Bilingual Lead Educator - JOR

National Youth Advocate Program - Duluth, GA

Full-time - Entry Level

Duluth, GA

Social Assistance

About the position

The Bilingual Lead Educator at the National Youth Advocate Program (NYAP) is responsible for providing a positive educational environment for children while supervising a team of Educators and Assistant Educators. This role involves creating and implementing developmentally appropriate educational programs, ensuring that each child receives an educational assessment and plan, and coordinating with cross-functional teams to enhance the educational experience. The Lead Educator plays a crucial role in fostering communication, quality improvement, and professional development within the educational team.

Responsibilities

• Provide children and employees with a positive and appropriate educational environment consistent with NYAP's mission, values, and philosophies.
• Supervise the Educators and Assistant Educators in the assigned location.
• Ensure that the education team completes and appropriately documents educational assessments and individual learning plans for each child.
• Oversee data management for the education section in appropriate portals, ensuring the uploading of completed assessments and individual learning plans.
• Create and follow a developmentally appropriate education program that includes weekly lesson plans, activities, and class set-ups designed to meet the needs of a wide age-range of children.
• Provide oversight and implementation, and staff training, regularly monitoring to ensure the education team follows the education program.
• May provide hands-on, in-class instruction to the children in the assigned location.
• Organize with the cross-functional team to ensure that each child has access to social work staff and counseling sessions during the learning day.
• Coordinate the education team to regularly communicate about educational and risk issues with the cross-functional team.
• Ensure that the education team meets continuous quality improvement measures.
• Actively participate in and/or complete all professional development requirements, including trainings, readings, and pertinent certifications.
• Participate in on-call schedule as needed.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required; Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education preferred.
• Two (2)+ years' experience in teaching capacity and lesson planning.
• Experience in classroom management, student engagement strategies, and classroom intervention strategies for students who have experienced trauma preferred.
• One (1) year of experience supervising people preferred.
• Teaching English as a Second Language certification or Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages certification.
• Fluency in both English and Spanish required.
• Proficient use of modern classroom technologies including desktop and laptop computers, internet search, people management programs, smart phones and tablets, printers, fax machines and photocopiers.

Nice-to-haves

• Passionate about the development and well-being of children, commitment to teaching, and serving immigrant and refugee children.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of an extended cross-functional team.
• A willingness to work flexible and non-traditional hours with a possibility of being on call on nights/weekends.

Benefits

• 33 Paid days off each year (11 holidays + 22 days PTO)
• Healthcare Benefits for you and your family
• Pet insurance that provides discounts and reimbursements
• Competitive salaries and benefits including a 401(k)
• Summer Hours Off (Half-day Fridays and Work Anniversary Trips)
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Phone Allowance
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• CEU's and ongoing trainings/education