Preschool Teacher

Celebree; Ellicott City (MD); On-site; USD 31,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Job summary

Celebree Schools in Ellicott City, MD, seeks a dedicated childcare educator to manage a classroom under MSDE-OCC regulations and Celebree curriculum. You will design engaging, age-appropriate lessons and supervise students while creating a welcoming environment for families.

This role requires collaboration with an assistant teacher and school director, strong parent communication, and a commitment to safety, cleanliness, and accurate documentation of daily activities.

Qualifications

• Experience in licensed preschool classroom preferred.
• Must meet MSDE-OCC regulations and Celebree standards.
• Ability to implement weekly themes and lesson plans.

Responsibilities

• Manage classroom per regulations and company standards.
• Provide welcoming environment for children, parents and visitors.
• Maintain classroom displays and a Parent Board with updates.
• Create and implement age-appropriate lesson plans weekly.
• Supervise children during all activities; use positive discipline.
• Ensure cleanliness and safety of the classroom.
• Complete daily reports, accident reports, and attendance records.
• Support and direct the assistant teacher for orderly function.
• Communicate with parents regularly about development and happenings.
• Identify opportunities or problems and coordinate with director.

Skills

Classroom management

Curriculum planning

Parent communication

Positive discipline

Education

AA or BA in Early Childhood Education

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.

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 MSDE-OCC 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 school and works with the assistant teacher and/or school 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:

The minimum requirements are 90 clock hrs in Child Development and Curriculum Planning

accompanied by 1 year’s experience in a licensed preschool classroom. This required

experience may be replaced by 1 year of college (30 semester hours) or a combination of

classroom experience & college hours. Additionally, 9 clock hrs of training in communicating

with staff, parents, and the public is also required. Those with an AA or BA in early

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