Lead Teacher's position:
Positions available for children ages 6 weeks through 12 years.
Job Description: Lead Teacher/Assistant Director
Position Description:
The person selected for this position will be responsible for the general supervision and management of a classroom.
Education Qualifications:
The person selected for this position must be professionally prepared as a teacher of young children with a bachelor's degree and certification in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education or Child Development. This individual must also meet the requirements of the state licensing agencies.
* Youthland Academy offers many Scholarship programs for Teachers and Lead Teachers to pursue education certifications and degrees in Early Childhood Education.
Responsibilities:
* Planning, supervising, and implementing the program for the class in accordance with daily lesson plans and policies and philosophy of the school.
* Completing administrative duties for the class including keeping attendance, completing accident reports, maintaining classroom supply inventories, etc.
* Gearing the program to the needs of the individual child with concerns for his interests, handicaps, special talents, and individual style and pace of learning.
* Considering the individual child in relationship to his cultural and socioeconomic background.
* Helping each child to become aware of his role as an integral member of a group.
* Assisting the staff in the effective use of assistants and aides.
* Assisting the director and staff in parent-school relationships.
* Attending all staff meetings and recommended training programs and assisting the director in two in-service staff meetings each school year.
* After an offer of employment is made, produce a current physical examination by a physician and at least annually thereafter, with a tuberculin test or chest x-ray
* Physical constraints required include the ability to hear the conversational voice, with or without a hearing aid, the ability to see and read newsprint with or without corrective lenses, to speak and be understood under normal circumstances, to lift and carry children and other items weighing up to 50 pounds, and the use of arms, hands, legs and feet with or without corrective devices to accomplish the job, including evacuation of the building during emergencies.
* Demonstrate ability to handle crisis situations, especially where children are involved, able to respond immediately to any emergency situation.
* Documentation of U.S. citizenship or eligibility to work in the U.S.
* Responsible for the ordered arrangement, appearance, décor, and learning environment of the classroom.
* Assuming an equal share of the joint housekeeping responsibilities of the staff.
* Participate in recommended training programs, conferences, courses, and other aspects of professional growth.
* Planning and implementing methods of establishing a positive liaison with parents.
* Assisting in public relations events sponsored by the school.
Prior to employment, obtain a fingerprint record to be mailed to the Criminal Bureau of Identification.