Newport News, Virginia
Hiring Range
$16.20 - $21.08/Hourly
Actual pay is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, education, credentials, skills, internal equity, and business needs.
Overview
The Lead Teacher is responsible for developing a cohesive teaching team, implementing the center curriculum, and managing the day-to-day operational activities of the classroom. Oversees overall classroom management to include, but not limited to high-quality interactions, learning, care, and behavior guidance. Demonstrates knowledge of child development in a stimulating, engaged, supportive classroom environment. Ensures compliance with Virginia State Licensing regulations.
What you will do
Maintain sight and sound supervision of children at all times. Oversee the complete daily care of all children in their assigned classroom to ensure children are safe, organized, happy, and engaged in age-appropriate activities. Responsible for overall safety and cleanliness in compliance with center policies and Virginia State Licensing regulations. Ensure that children’s daily needs are met, and caregiving events are attended to in a timely, consistent manner; to include diapering/toileting needs, clothing changes as applicable, preparing and serving of meals, resting, cleanliness, and safety/prevention of injuries. Ensure attendance is taken daily, proper paperwork is posted, accurate, and updated as necessary.
Continuously support and monitor children's physical, mental, social, emotional, and academic development. Encourage understanding of others and positive self-concepts. Distribute, administer, and complete all required assessments and progress reports regarding development, as applicable for each age group. Identify signs of emotional, behavioral, or developmental problems in children and bring them to the parents’ attention after discussing with management. Implement a plan of action when necessary, utilizing center resources.
Serves as the main point of contact for parents regarding their child. Keep records on individual children, including daily observations, daily caregiving events, and information about activities, including meals served, and medications administered. Provide ongoing communication as necessary about daily activities, behaviors and related issues, needs or concerns as they relate to the center or the children. Communicate consistently with parents through the electronic parent communication app, email, by phone, or in person. Provide at least 2 opportunities per year for Parent/Teacher Conferences, in addition to class events and programs as applicable to each child’s age group.
Effectively manage and maintain a welcoming, comfortable, and clean learning environment. Ensure that Learning Centers and playground areas have adequate, age-appropriate toys, equipment, and supplies available to children and the toys and materials are organized in a way that maintains order in activity areas. Ensure the classroom environment reflects the current curriculum themes through various learning materials, decorations, and displaying of children’s artwork at their eye level. Ensure daily learning activities encourage growth in all aspects of child development; physical (fine and gross motor), mental, social, emotional, and academic development. Ensure lesson plans offer experiences in science, technology, reading, engineering, art, and math as appropriate for each assigned age group.
Maintain commitment to high-quality interactions. Implement the center goals and philosophy regarding high-quality interactions with children, parents, and employees. Participate in, observe, and monitors children's play activities and provide age-appropriate behavior guidance. Focus on children learning the core skills; relate, regulate, think, communicate, and move. Demonstrate flexibility, reliability and a positive, supportive attitude towards children, parents and employees. Maintain open communication, with proper tone…