Who Would I Interact with? In this role, you will interact daily with and Assistant Teacher, children, parents, the management team, and teaching staff just to name a few.
What are the requirements for this job?
- 1 year experience as a Lead Teacher and 30 college credits (6 including early education)
- Flexible in challenging situations
- Strong organizational skills
- Must be able to build strong relationships
- Commitment to professional development
- Effective decision making
- Must be First Aid/CPR trained
- Meet all state requirements for position.
What are the day-to-day responsibilities?
- Requires a gentle touch while instituting our developmentally appropriate curriculum
- Ability to handle the demands of infants and toddlers in different stages.
- Be highly organized with the ability to create a positive learning environment.
- Ensure a safe structured learning environment.
- Empathetic to children's emotions and parent's needs.
- Plan daily lessons that support social, emotional, physical, & intellectual growth of each child.
- Communicate appropriately and professionally with parents and fellow staff.
- Excellent writing skills and use of technology to deliver child progress to parents and other teachers.
- Present expectations that are appropriate to the child's age and developmental level.
- Be creative, passionate about your work and have fun.
Our Shared Mission:
- Accountability: We empower self-decision making by accepting responsibility and learning from our mistakes to serve COA's mission, vision, and values.
- Collaboration: We align solutions that understand the needs of our stakeholders to serve COA's mission, vision, and values.
- Growth Mindset: We view obstacles as opportunities for growth, accepting feedback to enhance the development of employees and the organization.
- Integrity: We go beyond honesty and loyalty by considering the impact of decisions and doing what's right for all stakeholders.
- Consistency: We ensure continuity of care to uphold COA's brand and enable stakeholders to have clear expectations of their experience.
THE BENEFITS OUR LEAD TEACHERS (SCHOOL AGE) ENJOY:
- Internal Career Advancement Opportunities.
- Discount on Employee Childcare
- Educational Assistance/Reimbursement
- T.E.A.C.H Scholarship Partnerships
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Recognition Programs
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- 401(k), Life, Accident, & Disability
- Paid Vacation/ Paid Holidays
*Salary advertised is an estimate; final salary is negotiable dependent on final position, level of education and experience.
Children of America is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.
All job offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and the submission of the required state documents.