Educator Team Lead - Lorton, VA - Brynmor Lorton LLC

About the Position  

Brynmor, Lorton has openings for an Educator Team Lead. Team Leads will report directly to the Executive Director. The Team Lead will provide Brynmor with an innovative advantage by identifying and implementing promising new ways of delivering exceptional care and experiences to our children, their families and our team. These are high-profile roles requiring thought leaders with an entrepreneurial mindset, exceptional operational and people leadership skills, and a demonstrated commitment to high quality early care and education.  

The position covers a broad range of responsibilities including working in concert with the Executive Director to build the  team of educators, promoting the value of Brynmor in a way that differentiates it from the competition, and ensuring that the operations are compliant with all applicable regulations and the classroom experiences of young children are  optimized for their learning and development.  

These individuals will see themselves as proactive partners with families—actively communicating about child  experiences, their observations and listening and learning from families about their aspirations and concerns for their  children.  

Team Leaders will be committed, engaged leaders versed in building exceptional teams who are trusted and empowered  in their work with children and families. Individuals should be enthusiastic about co-creating a new company’s  experience and contributing to the evolving operations and growth of the organization. These individuals will work with  the executive director to set the tone and the daily culture to ensure all team members are living into our commitment  to children and families including strong adherence to all policies and practices designed to ensure the health, safety,  development and learning of each and every child in our care.  

Team Leaders are transparent and collaborative leaders and partners willing to innovate and experiment to support the  evolving practice of high-quality early childhood education. These individuals provide the pedagogical and instructional  leadership that bring learning and development to life.  

Key Responsibilities:  

• Lead the Infant, Toddler or Preschool educator team in all aspects of daily operations, child learning and  development, and family communications.  
• Lead and ensure implementation fidelity to HighScope Curriculum and COR Advantage assessment. This includes  lesson planning, use of materials and equipment and overall engagement of children.  
• Demonstrate and amplify Brynmor’s vision, mission, values and beliefs that center children, families and  educators as the core components to high quality early childhood education.  
• Ensure the safety, care, well-being and learning of children at all times and compliance with all local, state and  federal laws, standards and regulations.  
• At all times, exemplify the highest level of business and personal integrity, mission and team orientation.  Commit to building a center environment and culture that is uniquely differentiated and results in providing high  quality education, experience and care for all children.  
• Work in concert with executive director to recruit, hire, oversee performance, professional growth &  development, and retention of all team members.  
• Serve as a mentor and coach to foster an environment of trust and belonging that inspires employees to achieve  our vision.  
• Partner to establish and maintain strong, proactive relationships and communications with families.  Identify and organize professional development opportunities for all team members.  
• Provide regular, proactive, and strengths-based coaching and feedback to all team members.  Ensure that high quality, inviting, well-resourced environments and materials are maintained and accessible  both in each classroom and outdoors.  

Critical Competencies for Success 

• Role model for Integrity and Honesty: Has the highest standards of integrity and honesty. Will be an  ambassador for Brynmor and have a direct impact on Brynmor’s brand.  
• Demonstrates strong service orientation: Adept at working with children, families, team members and other  stakeholders from many racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to make a positive impact, build futures and do  good. Recognize contributions and celebrate what is unique about each of us.  
• A People Leader who embraces the principles of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging: Ability to attract,  build trust and energize diverse teams. Creates an inclusive and safe environment where team members have the opportunity to contribute to their full potential while developing a powerful sense of shared purpose that  motivates the team to achieve higher levels of performance. Inspires and communicates a clear and compelling  message to a diverse set of stakeholders. Ability to develop the long-term capabilities of team members and  finding satisfaction in influencing or even transforming someone’s life or career.  
• Innovation and Expertise: Fosters a culture of care and collaboration that inspires innovative ways to build  Brynmor’s brand in early childhood education. Proactively communicates challenges and opportunities to the  Executive Director and the team while implementing solutions to overcome the constraints. Adept at  anticipating local community trends and shaping the business for sustainable long-term growth.  
• Care and Collaboration - Demonstrates a highly collaborative leadership style grounded in a service mindset by  balancing between an entrepreneurial spirit and the day to day needs of the program, i.e., both the ability to  operate comfortably in a start-up environment and the requisite ability to deal with ambiguity.  
• Drives results: Strong bias for nurturing creativity, curiosity and learning to deliver results that are aligned with  our vision and values. Sense of urgency, goal orientation and focus; ability to solve problems in a way that  consistently meets or exceeds established goals; sets new and stretch goals for self and team even under  adverse circumstances; motivated by creating better ways of doing things, so that higher levels of performance  are possible.  

Qualifications: 

• Exceptionally adept in building and leading strong, cohesive, diverse, high performing teams.  Clear, proactive oral and written communicator.  
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or closely related field.  
• Minimum three years of early education classroom or team leadership.  
• Preferred experience in leading a NAEYC Accredited early education program.  
• Preferred experience in HighScope curriculum.  
• Familiarity with COR Advantage Assessment and Brightwheel child care management is welcomed.  Familiarity with Reggio Emilia approaches and practices is welcomed.  
• Fluency in multiple languages is welcomed.  

Compensation:  

Brynmor offers competitive compensation and strong benefits including:  

Compensation range: $52,000 to $57,000 per year   

Paid Holidays  

Vacation  

Sick Leave  

Parental and Family Leave  

Flexible spending account  

Group health, dental, vision, life and disability  insurance  

401(K) with a matching plan  

Tuition reimbursement for coursework leading  to a degree or credential in early childhood  education.  

Child care tuition discount  

NAEYC Membership  

Annual professional development