Lead Infant Teacher

Our wonderful neighborhood preschool has an immediate opening for an enthusiastic, fun-loving and creative lead baby room teacher who has a passion for creating impactful learning opportunities for our youngest learners. We offer competitive pay and benefits! As a lead teacher, your responsibilities include but are not limited to: Planning and implementing a weekly lesson plan according to developmentally appropriate practices and school values. Nurturing physical, spiritual, emotional, social, and intellectual growth and development of each child. Monitoring the development and learning of the children, and for communicating this information to parents and Director. Providing care, protection, and guidance to the children. Classroom set‑up and arrangement. Qualifications Minimum of one year in a DECAL licensed baby room. CDA, or higher degree. Judaic knowledge or willingness to acquire. Child CPR certification or willingness to acquire. Ability to meet Georgia requirements for employment in a preschool setting. Familiarity with NAEYC and BFTS guidelines. Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to move from standing to crouching to sitting on the floor and back to standing. The employee must be able to use hands and fingers to reach, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and see, talk and hear. The employee must be able to lift children up to 50 lbs and lift and carry children and equipment, spend time on the floor or child‑sized furniture, and clean and maintain equipment and facility. The teacher will work in a busy and occasionally noisy environment, supervising all children at all times, and may come into contact with children who are ill and/or contagious. The teacher must take precautions to ensure the health and safety of all children, parents, staff and themselves. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. #J-18808-Ljbffr