Early Childhood - Teacher

Summary

The Teacher is responsible for developing a cohesive teaching team, coordinating the curriculum, and managing the day-to-day operational activities of the classroom. Teachers 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.

Duties

• Plan individual and group age-appropriate activities to actively engage children and encourage social, cognitive and emotional growth.
• Lead by example; encourage teaching team success through modeling and coaching.
• Supervise teacher assistants and classroom volunteers to ensure they are following planned activities, hygiene and safety standards.
• Ensure a healthy classroom environment - including maintaining appropriate hygiene and cleanliness standards and safety and security of children.
• Coordinate and implement educational curriculum by developing classroom activities based on developmentally appropriate practices and early learning standards
• Maintain frequent communications with parents through informal discussions, progress reports, and parent-teacher conferences.
• Maintain accurate records, forms and files.
• Maintain personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement.
• Ensure all center policies and state regulations are met.

Requirements

• High energy and the ability to work well with others (staff, children, and parents) and to foster a team environment.
• High School diploma, GED, or higher.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and basic computer skills.
• A specific vision ability will be required including the ability to see up close and up to a certain distance, to see colors, have peripheral vision and depth perception.
• Infant/child CPR and First Aid certification.
• Requirements include the ability to take frequent walks, use hands and fingers, handle objects, tools or controls, talk to and hear voices at many levels. May also be required to kneel, bend, squat or crawl.
• Minimum of 6 months of professional child care experience.
• A strong understanding of child development.
• Must clear full background check and must pass health screening.

Benefits

Child care discount.
Meals with the children.



About Us

Shepherd's Fold is a faith based childcare center committed to serving the community and children. We are a non-profit run through the Sierra Evangelical Lutheran Church. We are enrolled with First Things First, Empower, CACFP, and DES.