Benefits:

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Employee discounts

Free food & snacks

Free uniforms

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Training & development

Tuition assistance

Vision insurance

Kiddie Academy of Five Forks has an opportunity for an energetic, optimistic and inspiring educator to join our family us as a teaching assistant in our Preschool Program (Toddler Classrooms).

Candidates must be energetic, enthusiastic, responsible, and love working with young children. Education in Early Childhood preferred; experience required. Responsibilities include assisting with weekly lesson planning, daily reports, monthly assessments, and general classroom management. Teachers must take ownership of communicating with parents both in person and through our parent communication system. The ideal candidate is dependable, confident, team-oriented and relationship oriented.

Teachers at Kiddie Academy of Five Forks are treated like professional educators, because they are! They have daily planning time, an hour lunch break each day, a classroom budget for needed items, , freedom and flexibility in planning their own lessons (but with plenty of support available from our Education & Training Coordinator and administrative staff) and 15 hours of free DSS training is provided. We have a teacher workroom including teacher computers, a laminator, printer/copier, resource books, etc. We also have a comfortable break room should you opt to take your daily break at the school.

Each classroom has a structured schedule with time for the children to go to enjoy indoor and outdoor play each day.

Kiddie Academy of Five Forks provides equal opportunity for employment to all persons without regard to sex, race, color, religion, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected under state and federal law.

Job Responsibilities: Responsible for assisting with the daily planning, management, and supervision of the classroom and children. Responsible for ensuring that all parents, children, and classroom staff concerns are appropriately addressed.

Pay Rate: Starting pay rate is based on experience and credentials Hours: 9AM to 6PM with a 1 hour lunch break

Benefits: Paid holidays offered upon the beginning of employment. PTO accrues with each year of service. Health Essentials Plan provided by the employer for the employee (includes $25 virtual doctor visits, dental coverage, vision coverage and prescription discount plan). Employees may add family members to health essentials, but are responsible for the premium. Short Term Disability, Accident, Critical Illness and Life Insurance also offered after 90 days of employment, with employee premiums for selected plans covered by the employer at 50% right away and an additional 10% with each year of service. Financial assistance for achieving the CDA is provided as well.

*Please note: At this time we have very limited availability to provide care for staff children.