Lead Ece

3 weeks ago


New Germany, Canada Nova Scotia School Boards (NSSB) Full time

**Lead ECE (NGES) Term**:
**South Shore Regional Centre for Education**

The South Shore Regional Centre for Education (SSRCE) practices the culturally responsive pedagogy approach in providing an inclusive, diverse, equitable, safe and healthy education that supports learning and success both personally and academically to the 59,000 residents of Lunenburg and Queens Counties, an area of 5,250 square kilometres and a total of 23 schools.

**Position**:
Lead - Early Childhood Educator

**Location**:

New Germany Elementary School

**Reports to**:

Pre-Primary Facilitator

**Employee Group**:

NSGEU

**Job Status**:

Term - 7 Hours Per Day

**Dates**:

August 18, 2023 to June 28, 2024

**Application Deadline**:

Tuesday August 22, 2023 at 11:59 pm

**Scope of Responsibilities**

Working with the Support Early Childhood Educator (SECE), the Pre-primary Facilitator and the Principal, the Lead Early Childhood Educator (LECE) will bring a leadership role to the Pre-primary Program Team. The LECE will work cooperatively with all ECE staff, family members, community-based professionals and service providers, such as Developmental Intervention to introduce children into the culture of school ensuring a supportive and secure learning environment for young children who attend the Pre-primary Program.

The LECE, along with the Support Early Childhood Educator (SECE), will be responsible to create and maintain an engaging learning environment based on the children’s knowledge and interests. The environment will be one in which children are encouraged to explore and create new knowledge through their experiences and social interactions with others. The LECE will use evidenced-based practices and professional judgement to ensure the learning environment is focused on the holistic development and overall well-being of the child/ren. The LECE will be responsible for implementing the Pre-primary Program using the Nova Scotia Early Learning Curriculum Framework, all other policies and best practices as determined by EECD including the Continuous Quality Improvement process.

The LECE will be an active member of the school team reporting to the Pre-primary Facilitator and will work collaboratively with the Support ECE and School Principal to ensure the development, assessment and consistent delivery of a high quality early learning experience for children attending the Pre-primary Program.

**Quali**f**ications**
- A minimum ECE Level 3 (Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from a recognized post-secondary institution) with a minimum of 3 years of recent experience working with young children (birth to six); OR ECE Level 2 (2-year Early Childhood Education Diploma from a recognized post-secondary institution) with five years’ experience;
- Valid standard First Aid training;
- Satisfactory Criminal Record and Child Abuse Registry Checks.

**Experience**:

- Experience in a leadership role in early childhood development is an asset;
- Experience working with children and families with diverse cultural backgrounds, experiences, and developmental needs;
- Experience with developmentally appropriate observation, documentation and authentic assessment strategies.

**Compete**n**cies Required**
- Possess an in-depth understanding of child growth and development and demonstrated knowledge and experience using a play-based pedagogy and child-centered, developmentally appropriate practices;
- Ability to translate theory and best practices into action in early childhood settings;
- Ability to create inclusive and responsive early learning environments that support the diverse and special needs of all children;
- Demonstrated competency with distributed leadership and shared responsibility (e.g. Parents, community-based professionals, school Principal and teachers);
- Strong interpersonal skills to initiate and maintain contact with many educational partners;
- An awareness of developmentally appropriate practices, child-centered and emergent curriculum;
- Ability to translate best practice into new situations;
- Ability to work with a diversity of developmental needs;
- Ability to articulate and create an inclusive, individually appropriate environment;
- Ability to work & communicate effectively within the South Shore Regional School Board, with students, parents, community members and external groups such as government agencies;
- Ability to maintain and promote confidentiality as the norm;
- Ability to engage in continuing education and professional development.

**Task Dimensions**:
The Lead Early Childhood Educator shall perform tasks as are assigned by the Pre-primary Facilitator. These tasks may vary, from time to time, with the evolution of the program and may include but not be limited to the following:

- Collaborating with the SECE to provide direction, clarify job functions, classroom management and procedures that will set the stage for a positive environment;
- Creating an inviting, active and dynamic learn



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