Early Childhood - Teacher Nursery

Job Description

Job Description

Summary

We are a United Methodist Childcare Ministry seeking a qualified, Christian teacher for our nursery. Teacher must understand children's cognitive, social, emotional and physical development in order to ensure a safe and stimulating classroom environment where children are actively engaged and encouraged to succeed. The Teacher must be skilled in communicating with both children and adults in order to meet the needs of the children, effectively guide teacher assistants, and resolve parental concerns. The ideal teacher will love to work with infants and toddlers, providing early language skills, use ASL to promote language skills and work with children to develop gross and fine motor skills. Schedule will be Mon-Friday around 37 hours weekly.

Duties

• Plan age-appropriate activities to actively engage children and encourage social, cognitive and emotional growth.
• Maintain frequent communications with parents through informal discussions, and daily progress sheets.
• Ensure all center policies and state regulations are met.
• Ensure a healthy classroom environment – including maintaining appropriate hygiene and cleanliness standards and safety and security of children.
• Supervise teacher assistants and classroom volunteers to ensure they are following planned activities, hygiene and safety standards.
• Maintain accurate records, forms and files.
• Maintain personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement.

Requirements

Nice To Haves

Benefits

Paid holidays.

1 Week of PTO after 1 year of service

Week of Fourth of July and Christmas off with pay.