Lead Teacher:
Qualifications
- Must be 18 years or older.
- Must have High School Diploma or General Education Diploma.
- Must hold a CDA or complete a compliance plan toward earning a CDA.
- Must hold and maintain current CPR and First Aid certifications, or immediately schedule the course upon being hired.
- Must be able to lift and carry 40 pounds.
- Must have minimum of 1 year experience in preschool education (as shown by a positive reference from a former employer supervisor in the preschool education field).
- Must have 9 semester hours (or 45 clock hours of approved in-service training) in the area of child development.
- Maple class leads must hold a Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or a related field.
Responsibilities
· Supervise and ensure the safety and well-being of the children at all times.
- Ensure a safe environment including inspection of materials and environment.
- Plan provocations for the children in the classroom that are developmentally appropriate and help children develop physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially.
- Implement the daily outline.
- Ensure regular observation and documentation of each child throughout the year (must avoid semiannual “testing” of children).
- Maintain daily child attendance log on Wonderschool.
- Oversee and reply to class cell phone messages and calls; responses should be run by the director if unsure.
- Plan, carry out and maintain logs of monthly fire drills.
- Plan, carry out and maintain logs of monthly tornado drills between months of April-October.
- Attend at least one staff meeting a month.
- Attend monthly class lead meetings with admin and implement needed changes.
- Meet with families at least semiannually to discuss child(ren)’s growth and development using approved progress report forms (Maple lead will meet with families to meet state requirements).
- Submit supply orders to Director.
- Attend 20 hours of in-service training per school year as agreed upon with Director.
- Be familiar with state licensing regulations as well as with Program Policies of Discovery Central Forest School.
Starting pay for this position is $18/hour.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $18.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
Ability to Commute:
- Marquette, MI 49855 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Marquette, MI 49855: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
