Preschool Lead Teacher

Job Details

Job Location

Yakima, WA

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

2 Year Degree

Salary Range

$19.75 - $23.00 Hourly

Travel Percentage

None

Job Shift

Day

Description

Position Summary :

The Lead Teacher is directly responsible for the overall care and planning for the classroom and individual children, including the learning environment and other staff and volunteers. The Lead Teacher provides and implements a developmentally and culturally appropriate early childhood education experience for children. The Lead Teacher must demonstrate competency to observe and assess children's developmental needs and interests, and build positive relationships with children, families, and staff. The Lead Teacher position will supervise the assigned classroom Teacher Assistants.

Responsibilities :

Through the use of Creative Curriculum and Teaching Strategies plan and provide activities and experiences supporting children's health, education and social emotional development

• Establish a learning environment according to the Creative Curriculum and Early Achievers quality standards, and ECEAP if applicable.
• Implement the Second Steps Personal Safety Curriculum in preschool classrooms
• Provide activities and opportunities that encourage an individualized approach the developmental level and learning style of each child.
• Prepare daily activity plans and insure progress towards individual child goals
• Submit weekly lesson plans to the Early Learning Content Specialist
• Support ongoing assessment by observing, and documenting daily individual and group needs, interests, and skills based on Teaching Strategies assessment process.

Foster a positive emotional climate in the classroom based on licensing standards

Create a partnership with families that encourages engagement according to ECEAP and / or Early Achiever quality standards

Record Keeping

Create and maintain a safe and healthy environment

Professional Development

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Job Requirements :

The following requirements are those that are normally required for performance of this position. Any disabled applicant or incumbent who does not meet one or more of the requirements, but who can perform the essential function of the job (with or without reasonable accommodations) shall be deemed to meet these requirements.

Physical Requirements :

This position normally requires the physical demands of standing, walking, bending, lifting or performing other work requiring medium physical exertion, talking and hearing and adequate vision on a regular basis to perform the job requirements. These physical demands are required up to 95% of the time.

Non-Physical Requirements :

Education

Experience

Special Skills

Licensure, Registration, Certification

Employment is conditional upon :

Schedule : Monday - Friday 7 am to 4 pm

Wage : $19.75 to $23.00 hourly

Benefits :

It is the practice of Catholic Charities to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, citizenship status, marital status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Applicants from underrepresented backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We gladly offer reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities to support participation in the hiring process and employment.