Early Learning Center Lead Teacher

Kendal System Careers • Oberlin, OH

12h

About The Position

Kendal at Oberlin's Early Learning Center is seeking a creative and enthusiastic full-time Lead Teacher. The NAEYC-accredited program offers unique intergenerational programming, giving children opportunities to learn and grow alongside residents, referred to as Grandfriends. The Lead Teacher helps shape young learners' development by creating a caring, consistent, engaging classroom and a safe, accepting educational environment. The teacher prepares curriculum materials and lesson plans, supports children's interests and learning, and assesses their development.

Requirements

• At least three years of experience working with children ages 2–5.
• Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or Special Education.
• Current First Aid, CPR, Communicable Disease, and Child Abuse Recognition certifications, or ability to obtain them within the first 90 days.
• Genuine love for working with children and commitment to preparing them for kindergarten.
• Ability to take children outside in cold weather.
• Ability to lift children weighing 30–50 pounds, if needed.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity or training in Creative Curriculum and Conscious Discipline.

Responsibilities

• Create a caring, consistent, and engaging classroom environment.
• Prepare materials for curriculum and learning experiences in lesson plans.
• Provide a safe and accepting educational environment.
• Plan and adapt a creative curriculum based on what preschoolers should know and be able to do.
• Assess children's development and learning by collecting samples of drawings and writing and adding them to children's portfolios.
• Pay attention to and support children's interests, skills, and knowledge.
• Learn and support all KELC curricula, including Conscious Discipline, by setting clear behavioral limits and explaining the reasons for them.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level