Preschool Lead Teacher
Preschool Lead Teacher
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Not Disclosed
Salary Not Disclosed
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Preschool Lead Teacher
The Goddard School NYC has locations on both the Upper West Side and Upper East Side. We are a school not a daycare center. We are committed to providing the highest level of stimulating development and warm nurturant care for Infants and an ageappropriate curriculum for One YearOlds and up in our Toddler Preschool and PreKindergarten classrooms. Our schools are stateoftheart facilities with many large sunfilled rooms. We are seeking a lead teacher for our infant/toddler classroom to start as soon as possible!
Educational Qualifications
All candidates who wish to be considered for the position of Lead Teacher must meetone or moreof the following criteria in addition to any/all requirements that may be mandated by their state and/or local licensing authorities:
- A Bachelors degree or higher in Early Childhood Education Elementary Education Child Development and state certification
- A Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education and five years experience in a licensed early childhood center.
- Proof of current and active enrollment in an accredited Associates or Bachelors degree program in Early Childhood Education or a related field.
Lead Teacher Responsibilities
A Lead Teachers responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following:
- Establishing and maintaining a safe healthy and nurturing learning environment
- Advancing childrens physical and intellectual competence
- Supporting each childs social and emotional development and provide positive guidance
- Establishing positive and effective family relations and communication
- Ensuring an effective program responsive to childrens needs
- Maintaining professional commitment
- Ability to lift objects of up to 30 lbs. without assistance
- Ability to implement requirements of Department of Health standards
- Prepare timely notation of developmental milestones of each student
- Ability to stand and walk for long periods of time; use hands to finger handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste or smell.
- Ability to climb or balance and stoop kneel crouch.
Benefits
After a 60day waiting period you will be eligible for benefits such as medical insurance (Oxford Health) dental (Guardian Life) accrual of paidtime off paid holidays and other benefits as described in the Employee Handbook. Sick days begin to accrue upon hiring.
Medical Insurance:
The School will pay 50 of the monthly medical insurance premium for our basic individual plan. Coverage begins on the first of the month following enrollment which can be elected by the end of a 60day waiting period. You may choose at additional cost to you to obtain enhanced coverage family coverage and/or dental/vision coverage if then available.
Paid Time Off:
All benefits eligible employees will receive the following:
- As paid leave the weekdays between December 25 and January 1.
- Seven paid holidays as listed in the Employee Handbook
- Five sick days per year (available to all employees accrual starts with no waiting period).
- 10 days of paid personal days in each calendar year to be used at the discretion of the employee subject to advanced approval and the best interests of the School. These days will accumulate at the rate of one per month starting at the end of the 60day waiting period. Hiring dates other than January 1 will result in proration of personal day accrual in the first year.
Additional Benefits:
You may elect to participate in the Schools 401k plan pretax commuter benefits life insuranceand other benefits as offered through our partner ADP TotalSource as available
Employment Type
Full-Time
