Primrose School of Natick is seeking an Assistant Director / Education Coach to join our School Leadership Team. This position will ensure adherence to our mission of bringing the best and most trusted in early childhood education and child care services to families we serve by coaching and training our faculty on health & safety, curriculum implementation, classroom management and children’s assessments. We are seeking an individual who is energetic, organized, a problem solver, and possesses great communication skills. This individual needs to be passionate about early childhood education and dedicated to the success of our next generation.
Primrose School of Natick is an award-winning, accredited private preschool that provides a premier educational child care experience. We offer year-round programs for children from infant through pre-kindergarten.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Understands and has strong working knowledge of child development
- Passionately believes in and is able to communicate all aspects of the Primrose Balanced Learning® approach to teaching and learning
- Participates in the selection and hiring of teaching staff
- Coordinates with other members of the School Leadership Team to train and coach new and current educators
- Ensures teacher training requirements are up-to-date
- Conducts classroom observations to regularly support and ensure Balanced Learning® curriculum implementation and delivery
- Collaborates with other members of the Leadership Team to provide ongoing feedback for teaching staff, using a variety of tools such as Classroom Observation Forms and Teacher Evaluations
- Works with teachers to identify strengths and areas of opportunity to design plans for continual improvement
- Creates a culture of engagement by empowering teachers to find solutions for themselves
- Supports open and close of the school and other Leadership Team tasks as assigned
Desired skills and experience:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related field
- A minimum of two years teaching experience in a licensed early childhood program
- A minimum of one year administrative experience
- EEC Lead Teacher Infant/Toddler Certified; Director II preferred
- Ability to provide constructive feedback and advice to others
- Solution and detail-oriented
- Strong organizational skills
- Coachable and able to coach
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong classroom management and organizational skills
Primrose School of Natick is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law.