Lead Teacher

Location: Main Campus, Towson University. Posted: September 22, 2026.

About the role

Towson University is a top 100 public university and one of the nation's great colleges to work for, located north of Baltimore, enrolling over 19,000 students and serving as the second-largest university in the University System of Maryland. The university fosters a climate grounded in respect and supports the intellectual and personal growth of the entire community. The University Child Care Center (UCCC) provides an early childhood program for children ages 2‑5 in partnership with the College of Education. The UCCC is seeking a lead teacher for early childhood classrooms who will teach in a variety of classrooms, mentor internships, supervise student staff and assistants, communicate the school philosophy with the University community and families, and model a love of the arts and STEM through planning and implementing a developmentally appropriate curriculum while maintaining a Montessori/Reggio Emilia‑inspired environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop instruction that is developmentally appropriate to all students within the classroom community.
• Compose regular communication with families.
• Assess all students and use project‑based curriculum to promote growth of the whole‑child and meet them at their level of learning.
• Create a nurturing yet structured environment for all students, both early learners and college, to explore and learn.
• Utilize outlined assessment tools to create and update digital documentation of student progress.
• Utilize the school‑wide policy for discipline and maintain confidentiality of every family and student.
• Follow university protocols for child abuse and state licensing requirements.
• Supervise and mentor student staff.
• Use supervisory skills to maintain the desired climate of the school.
• Collaborate and evaluate the performance of staff at the end of each semester.
• Communicate school policies through emails, meetings, and trainings.
• Model best practices as the College of Education defines them in a learner‑centered educational environment.
• Communicate with families and other agencies regularly.
• Conduct family conferences 2‑3 times a year to allow collaboration with teachers and parents to plan and assess goals for individual learning; conferences may also be held outside these times to address specific student needs or promote early intervention strategies.
• Maintain portfolios to support planning for the growth of every learner and to document such growth.
• Collaborate with other members of the teaching team to create and enforce a vision for the school community.