Head Teacher (2-5 year olds)

Mi Casita Preschool Head Teacher Job Description

We are looking to fill a Head Teacher position in a 2’s, 3’s, or 4’s classroom for the 26–’27 school year. Placement is based on your experience and the school’s needs.

Spanish speakers will be prioritized.

Mi Casita is a Reggio Emilia-inspired Spanish immersion preschool rooted in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. We are a 38 student, light-filled school where curriculum emerges from real inquiry. Documentation is how we co-construct curriculum, build relationships with families, and assess children’s needs, and varieties of Spanish are acknowledged and celebrated.

We began as a Reggio inspired home-based bilingual preschool in 2011 and have grown into a three-classroom school dedicated to honoring the creativity and brilliance of young children and the communities they come from.

If you have been searching for a school where children’s thinking is taken seriously, where your planning is responsive rather than pre-packaged, and where you are genuinely known by every child, every family, and every colleague, please consider applying! We are seeking highly motivated, creative bilingual educators who, through reflective teaching and purposeful interactions, create an environment where children and adults are fully engaged in the process of inquiry, observation, and reflection.

Our teachers and community value and embrace individual histories and identities.

The Head Teacher’s responsibilities include:

Classroom Management

• Creating a thoughtful classroom environment that inspires play and curiosity and fosters the physical, social, emotional and intellectual growth of the children;
• Observing and documenting classroom interactions through individual and whole group assessments, photographs, documentation, etc.
• Collaborate with the teaching team to maintain the everyday function of the classroom.

Curriculum Design & Collaboration

Well versed and open to learning more about:

• a variety of progressive emergent approaches, especially the Reggio Emilia Approach;
• Spanish immersion in early education
• designing and implementing emergent curriculum, with the ability to curate the physical classroom environment to promote learning;
• implementing equity and social justice principles into the everyday experience of the children;
• how to recognize and disrupt oppressive narratives in society and ourselves;
• Routinely meeting with teaching team to create meaningful and relevant emergent curriculum;
• Critically analyzing child observations and collaborate with teaching team to guide curriculum
• Performing and analyzing ongoing developmental assessments.

Communication

• Maintain regular communication with families
• Sharing classroom documentation both digitally and in the learning space
• Planning and facilitating bi-annual parent teacher conferences;
• Meeting with parents and administration to find avenues of support for individual children

Team Work

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with co-workers
• Dialogue, problem solve, and contribute thoughts to maintaining and growing the capacity of the team
• Collaborate with colleagues to equitably cover the scheduling needs of the school

Hours

Head Teacher positions are full-time positions.

Benefits & Salary

This position includes full health benefits and a 401(k) with matching (after one year). The salary range is $27.00–$38.00 per hour. The range reflects educators completing a degree or working toward their teaching license eligible for a 7-year plan according to the Department of Health to candidates who already hold a NYS teaching license or equivalent. Mi Casita offers a respectful work life in an environment that values genuine pedagogical depth.

Qualifications:

• Genuine joy for teaching, learning and creative rigor;
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Early Childhood Education or related field or;
• Currently enrolled in a program that will lead to a bachelor’s degree or higher in Early Childhood Education or a related field;
• At least two years of supervised teaching experience in an early childhood classroom
• Strong in both English and Spanish;
• Strong written and verbal communications skills, as well as proven problem-solving skills;
• Strong organizational and classroom management skills;
• Knowledge on principles and policies of safety and age-appropriate activities for children;
• The ability to multitask and adhere to timelines;
• Demonstrate a commitment to Mi Casita’s mission.

Email resume and cover letter to hiring@micasitabk.org

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $27.00 - $38.00 per hour

Expected hours: 25.0 – 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Work Location: In person