Lead Preschool Teacher

Kiddie Academy

Lead Preschool Teacher

Centreville, VA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Benefits:

    401(k)

    Competitive salary

    Free food & snacks

    Free uniforms

    Health insurance

    Opportunity for advancement

    Paid time off

    Training & development

    Tuition assistance

    Vision insurance

    ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

    • Ensures that the physical, social and emotional needs of the children are met daily.

    • Ensures all policies and procedures to keep the children healthy and safe are being implemented.

    • Creates activities and opportunities that encourage curiosity, exploration and problem solving appropriate to the developmental levels and learning styles of children through well defined interest areas.

    • Assists and supervises children during all activities.

    • Ensures that appearance, cleanliness and safe environment of classroom are appropriately maintained, in accordance with the NAEYC cleaning and sanitizing guidelines.

    • Completes all Academy and classroom paperwork: for example, daily notes, student accident reports, attendance reports.

    • Attends and participates in staff meetings, Academy events and parent meetings, as requested.

    • Prepares and implements classroom lesson plans, programs and schedules.

    • Develops, plans and prepares instructional aids and/or materials for classroom activities.

    • Assists children with meal times and cleanup.

    • Ensures that all classroom and outdoor equipment are in good working condition and are used and maintained properly.

    • Directs activities of other staff in the classroom to ensure that the classroom functions in an orderly manner.

    • Interacts with parents and maintains open communication to encourage family engagement.

    • Maintains the Family Information Board and other classroom bulletin boards.

    Schedules and conducts parent and teacher conferences throughout the year.

    • Ensures that all licensing regulations are being followed as required by the state.

    • Must be able to lift no less than 40 pounds to at least waist high on a consistent basis throughout the workday.

    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Accepts temporary work assignments in the event regularly scheduled personnel is not available.

    • Assists with planning and implementing Academywide events.

    • Meets with prospective families; communicates appropriately with potential new customers.

    • Assists in evaluating personnel within the classroom.

    • Schedules field trips and speakers for monthly programs as directed by management.

    • Prepares classroom portion of monthly newsletter.

    • Performs other similar or related duties as necessary.

    MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

    • Must meet all state and local licensing requirements for position.

    • Candidate must pass all state medical requirements and have a clear background check to qualify for employment.

    • All employees must receive the required amount of training hours each calendar year per state licensing requirements.

  • Industry
    Hospital and Health Care