Vpk Lead Teacher

Job Summary: To supervise teacher assistants and the children in your room, ensuring activities and curriculum are adhered to as required by the Director.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise children at all times maintaining a secure, safe environment for children to play and learn in.
• Supervise and train assistants in your room on procedures and regulations.
• Prepare and implement lesson plans.
• Prepare daily reports for each child in your classroom.
• Attend staff meetings outside of work hours.
• Give positive feedback to parents. No negative feedback to be given unless authorized by the Director.
• Prepare Ages and Stages (ASQ’s) reports on children whose parents have given permission on.
• Adhere to proceedings and regulations with the Department of Children and Families. (aka DCF)
• Change diapers / toilet train children where necessary.
• Always comply with the presentation requirements set by the company.
• Attend ongoing training to keep education and regulations up to date.
• Any other duties required by the position.
• From time-to-time, this position may require over-time, evening, and weekend hours.
• Must be able to adapt to continuously changing, fast-paced environment, and make the children's need the primary focus.
• Must be an educator. Ladybird Academy is an educational facility and prides itself on teaching and educating children preparing them for the next stage in their lives.
• Must be able to fully engage in physical activity including lifting up to 50lbs.
• Must be able to kneel, squat, stoop, crawl, lift, push, and pull.
• Must be able to engage in activities including but not limited to jumping, dancing, running, walking, hopping, and skipping.

Qualifications*

• 45 state-mandated training hours
• Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Instructor Emergent Literacy and Standards Course.
• Child Development Associate or higher level education (Staff Credentials)
• If previously worked in childcare, state-mandated annual in-service training hours must be up-to-date
• First Aid/CPR certification
• No pending or past arrest record
• Reliable transportation
• Willing to be assigned to alternate locations, from time to time
• Must be at least 21 years old.

*Qualifications must be satisfied within 365 days of employment start date.

Salary

$17.50 an hour

A Leader In Early Childhood Development
Ladybird Academy® combines preschool early learning and education with high quality child care for children ages 6 weeks through 12 years. Each Academy is purpose built in every way to provide a bright and spacious setting with classrooms that are fully equipped for each age range. Outside play areas are designed with impact absorbing safety surfaces plus a wide range of interesting play equipment for everyone. We believe that children should be encouraged to their maximum potential through a variety of early learning experiences and our qualified, caring teachers are dedicated to the development of each and every child.