Childcare Lead Teacher

Hiring Full-Time Lead Child Care Teacher (36-40 hours per week)

Responsibilities and Duties

• Develops, weekly plans, and implements age-appropriate curriculum (lesson plan) to nurture and stimulate all domains of children’s development in their care.
• Provides a developmentally appropriate classroom environment that reflects the children’s learning and growth.
• Perform on-going developmental evaluations of children and develop lesson plans and follow curriculum implementation that addresses the individual needs of each child.
• On an on-going basis, plan, evaluate and improve the physical environment in the classroom to create opportunities to meet the changing needs of the developing child.
• Provide responsive care to all children by adopting daily caregiving routines and plans to the interests and needs of the individual child and the group.
• Maintain ongoing, open communication with parents/coworkers.
• Plan periodical parent conferences to discuss children's developmental progress, needs and interests. Also needs to know and understand how to use technology to communicate with parents via Lilio software daily.
• Liaison with children's families to ensure a smooth transition from home to child care setting and transitions from classroom to classroom when needed.
• Maintains curriculum plans, individual child development profile and other records as needed.
• Assures a healthy, safe, clean and developmentally appropriate environment for children.
• Ensures that the Assistant Teachers are kept updated on all matters concerning the classroom and program.
• Completes yearly performance evaluations.
• Provides functional training and guidance to staff, substitutes, and volunteers assigned to the classroom.
• Participate in on-going in-service and educational development opportunities provided by the child care.
• Participate in ongoing development and evaluation of the center’s goals and objectives.
• In accordance with our "team" philosophy, the person filling this position may occasionally be required to carry out or assist with other tasks in addition to the duties listed on this job description
• Staff must believe in and act in accordance with the program's mission statement and work accordingly with other staff members, director and owner. A family atmosphere is established and we will strive to continue this!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $12.00 - $22.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement

Work Location: In person