Lead Preschool Teacher

Kiddie Academy; Centreville (VA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated individuals to nurture and educate children in a safe and engaging environment. This role involves ensuring that children's physical, social, and emotional needs are met while creating stimulating activities that promote curiosity and problem-solving. You will play a crucial role in maintaining classroom safety and cleanliness, preparing lesson plans, and fostering strong communication with families. If you are passionate about early childhood education and committed to making a positive impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

401(k)

Competitive salary

Free food & snacks

Free uniforms

Health insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Training & development

Tuition assistance

Vision insurance

Qualifications

• Must meet state and local licensing requirements for the position.
• Clear background check and passing state medical requirements are essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure children's physical, social, and emotional needs are met daily.
• Prepare and implement classroom lesson plans and activities.
• Maintain a clean and safe classroom environment.

Skills

Child supervision

Communication skills

Classroom management

Lesson planning

Safety compliance

Education

High school diploma

Child development coursework

Job description

Benefits:

401(k)

Competitive salary

Free food & snacks

Free uniforms

Health insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Training & development

Tuition assistance

Vision insurance

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Ensures that the physical, social and emotional needs of the children are met daily.

• Ensures all policies and procedures to keep the children healthy and safe are being implemented.

• Creates activities and opportunities that encourage curiosity, exploration and problem solving appropriate to the developmental levels and learning styles of children through well defined interest areas.

• Assists and supervises children during all activities.

• Ensures that appearance, cleanliness and safe environment of classroom are appropriately maintained, in accordance with the NAEYC cleaning and sanitizing guidelines.

• Completes all Academy and classroom paperwork: for example, daily notes, student accident reports, attendance reports.

• Attends and participates in staff meetings, Academy events and parent meetings, as requested.

• Prepares and implements classroom lesson plans, programs and schedules.

• Develops, plans and prepares instructional aids and/or materials for classroom activities.

• Assists children with meal times and cleanup.

• Ensures that all classroom and outdoor equipment are in good working condition and are used and maintained properly.

• Directs activities of other staff in the classroom to ensure that the classroom functions in an orderly manner.

• Interacts with parents and maintains open communication to encourage family engagement.

• Maintains the Family Information Board and other classroom bulletin boards.

Schedules and conducts parent and teacher conferences throughout the year.

• Ensures that all licensing regulations are being followed as required by the state.

• Must be able to lift no less than 40 pounds to at least waist high on a consistent basis throughout the workday.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Accepts temporary work assignments in the event regularly scheduled personnel is not available.

• Assists with planning and implementing Academywide events.

• Meets with prospective families; communicates appropriately with potential new customers.

• Assists in evaluating personnel within the classroom.

• Schedules field trips and speakers for monthly programs as directed by management.

• Prepares classroom portion of monthly newsletter.

• Performs other similar or related duties as necessary.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Must meet all state and local licensing requirements for position.

• Candidate must pass all state medical requirements and have a clear background check to qualify for employment.

• All employees must receive the required amount of training hours each calendar year per state licensing requirements.