Early Childhood - Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

About This Role

This new early childhood teacher will develop engaging lesson plans that cater to the unique needs of each child, while fostering a classroom environment that promotes social-emotional growth, curiosity, and creativity. By collaborating with teaching assistants, the teacher will ensure consistency and continuity of the curriculum, and provide detailed guidance, support, and feedback to build their skills.

What You'll Do

• Implement the educational curriculum that we provide and develop classroom activities based on developmentally appropriate practices and early learning standards
• Lead by example; encourage teaching team success through modeling and coaching.
• Plan individual and group age-appropriate activities to actively engage children and encourage social, cognitive and emotional growth.
• Maintain frequent communications with parents through informal discussions, progress reports, and parent-teacher conferences.
• Ensure all center policies and state regulations are met.
• Ensure a healthy classroom environment - including maintaining appropriate hygiene and cleanliness standards and safety and security of children.
• Supervise teacher assistants and classroom volunteers to ensure they are following planned activities, hygiene and safety standards.
• Maintain accurate records, forms and files.
• Maintain personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement.

Requirements

• No experience required, will train the right person.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and basic computer skills.
• High energy and the ability to work well with others (staff, children, and parents) and to foster a team environment.
• A willingness to develop a strong understanding of child development.
• Must clear full background check and must pass health screening,
• Requirements include the ability to take frequent walks, use hands and fingers, handle objects, tools or controls, talk to and hear voices at many levels. May also be required to kneel, bend, squat or crawl.
• A specific vision ability will be required including the ability to see up close and up to a certain distance, to see colors, have peripheral vision and depth perception.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

• Hourly bonus/incentive pay after introductory period, compensation for gas, PTO, vacation accrual, sick time. Monday through Friday work week, paid every Friday by direct deposit,