Preschool Teacher

Celebree; East Norriton Township (Montgomery County); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Continuing Education Units

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

401K Plan

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Child Care Discounts

Orientation Program

Employee Referral Bonuses

Job summary

Celebree Schools seeks qualified educators to lead classrooms and deliver engaging, developmentally appropriate lessons. Candidates will maintain a welcoming environment, manage daily activities, and ensure safety and compliance with state guidelines.

Strong communication with families and collaboration with team members are essential to support each child’s growth and learning within Celebree’s program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or related field, or 30 credit hours in ECE with experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with ECE coursework and 1 year of child experience.
• Associate’s degree with ECE coursework and 2+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage classroom per state regulations and company standards.
• Create weekly, age-appropriate lesson plans and conduct activities.
• Assist and supervise children during all activities; apply positive discipline.
• Communicate with parents and update on child progress.

Skills

Classroom management

Parent communication

Positive discipline

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Education (ECE)

Bachelor’s with 30 credits in ECE

Associate’s with 2 years’ experience

Associate’s with 30 ECE credits

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.

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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

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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 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 field and 3 years of experience with children.