Preschool Teacher

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

Benefits offered by this job

Free Continuing Education Units

401K Plan

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

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 School in Delaware seeks an enthusiastic early childhood educator to create engaging, age-appropriate lessons and maintain a safe, welcoming classroom environment. The role involves coordinating with an assistant teacher, communicating with families, and ensuring daily documentation is accurate and timely.

Ideal candidates hold an AA in Early Childhood Education or related field and demonstrate a commitment to professional growth within the Celebree organization.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a classroom and implementing age-appropriate lesson plans.
• Ability to communicate with parents and provide updates on child progress.
• Knowledge of positive discipline techniques and classroom safety policies.

Responsibilities

• Manages classroom ensuring compliance with state regulations and Celebree standards.
• Provides a welcoming environment for children, parents and visitors.
• Creates and implements weekly lesson plans aligned with curriculum and themes.
• Supervises children during activities and supports discipline as needed.
• Maintains classroom appearance, paperwork and parent communications.
• Coordinates with the assistant teacher and director to resolve issues.

Skills

Classroom management

Communication with parents

Positive discipline

Team support to assistant teacher

Education

AA in Early Childhood Education or related

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.

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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

**not an all-inclusive list**

Essential Functions:

• Manages classroom ensuring compliance with all DELAWARE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ~ DELAWARE FIRST 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.

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.

Requirements

Ideal candidate will have an AA(or credit equivalent) degree in Early Childhood or Elementary Education, Psychology, Child Development, Family Studies or a similar discipline.