, and collaboration skills.
  • Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred but optional.