Lead Teacher

Hetty's Brilliant Minds is a Christian childcare center that offers innovative, year-round, before school, full-day and after school educational preschool as well as infant care. It is at the heart of our vision to offer a program that addresses the whole child. The mission of our childcare center is to provide a safe, loving, and encouraging environment that not only meets children's developmental and academic needs. We would love to have a lead teacher who shares our values to join our team to help teach our Brilliant Minds.RequirementsResponsibilitiesWhile the activities vary, infant and toddler teachers focus primarily on nurturing, monitoring teaching children to share, express themselves, communicate, and collaborate well with others, follow their curiosity, and further their language and vocabulary development.Other day-to-day duties can include:Supervise assistant teachers and volunteersThe lead teacher will develop lesson plans based on our curriculum and should be able to access the developmental growth of the childrenCommunicating with parents' on the progress of their childrenThe lead teacher is responsible for setting up their classroom to reflect the lessons they are currently teachingPlanning and carrying out curriculumHelping children develop positive self-images and experience success Encouraging the exploration of interests and developmental social skillsDeveloping schedules and routines ensuring physical activity, rest, and playtimeTeaching children how to play fairly with othersObserving, assessing, and documenting each assigned child's health, skills, behavior, growth, and development Identifying any physical or mental development concerns in assigned childrenMeeting with parents to discuss concerns Optimizing children's developmental, intellectual, and social achievements in class activitiesProviding leadership and guidance to other staff and colleaguesCreating and leading a supportive, nurturing learning environment that encourages responsibility and motivationAdditional DutiesThe teacher has to be vigilant about the health and safety of the children. They should also have to report anything that poses a health hazard to the appropriate staff memberThey should report any suspected cases of child abuse to the appropriate authoritiesQualificationsMust have 2 years experience of working in a childcare setting especially with Toddlers (18 months to 38 months)CDA in Infant/ToddlerAssociate Degree preferred but not requiredMAT, First aid and CPR CertificateJob Types: Full-time, Part-time, InternshipPay: $18.00 - $19.00 per hourSchedule:8 hour shiftDay shiftMonday to FridayWork Location: In person#ZRBenefitsEmployee discountPaid time offProfessional development assistanceReferral programTuition reimbursement