Lead Preschool Teacher

Benefits

401(k) 401(k) matching Competitive salary Flexible schedule Free uniforms Opportunity for advancement Paid time off Child Care Center/ PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER (LEAD)

at Kids First Academy Preschool & Child Care in Bay Point

Requires at least 18 Early Child Education Units.

Job Description

• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children from 2 years old to 5 years old to explore, manipulate and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
• Attend to children's basic needs - may include assisting in feeding them, dressing them, and changing their pull-ups.
• Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
• Establish and enforce school readiness behavior in the classroom
• Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
• Organize and lead circle time activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
• Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related concerns and or delays, and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.

• *Communicate with parents and guardians by app or in person to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine their priorities for their children, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development.
• Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.
• Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.

• *Greet arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to children.
• Demonstrate activities to children.

• *Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.
• Make incident reports and communicate to parents by text or app, or in person

• *Implement set curriculum in the classroom and modify by individual student ability
• Organize and label materials, and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops in order to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
• Collaborate with other teacher in the development, evaluation, and revision of preschool programs.

• *Very important to be a strong team player
• Provide special needs assistance
• Administer screening tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.
• Light housekeeping duties in the classroom, including sanitizing table, toys, vacuuming, sweeping as needed