Lead Teacher - $300 Sign On Bonus

Job Description

Job Description

Lead TeacherAbout the Role:

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health at our Westwood and Madisonville locations are seeking a Lead Teacher to provide high-quality, developmentally appropriate care for infants while leading a classroom team. This role supports early learning, social-emotional development, and school readiness in a safe, nurturing environment. As a Lead Teacher, you’ll guide curriculum implementation, support assistant teachers, partner with families, and ensure compliance with Ohio licensing and Step Up To Quality (SUTQ) standards.

Pay & Benefits:

• Pay range of $18 - $20/hr depending on experience
• $300 Sign On Bonus
• Full benefits package includes:
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • FSA and HSA plans with match
  • Retirement plan (403b) with match
  • Tuition assistance
  • Public Loan Forgiveness eligibility
  • Paid time off and holidays

Qualifications:

• CDA or Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, or related field
• Meets Career Pathways Level (CPL) 3 requirements (Ohio ECPDN)
• Direct experience teaching in an infant classroom
• Strong knowledge of infant development and social‑emotional learning
• Flexible, dependable, and physically able to meet infant classroom demands
• Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office)

- Classroom Leadership & Child Development

• Create and maintain a safe, responsive, and nurturing infant classroom
• Implement developmentally appropriate curriculum aligned with SUTQ and Creative Curriculum
• Support infants’ cognitive, motor, social, and emotional development
• Administer developmental screenings and assessments (DECA, ASQ, Galileo)
• Balance child‑initiated and teacher‑guided activities

- Team & Family Collaboration

• Lead and support assistant teachers in daily classroom activities
• Communicate effectively with families about each child’s progress and daily experiences
• Address parent questions or concerns professionally and compassionately
• Collaborate with therapists, specialists, and internal teams to meet individual child needs

- Program Quality & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with Ohio Department of Job and Family Services licensing requirements
• Maintain documentation, lesson plans, assessments, and child portfolios
• Support enrollment efforts and program quality goals
• Engage in ongoing professional development and required trainings

Physical demands:

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend and lift objects of up to 20 pounds.

Culture

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is Greater Cincinnati’s most prolific non-profit specializing in education, behavioral and therapeutic health services and autism services for vulnerable, at-risk youth, their families, and caregivers. Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is proud to embrace our ideals of an equal opportunity workplace by actions as well as our words. We lead our community with respect and tolerance, internally and externally, and we expect our employees to embrace this ideal and express it in their day-to-day interactions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against, based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.