Vpk Preschool Lead Teacher / Assistant Teacher

Summary

Job description

Preschool Academy has an immediate opening for a VPK Lead/Assistant Teacher to join our team.
Must be energetic, a team player, and maintain a positive attitude. Must meet basic requirements of local child care regulatory agency. Previous experience is preferred.

Duties

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Follow the center's policies, procedures, and regulations as well as those from DCF.
• Complete necessary classroom reports.
• Attend ongoing training to keep education and regulations up to date.
• Supervise children at all times maintaining a secure, safe environment for children to play and learn in.
• Implement and create lesson plans based on a monthly theme.

Requirements

Required Experience and Skills:

• Have a love for children and a strong desire to make a difference
• Early childhood classroom teaching experience (Desirable).
• Must be a team player, able to adapt to a continuously changing, fast-paced environment, and make the children need the primary focus.
• Must be physically able to lift a minimum of 40 pounds

Required Education/Certifications:

• Staff Credential required for the Lead Teacher position
• High School Diploma
• 45 DCF Hours required
• DOE for VPK Instructors (Completed)

Standards for Four-Year-Olds
Emergent Literacy for VPK Instructors
Language and Vocabulary in the VPK Classroom
How to Administer the Florida VPK Assessment

• CPR and First Aid (can be obtained during job training)

Benefits

• Employee discount
• Holidays paid
• Paid time off
• Monday to Friday
• Professional development assistance

We are a partner with T.E.A.C.H. Florida Program, and sharing tuition costs and expenses creates buy-in and a commitment to succeed from all sides of the program.
"T.E.A.C.H. is an acronym for Teacher Education And Compensation Helps. The program provides scholarships to early learning and afterschool teachers, directors, family child care home educators, and child care facility owners working towards their Florida Staff Credential, Director Credential, National CDA Assessment, credential renewals, or Associate, Bachelor's, and Master's degrees in early childhood education. A major goal of T.E.A.C.H. is that it links professional development, increased compensation, and commitment for the Florida early care and education workforce to remain in the field."