Lead Teacher

Huffman Family Brands; Springtown (PA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401K Plan

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Employee Referral Bonuses

Uniform Items

Onboarding Cost Reimbursement

Monthly Team Building Initiatives

Career Development

Educational Support

Job summary

Celebree Schools in Pennsylvania is seeking a full-time early childhood teacher to join our school family. You will create a welcoming learning environment, deliver age-appropriate lessons, and collaborate with parents and staff to support each child’s growth.

The role emphasizes safety, documentation, and ongoing professional development. Candidates should have a degree in early childhood or related field and the flexibility to engage in our investment cycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in early childhood education, child development, or related field.
• Bachelor’s degree with 30 credit hours in early childhood education and 1 year of experience with children.
• Associate’s degree in early childhood education and 2 years of experience with children.
• Associate’s degree with 30 credit hours in early childhood education or related field.

Responsibilities

• Manages classroom in compliance with Pennsylvania DOE regulations and school policies.
• Provides a welcoming and friendly classroom environment for all children, parents and visitors.
• Maintains attractive classroom displays and a Parent Board updated regularly.
• Plans age-appropriate lessons aligned with weekly themes and Celebree curriculum; manages transitions.
• Assists and supervises children during activities; uses positive discipline techniques.
• Keeps classroom clean, orderly, and safe.
• Completes daily reports, attendance, and accident reports accurately.
• Supports and guides the assistant teacher to keep the classroom functioning smoothly.
• Communicates with parents, greeting them by name and providing regular updates.
• Identifies opportunities or issues in the classroom and works with staff to resolve.

Skills

Classroom management

Parent communication

Lesson planning

Positive discipline

Education

Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or related field

Bachelor’s with 30 credit hours in ECE and 1 year experience

Associate’s degree in ECE and 2 years experience

Associate’s degree with 30 credits in ECE or related field

Job description

Description

At every Celebree School™, our mission is to protect, educate, and nurture the children in our care. Child care jobs with our School family are life-changing ones. We say Celebree Schools are a place where we grow people big and small because we all learn from each other, every day. At Celebree Schools, we are committed to offering qualified educators rewarding child care jobs. We encourage staff members opportunities to become increasingly proficient in their position with the chance to grow within the Celebree Organization. To those ends, we have developed and implemented our Employee Investment Cycle.

At Celebree School we have an unsurpassed dedication to growing people BIG and small. As a member of the Celebree Team you have access to the tools and resources necessary to reach your full potential. The choice is yours, where do you want to go? What do you want to be? Make your time with Celebree one of personal and professional growth.

Full Time (30+ hour per week) Benefits Offered:

• - Free Continuing Education Units
• - Tiers Program
• - Career Development
• - Short Term Disability
• - 401K Plan
• - Health Insurance
• - Dental Insurance
• - Life Insurance
• - Employer Assistance Program
• - Paid Holidays
• - Paid Time Off
• - Child Care Discounts
• - Orientation Program
• - Employee Referral Bonuses
• - Monthly Team Building Initiatives
• - Onboarding Cost Reimbursement
• - Free Uniform Items

**not an all-inclusive list**

Essential Functions:

• Manages classroom ensuring compliance with all Pennsylvania STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ~ regulations, company standards, policies and procedures.
• Provides a welcoming and friendly classroom environment for all children, parents and visitors.
• Maintains attractive and current classroom/hallway displays and an educational and informative Parent Board that is updated regularly.
• Creates and implements thorough, timely lesson plans that are age appropriate and stimulating in accordance with weekly themes and Celebree’s curriculum; manages effective classroom transitions.
• Assists and supervises children during all activities; counsels children as needed using positive and appropriate discipline techniques.
• Ensures that appearance, cleanliness and safe environment of classroom are appropriately maintained.
• Accurately completes all classroom paperwork, e.g., Daily Reports, accident reports, attendance records.
• Provides support and direction to assistant teacher to ensure the classroom functions in an orderly manner.
• Communicates effectively with parents, e.g., greeting by name, addressing concerns in a timely manner, giving positive feedback, and providing regular updates on their child’s development and classroom happenings.
• Identifies opportunities and/or problems in the classroom and center and works with the assistant teacher and/or director to resolve.

Requirements

Physical Demands:

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. The job requires frequent bending, stooping, squatting, reaching, lifting and carrying; ability to lift 50 pounds.

Education/Experience:

A Teacher shall have attained one of the following qualification levels:

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field.
• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, including 30 credit hours in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field and 1 year of experience with children.
• An associate’s degree from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field and 2 years of experience with children.
• An associate’s degree from an accredited college or university, including 30 credit hours in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services