Lead Preschool Teacher
New Yesterday
Benefits:
401(k)
Competitive salary
Free food & snacks
Free uniforms
Health insurance
Opportunity for advancement
Paid time off
Training & development
Tuition assistance
Vision insurance
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• Ensures that the physical, social and emotional needs of the children are met daily.
• Ensures all policies and procedures to keep the children healthy and safe are being implemented.
• Creates activities and opportunities that encourage curiosity, exploration and problem solving appropriate to the developmental levels and learning styles of children through well defined interest areas.
• Assists and supervises children during all activities.
• Ensures that appearance, cleanliness and safe environment of classroom are appropriately maintained, in accordance with the NAEYC cleaning and sanitizing guidelines.
• Completes all Academy and classroom paperwork: for example, daily notes, student accident reports, attendance reports.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, Academy events and parent meetings, as requested.
• Prepares and implements classroom lesson plans, programs and schedules.
• Develops, plans and prepares instructional aids and/or materials for classroom activities.
• Assists children with meal times and cleanup.
• Ensures that all classroom and outdoor equipment are in good working condition and are used and maintained properly.
• Directs activities of other staff in the classroom to ensure that the classroom functions in an orderly manner.
• Interacts with parents and maintains open communication to encourage family engagement.
• Maintains the Family Information Board and other classroom bulletin boards.
Schedules and conducts parent and teacher conferences throughout the year.
• Ensures that all licensing regulations are being followed as required by the state.
• Must be able to lift no less than 40 pounds to at least waist high on a consistent basis throughout the workday.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Accepts temporary work assignments in the event regularly scheduled personnel is not available.
• Assists with planning and implementing Academywide events.
• Meets with prospective families; communicates appropriately with potential new customers.
• Assists in evaluating personnel within the classroom.
• Schedules field trips and speakers for monthly programs as directed by management.
• Prepares classroom portion of monthly newsletter.
• Performs other similar or related duties as necessary.
MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS
• Must meet all state and local licensing requirements for position.
• Candidate must pass all state medical requirements and have a clear background check to qualify for employment.
• All employees must receive the required amount of training hours each calendar year per state licensing requirements.
- Location:
- Centreville