Job Description
Summary Tiny hands, bright eyes, growing minds, and endless possibilities.
Teaching in a preschool environment is like no other. One minute you may be teaching the ABCs and the next you may be tying shoelaces. Another minute you may be exploring ways to implement basic math and counting skills into your lesson plan and the next you may be calming a tantrum. It's a truly unique learning environment where the youngest learners are first introduced to academics, proper social behavior, and group learning.
Your job will include encouraging creativity, fostering academic growth, and nurturing your tiny learners. It's a rewarding and fulfilling profession reserved for those who love children and the learning process, who have equal parts enthusiasm and patience, and who feel right at home with paint on their fingers and a storybook in their hands.
As an early childhood educator, you're responsible for providing safe and developmentally appropriate practices that include:
- Adapting daily routines to meet the interest and needs of the individual child and the group
- Developing activities that promote literacy and math concepts
- Ensuring that the facility and all equipment is clean, well-maintained, and safe
- Establishing policies and procedures, including disciplinary policies
- Maintaining and scheduling weekly and monthly activities
- Participating in on-going in-service and education development opportunities, and participating in the ongoing development and evaluation of the program's goals and objectives
- Planning and implementing activities that meet the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social needs of your students
- Providing a classroom environment that encourages parent participation
- Providing adequate equipment and activities
- Ensuring the constant supervision of all children
- Establishing routines
- Building children's self-esteem through positive guidance and nurturing
- Communicating with parents and discussing their children's development
- Implementing positive discipline
- Observing children and making notes of progress and development
- Promoting literacy and early education
- Providing a safe and secure environment where children feel comfortable
- Providing age-appropriate experiences and activities for children, including storytelling, games, and songs
- Integrating special needs children in a positive and respectful manner
Duties teaching, boo-boo kisser, friendship mentor, psychologist, cook, lesson plan writer, storybook teller, high fiver, singer, dancer, counter, game player, hugger, small group instructor, differentiated instruction, behavior manager, inspire, science experimenting, data analyzing, technology integrating, idea sharing, dream cultivating, life-changing, safety monitor, magician, nurse, paramedic, party planner, peacekeeper, personal assistant, recreation director, referee, librarian, relationship specialist, repair person, snuggler, travel agent, waitress, zookeeper, fashion stylist, hairdresser, work advisor, housekeeper, hygiene consultant, internet safety monitor, juggler, loan officer, lost and found attendant, confidant, alarm clock, banker, chauffeur, chef, chief justice, chore delegator, coach, concierge, cheerleader, disc jockey, and expectation manager.
Requirements Be able to pass a background screening
Willing to obtain CDA certification
Complete on going training both in person and online (minimum of 20 hours per week)
Nice To Haves CDA or higher
CPR and First Aid
One or more years of experience
Benefits Discounted childcare
paid scholarships
QUALITY RATED facility
paid training
Job Tags
Full time,