Lead Teacher - 3K Program

Reports to: Education Director
Work Location: 180 Myrtle Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

About the role

The Laurie A. Cumbo Children's Enrichment Center is a brand new state-of-the-art early childhood education location continuing our long commitment to providing early childhood programming in downtown Brooklyn. Our program is designed to enhance the physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and language development of young children through high-quality educational and social services for themselves and their families. Group Teachers supervise an assistant teacher and plan and execute quality learning experiences for children using Creative Curriculum for Preschoolers.

Responsibilities

• Work within the framework of Brooklyn Community Service in carrying out its policies and procedures.
• Supervise an assistant teacher; assign daily tasks to assistant as applicable to the overall management of the total classroom.
• Collaborate with assistant teacher, with guidance from the Education Director, to plan and execute varied and high-quality learning experiences for children.
• Collaborate with Assistant Teacher to prepare and implement weekly lesson plans according to NYS Common Core, Creative Curriculum, DOE, and program school readiness goals; develop sound educational practices appropriate to the age and development of children in order to prepare for positive learning experiences.
• Provide lesson planning support to Assistant Teacher by including their ideas and having them execute the activities.
• Conduct child observations, complete quarterly Child Development Assessments (Creative Curriculum; TSG), and hold quarterly parent conferences and/or conduct home visits twice per year.
• Actively plan and participate in team meetings with Assistant Teacher to collaborate on lesson planning, individualized planning, and special events; participate in supervision sessions with Director. Collaborate with team to implement a high-quality learning environment.
• Plan for and use community resources to enrich the educational content of the program.
• Responsible for appropriate arrangement of classroom; responsible for the overall cleanliness and organization of the classroom.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with parents and families of children served; maintain good relationships with colleagues and administrators.
• Adhere to NYC Department of Health regulations (47.23) regarding direct supervision at all times and ensure classroom is properly covered at all times.
• Responsible for ensuring all regulations (DOH, DOE) are adhered to at all times by the entire classroom team.
• Other related duties, as assigned, consistent with the above.

Requirements

• BA/BS, preferably in Early Childhood Education and preferably with a NYS Certification N-6.
• If the candidate is not NYS certified and does not have a master’s degree, they must be prepared to:
  • Enroll in a Master’s program to obtain an MA degree.
  • Become NYS Certified in N-6.
• Minimum two years of working with N-K required.
• Criminal background check and fingerprinting required.
• This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement and requires the successful candidate to become and remain a member in good standing of the union, which includes payment of initiation fees and monthly union dues and participation in the welfare fund, in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement.

Pay

Salary Range: Based on certification on study plan with bachelor's at $63,653, certified bachelor's at $68,735 (additional with student teaching credit), and certified master's at $77,269 (the same pay rate as New York City Department of Education).

Schedule

Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Monday - Friday, 7:45am - 3:45pm
Anticipated start date: September 2026