Lead Preschool Teacher

Kids First Academy, Inc.; Bay Point (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Competitive salary

Flexible schedule

Free uniforms

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Job summary

Kids First Academy Preschool & Child Care in Bay Point is looking for a Lead Preschool Teacher to guide children aged 2 to 5 through structured activities and imaginative play, promoting early literacy, math concepts, and social skills.

The role requires ensuring daily care, safety and nutrition, circulating with parents, and collaborating with staff to plan lessons and assess development. Experience with early childhood education is essential.

Qualifications

• Requires at least 18 Early Childhood Education Units.

Responsibilities

• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children aged 2 to 5 to explore and learn.
• Attend to children's basic needs, including feeding, dressing, and hygiene.
• Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, and social skills.
• Establish school readiness behaviors in the classroom and read books to groups.
• Lead circle time activities and organize indoor/outdoor play for development.
• Observe and evaluate children's performance and health, and discuss concerns with supervisors.
• Communicate with parents about progress and needs via app or in person.
• Prepare classroom materials, teach proper eating habits, and supervise meals and snacks.
• Ensure safety, adhere to policies, and collaborate with staff on lesson planning.

Education

18 Early Childhood Education Units

Job description

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule
• Free uniforms
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off

Child Care Center/ PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER (LEAD)

at Kids First Academy Preschool & Child Care in Bay Point

Requires at least 18 Early Child Education Units.

Job Description:

• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children from 2 years old to 5 years old to explore, manipulate and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
• Attend to children's basic needs - may include assisting in feeding them, dressing them, and changing their pull-ups.
• Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
• Establish and enforce school readiness behavior in the classroom
• Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
• Organize and lead circle time activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
• Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related concerns and or delays, and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
• Communicate with parents and guardians by app or in person to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine their priorities for their children, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development.
• Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.
• Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.
• Greet arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to children.
• Demonstrate activities to children.
• Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.
• Make incident reports and communicate to parents by text or app, or in person
• Implement set curriculum in the classroom and modify by individual student ability
• Organize and label materials, and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops in order to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
• Collaborate with other teacher in the development, evaluation, and revision of preschool programs.
• Very important to be a strong team player
• Provide special needs assistance
• Administer screening tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.
• Light housekeeping duties in the classroom, including sanitizing table, toys, vacuuming, sweeping as needed