319-390-3456
Lead Teacher 3-5 Year Old Room
Responsible to:
Director & Owner
Position Responsibilities:
- Promote We Teach 2 team attitude.
- Motivate and uphold teacher moral and attendance within classroom.
- Explain and instruct assistants in daily activities.
- Help keep rooms clean, orderly, and free of hazards.
- Prepare lesson plans weekly, focusing on developmentally appropriate activities and curriculum.
- Submit lesson plans for approval by Friday for the following week.
- Follow the daily food menu program.
- Become familiar with and implement routines, schedules and learning programs in your room.
- Communicate with director and owner about children in your care.
- Preparation of daily materials during nap time prior to next day’s lesson.
- Sanitation of the classroom, center and playground.
- Complete various forms as assigned for assistants, students, and parents.
- Be accountable for and execute safety, sanitation, and security procedures.
- Communicate openly and tactfully with parents on a daily basis.
- Knowledge of and implement discipline policy as needed.
- Attend and participate in all staff meetings.
- Distribute medication to students as needed.
- Periodically change room arrangement along with carpet and table seating assignments.
- All other duties as assigned.
Position Requirements:
Note: We teach 2 can arrange for the first four requirements.
- CPR training (adult and child)
- First Aid training (adult and child)
- Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter certification within the first 30 days of hire
- Universal Precautions training
- Possess an Associate’s degree in early childhood education or child development; or a Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, child development or a child related field.
- Ten hours of professional growth for the first year and six hours every year thereafter.
- Civil rights training (yearly) in April of every year, 30 minutes.
- CACFP Training (yearly) 1.5 hours per year, step to success training done module 1,6,9,10
- CACFP new staff orientation done within the first 2 weeks of hire
- Ability to manage a variety of tasks and responsibilities in an orderly and efficient manner.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills
- Ability to take initiative and generate enthusiasm in other staff and students.
- Free of conviction by law in any state for the mistreatment of a child, violence against a person, lascivious acts with a child, child neglect, or child abuse.
- Willingness to assume responsibility and to be accountable for decisions.
- Evidence of good health according to a pre-employment physical and every three years thereafter.
- Be available for full time employment and available to work as late as 5:30 pm.
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