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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span>Join an incredible team!  Make a difference!</span></span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Position Title:                    </span>Lead Teacher</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Department:                      </span>Early Learning Center at Kaune</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Job Classification:          </span>Regular, Full-Time</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">FLSA Status:                      </span>Non -Exempt</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Reports to:                          </span>Director of Early Learning at Kaune</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Revision Date:   </span>              06/03/2022</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Rate:                                       Base rate of $51,000 - $70,000 annually; salary negotiable based on education,       experience, certifications.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 16px\">                                       </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 16px\"> <span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">                                      <span style=\"color: #ff9900; font-weight: bold\">Growing Up NM provides a very comprehensive total compensation package including a great work environment, competitive salaries and benefits including those listed.</span></span></span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12pt\">Paid Time Off</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12pt\">Medical, Dental, Vision Insurances</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12pt\">Employer Paid Short term disability.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12pt\">Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&amp;D Insurance</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12pt\">Dependent Life Insurance</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12pt\">Employer Matched Savings Plan (403b)</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12pt\">11 Paid Holidays</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12pt\">Bilingual Differential</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12pt\">Sign on Bonus</span><br></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">For more information and to complete an application please go to www.GrowingUpNM.org<a href=\"http://www.GrowingUpNM.org,\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">,</a> call <a href=\"denied:tel:505-216-2972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">505-216-2972</a>, or visit us at 440 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Summary:   </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">        </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The Growing Up New Mexico Early Learning Center at Kaune is a state funded Program that seeks to strengthen families and the community through an interconnected network of early intervention, education, economic development, and family support programs. Growing Up New Mexico is comprised of programs and services including Home Visiting; Great Start Family Support; Early Learning Programs; Bridges to Opportunity; Family, Friends, and Neighbors; and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library programs.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The Lead Teacher is responsible for creating a joyous environment that gives children a respected space to develop their own inquiries and negotiate the social emotional terrain. The Lead Teacher is also expected to participate in a reflective and analytical process with colleagues in order to support and develop the understanding of, and work with, children and their families. The  Early Learning Center at Kaune follows the standards set forth by ECECD regulations, New Mexico PreK standards, and the NAEYC quality rating system. The Early Learning Center at Kaune is a Reggio Emilia-inspired program and draws much of its philosophical roots from that approach.    </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Growing Up New Mexico is a 501(c)3 organization located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Inherent in our mission are guiding principles that center on the belief that all families are capable of success if given the right opportunities and resources at the right time. The focus of our work is to demonstrate and implement effective and proven early childhood and family support strategies, prenatal to age five, focused on quality, equity, and access. Growing Up NM utilizes two parallel, mutually informed strategies in all we do: a local programmatic approach and a state-wide policy approach, with each continually informing the other.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Key Areas of Responsibility</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Support learning through a Reggio Emilia approach; support children’s research through an analytical and inquiry-based process; engage in dialogue around the Reggio Emilia principles and work toward implementing them in the classroom.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Create a learning environment that supports learning in all areas: self, family, and community; social and emotional; literacy and language; physical; scientific inquiry; mathematical; and approaches to learning and creativity.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Maintain a safe, clean, and organized environment in the classroom and, alongside the rest of the Kaune team, throughout the school.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Manage the classroom through a democratic and respectful process.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ensure that all ECECD regulations for childcare including those pertaining to health and safety are met for each child at all times, including knowledge of and participation in emergency evacuation procedures.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Create and maintain a classroom environment that supports all children, including but not limited to, children from diverse cultures and languages and children needing special developmental support.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Prepare and share weekly lesson plans based on research questions grounded in the Reggio Emilia approach, ongoing assessment and observation of children’s learning and development. Share these with the supervisor, then post them for families to read.  Display areas of focus prominently in the classroom.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Assess children’s development and learning through recorded classroom observations, based on Early Learning Guideline’s essential indicators.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Participate in weekly staff Collaborative Curriculum Meetings, All-Team Meetings, Monthly Team Meetings and Individual Meetings with supervisor and co-workers.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Be prepared to share and present documentation, as required by the Director of Early Learning at Kaune, for staff Collaborative Curriculum Meetings and Team Meetings; documentation must focus on child or teacher provocations that support curriculum and teacher understanding of children and their ideas.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Prepare panels and documentation reflecting children’s project work and studies in the classroom.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Prepare findings from assessments, written documentation, and discussions for three family conferences a year.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ensure ongoing supportive communication with families: share community resources, communicate about delicate and challenging situations, and ensure completion of all family paperwork (children’s files, incident reports, child abuse reports, etc.). Complete home visits and conferences in a timely manner.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Exhibit professionalism, tact and patience when communicating with children, families, employees, and staff at all levels of the organization.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Respectfully communicate and mentor the Assistant Teacher and other school staff when giving directions and sharing ideas and information regarding their behavior/actions in the classroom. At the same time, allow a space for listening to the assistant teacher’s ideas and reflections and incorporate them into the classroom, as appropriate.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Respond positively to feedback provided by the Director of Early Learning regarding observations, direction, and interventions regarding behavior in the classroom, attendance and tardiness using the Growing Up NM policies and procedures, protocols and ECECD licensing/program standards as guidelines; proactively take steps to meet any agreed upon goals.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Establish a Professional Development Plan (PDP) by actively completing all degree requirements for Lead Teacher, as required by New Mexico licensing, and NAEYC. Attend all required trainings.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Comply with all Growing Up NM policies/procedures, Early Learning Center at Kaune protocols and ECECD licensing/program standards.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Always represent Growing Up New Mexico in a professional manner at special events or programs connected with the Early Learning Center. Please note: you must be flexible as events may be held outside regular work hours (evenings/weekends).</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Perform within the prescribed limits of Growing Up NM ethics and compliance policies and in adherence to the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Follow program, discipline, and confidentiality policies and procedures for the Early Learning Center at Kaune.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor and/or Director of Early Learning at Kaune.</span><br></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Adapt to flexible day-to-day schedule to ensure appropriate responsiveness to infant/toddler needs (ex. 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Ability to read and write in Spanish is preferred, but not required. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Practical knowledge of child development and developmentally appropriate practices, with the willingness to engage in dialogue related to, but not limited to Reggio Emilia Principles.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Sensitivity with children and families who represent a wide range of socio-economic and risk factors.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ability to work well in culturally diverse settings and knowledge of local population served.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ability to maintain accurate and up-to-date records using both paper files and computer software such as MS Word.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Effective and accurate interpersonal communication skills, both oral and written.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Professionalism, tact, and patience when communicating with children, families, employees, and staff at all levels of the organization.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ability to maintain strict confidentiality at all times.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Function effectively with teaching staff as a team member and work independently when required.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ability to pass a mandatory background clearance required of all childcare workers in the State of New Mexico.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">CPR certified within first 90 days of employment.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand, drive, sit for long periods of time and use computer equipment and cell phones. 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