Early Childhood Lead Instructor

Early Childhood Teacher Are you passionate about making a real difference in the world? Do you believe in the power of education to transform lives? If so, we invite you to become part of our school corporation! Why Choose EVSC? Impact Lives Daily: Every day, you'll have the opportunity to inspire, guide, and empower the next generation. Your work will ripple through time, shaping not just individual lives but entire communities. Innovate and Grow: We're not just teaching we're reinventing education for the 21st century. Bring your fresh ideas and watch them come to life in our progressive learning environments. Stability Meets Flexibility: Enjoy the security of working in an essential field, coupled with a schedule that respects your work-life balance. Summers off, holidays, and predictable hours allow you to pursue your passions both in and out of the classroom. Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy competitive salaries, excellent health coverage, robust retirement plans, and generous paid time off. Supportive Community: Join a team that feels like family. Our collaborative environment fosters lifelong friendships and professional networks. Join us in our mission to educate, inspire, and empower. Together, we can build a brighter future one student at a time. We are Better Together!POSITION DETAILS: This position is for a pre-K classroom located in Delaware school. The position works 183 days per year, 7.25 hours per day.SALARY: Salary Range $38,589 - $46.571 annually Salary will be commensurate with the experience of the recommended candidate.BENEFITS: Insurance: EVSC offers four (4) Anthem medical insurance plans. Full medical, dental and vision insurance are provided with this position. Employees may pay the additional cost to add family members. Click here to view the rates for each plan. If elected, insurance coverage begins the first of the month following the successful completion of a 30 working day probationary period. Employees enrolled in an EVSC medical insurance plan are eligible to use any of the three EVSC Health & Wellness Centers. The health clinics provide primary care services, generic prescription medications, physicals, health screenings, and labs; all at NO COST to the employee or covered family member. Additional Benefits: EVSC is proud to provide accumulated paid time off for: Sick Time Personal Business Days EVSC employees have access to the EVSC Wee Care Learning Centers. The Wee Care program provides a quality early learning experience for employees' children as young as six weeks through age five at a special employee rate. This position will automatically be enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement Fund (PERF) through the state of Indiana, which includes a defined benefit (Pension) as well as an Annuity Savings Account (ASA). Employees may also participate in a 403(b) Plan. Enrolling in the 403(b) plan allows employees to save for their retirement by making a pre-tax salary deferral contributions to the Plan. Eligible employees may enroll in the EVSC group life insurance and long term disability plans. EVSC also offers a variety of voluntary insurance products through American Fidelity. EVSC offers a free Employee Assistance Program (EAP). It is a confidential, voluntary service that provides professional counseling and referral services designed to help employees and their family members with personal, job or family-related matters.SUMMARY: The Early Childhood Teacher is responsible for planning and implementing a high-quality, developmentally appropriate educational program for infants through Pre-K children in a state-licensed early childhood setting. This position fosters a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning environment that supports the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of each child.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned. Utilize a variety of assessment data and observations to differentiate instruction and meet the individual developmental and learning needs of each child. Plan and implement engaging, developmentally appropriate learning experiences aligned with the Indiana Early Learning Foundations and the interests of children. Conduct home visits at least once per year to strengthen family partnerships and support student success. Develop and implement strategies that create a welcoming, inclusive, and family-centered classroom environment. Conduct a minimum of one (1) family/classroom meeting annually to encourage family involvement and communication. Ensure compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, licensing standards, and program requirements. Collaborate with community partners and outside resources to enhance educational opportunities and support services for children and families. Foster a classroom culture that promotes leadership, cooperation, responsibility, and respect among children. Maintain a warm, safe, nurturing, and organized learning environment that encourages exploration, creativity, and growth. Plan, prepare, and implement daily indoor and outdoor activities that support the early childhood curriculum and developmental goals. Assume responsibility for the health, safety, supervision, and overall well-being of children at all times. Assist children with toileting, diapering, feeding, handwashing, and other self-care needs while maintaining dignity and sanitary practices. Oversee mealtime and snack-time routines, including supervision, sanitation, and required documentation. Maintain accurate daily attendance records and other required program documentation. Maintain ongoing developmental records for each child, including physical, social-emotional, language, and cognitive development. Develop and maintain individual child portfolios that include observations, photographs, work samples, and documentation of student progress. Communicate regularly and professionally with families through daily reports, notes, phone calls, conferences, and face-to-face conversations. Participate in staff meetings, committees, professional learning communities (PLCs), and ongoing professional development opportunities. Supervise, support, and effectively utilize the skills and abilities of instructional assistants and classroom support staff. Collaborate with colleagues to foster a positive, respectful, and supportive team environment. Maintain confidentiality of student, family, and program information in accordance with applicable policies and regulations. Provide backup classroom support and coverage when staffing vacancies or absences occur to ensure continuity of care, supervision, and instruction for children. Maintain good attendance.JOB SPECIFIC SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to the early childhood education program. Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with students, staff, and parents through oral and written communication. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all corporation, state, and federal requirements. Ability to plan and implement lessons based on corporation and school objectives and student needs and abilities. Demonstrate a genuine passion for working with students and a strong desire to support their growth, development, and success. Build positive relationships with students and encourages them to reach their full potential.ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Work collaboratively with EVSC employees, vendors and community partners in a teamwork-driven environment Strive to be innovative in continuously improving processes for district-wide success Provide excellent service in all forms of communication with a results-oriented customer-driven focus Successful in working effectively and efficiently in a high pressure, time-sensitive environment Ability to internally motivate, think critically, and initiate strategic improvement Exude a positive and dependable work ethic Highly organized with attention to detailSUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Supervise students and paraprofessionals.QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood education or a bachelor's degree in elementary education with at least 30 hours in early childhood course work. LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and comprehend correspondence, memos, instructions, and documents, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedural manuals. Ability to write reports and correspondence clearly and concisely and using correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Ability to speak effectively with good grammar with individuals MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent. REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, and/or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, see, and hear. Must be able to sit on the floor and move between seated and standing positions frequently in order to actively engage and interact with students. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to read small print. Frequently required to climb, balance, bend, twist, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Frequently lift and/or move up to fifty pounds. Must be able to push items of fifty pounds. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level will vary depending on the daily activity. It, at times, is quiet in the classroom but often, as in the cafeteria and/or school assemblies, is moderate to very loud.