Education and Experience:
- At least 18 years of age (25 if responsible for driving a bus)
- Hold a high school diploma or equivalent
- Has 1-year minimum experience in specified age group
- Knowledge and understanding of all current State and Local regulations.
Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide a positive and nurturing environment for the children.
- Responsible for health and safety of the children.
- Consistently keep clean and maintain the classroom areas (including bathrooms).
- Maintains a permanent room arrangement with no running spaces, shelves used as dividers, and materials/supplies at child level.
- Shelves have toys and manipulatives are attractively displayed and labeled. Children are taught to use the items properly.
- Consistently implements set curriculum effectively.
- Classroom learning centers/areas/labs enriched with teacher made enrichments, real, and multicultural items.
- Maintain all required bulletin boards according to the appointed guidelines.
- Provides consistent and constant supervision of all children. Children are never left alone. Know how many children that you are responsible for at all times, ages, and who they are.
- Consistent planning and effective use of transitions.
- An organized and structured daily schedule is implemented and followed daily.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Enjoys children and expresses genuine interest in them
- Speaks with calm, gentle voice
- Listens carefully and respectfully
- Teaches children to problem solve and self regulate independently
- Utilizes teachable moments
- Must be able to focus on individual while being aware of what is happening everywhere
- Uses positive statements, is positive role-model
- Interacts consistently with children
- Must be able to maintain orderly, calm environment
- Supports cultural differences
- Ability to execute transitions calmly
- Maintains positive parent interaction
- Encourages positive behavior often getting down to child’s level
- Teaches and allows children to make choices
- Uses redirection in a calm, positive way
- Will frequently lift as in lifting, carrying, walking with, and holding infants and children.
- Required to stand up to 90% of the day.
- Must be able to stoop, bend, and sit on a child’s level.
- Able to physically and mentally interact and react to children on the playground and/or in the classroom and attend to their needs. This includes moderate and vigorous physical activity.
General Areas
- Complete and submit all records as required, including time sheets, attendance sheets, incident reports and any other required documents.
- Supports all Children’s Lighthouse policies and procedures as stated in orientation manuals, handbooks, and official memos.
- Good role model including attendance, dress code, attitude.
- Does not participate in gossip.
- Open to change - Flexible and able to adapt.
- Team member providing support to other staff.
- Participates in extra-curricular activities of the school.
- Consistently attends teacher training, outside professional development, and obtains training hours as required by local state requirements.
- Attends staff meetings.
- Evidence of interest in self-development and professional growth.
- Evidence of emotional maturity and stability.
- Evidence of sufficient security and judgment to handle crisis situations and to use supervision constructively.
- Able and willing to accept direction, feedback, and evaluation.
- Completes additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
- Maintains and completes an inventory of curriculum materials.
- Mentors and trains the Assistant teacher to teach the curriculum and run the classroom day to day.
The Lead Teacher reports to the School Director.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Up to $19.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
