Lead Preschool Teacher

Kids First Academy, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 32,000 - 48,000; 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

A child care organization in the United States is seeking a Lead Preschool Teacher to provide educational care to children aged 2 to 5. The ideal candidate will create engaging learning activities, attend to children's basic needs, and communicate with parents about their child's progress. This role requires a minimum of 18 Early Child Education Units and offers various benefits including a competitive salary and paid time off.

Qualifications

• Requires at least 18 Early Child Education Units.
• Demonstrates collaboration and teamwork.
• Ability to communicate with parents and guardians.

Responsibilities

• Provide materials for children from 2 to 5 years old.
• Attend to children's basic needs including feeding and dressing.
• Teach basic skills like color and number recognition.
• Read books and lead circle time activities.
• Observe and communicate children's progress to parents.
• Observe and document children's progress and identify concerns for supervisors/parents.
• Communicate progress with parents via app or in person.
• Prepare materials and classroom for activities; maintain cleanliness.

Skills

Team player

Education

18 Early Child Education Units

Job description

Benefits

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

Position

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.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 18 Early Child Education Units.