Children Development Center Teacher
Lead teachers are responsible for implementing the child development center program. Lead teachers develop and provide a nurturing and responsive learning environment that meets the needs of enrolled children.
Responsibilities:
Create classroom curriculum and schedule and submit to appropriate management staff for approval
Gather observations and data to assess children’s development
Supervise children at all times, ensuring that each child is receiving adequate care and progressing developmentally, academically, socially, emotionally, spiritually, etc.
Supervise classroom assistants and volunteers as necessary
Discover children’s God-given gifts, talents and interests and nurture them
Assist and support parents and staff in nurturing children’s gifts, talents and interests
Communicate consistently with parent/guardians
Build positive relationships with children, families, and staff
Maintain a clean and safe classroom environment
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
• Be at least eighteen years old
• High school diploma or equivalent
• ECE initial certificate or equivalent as approved and verified in the electronic workforce registry by the • department within five years of the date this section becomes effective, or five years from being employed or promoted into this position at any licensed early learning program
• ECE short certificate within two years of receiving an ECE initial certificate, or seven years from being employed or promoted into this position at any licensed early learning program
• A current DCYF background check
• TB test MERIT Training Portal
• Child Care Basics
• DCYF Training Portal:
• Mandated Reporter
• Disaster & Emergency Preparedness
• Families Experiencing Homelessness
• Safe Sleep
• Abusive Head Trauma - when serving infants
• Outside of Merit or DCYF:
• Blood/Bodily Fluids
• First-Aid/CPR
• Food Handlers
To apply, click the button below and include a resume including 3 references. (Specific training and background checks required. Pay based off of experience and education.)
