Early Childhood Teacher - Lead

Olu's•Minneapolis, MN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Olu’s Beginnings creates a holistic environment that teaches children to inspire, give, and learn freely while taking ownership and accountability for building a progressive foundation towards their development. The program goals include promoting healthy eating, cultivating a gardening program, creating extracurricular opportunities, maintaining an eco-friendly environment, delivering exceptional education, and providing inspiration, love, and nurturing care. This position will instruct children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for a primary school in a preschool, daycare center, or other child development facility. May be required to hold State certification.

Requirements

Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Equipment Maintenance: Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Equipment Selection: Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
Installation: Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
Programming: Writing computer programs for various purposes.
Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
Technology Design: Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Management of Financial Resources: Determining how the money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
Management of Material Resources: Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Desktop Computer Skills
Requires standing
Requires walking and running
Requires kneeling, crouching, stooping, or crawling
Requires writing letters and memos
Requires face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams
Requires contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise)
Includes conflict situations
Requires dealing with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous people
Includes exposure to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable
Requires making decisions that impact the results of co-workers, clients, or the company
Requires making decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization
Opportunity to make decisions without supervision
Mistakes are not easily correctable and have serious consequences
Includes exposure to disease or infections
Freedom to determine tasks, priorities, and goals
Requires being exact or highly accurate
Requires meeting strict deadlines
Requires coordinating or leading others in accomplishing work activities
Requires work with external customers or the public
Requires work with others in a group or team
Includes responsibility for the health and safety of others
Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions
Requires working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions
Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people
Associates Degree in a related field
1 year of experience in the field
CPR and First Aid Certification (we can provide!)
Must have legal status to work in the U.S.
Must submit and pass a background study with the State of Minnesota Department of Human Services (fee employer-paid)

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in a related field
5 or more years of experience in the field

Responsibilities

Instruct children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for a primary school in preschool, daycare center, or other child development facility.

Benefits

Competitive Salary
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Sick and Safe Time (STT) for Part-time City of Minneapolis/Saint Paul employees
Paid holidays
Health, Dental, and Life Insurance
Roth IRA Retirement program with an employer match
Leaves: Bereavement, Sick, Military, Jury Duty, Air Patrol, Crime Victims, Domestic Abuse, Election Judge, Party Officer/Delegate, Voting, School Visitation, Pregnancy/Parental, etc.
529 College Savings Plan
Training and Development
Employee Referral Program and other Bonuses
Employee portal/app with 24/7 access