Early Childhood Education Lead Teacher

Bright Horizons Children's Centers • San Francisco, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Bright Horizons is hiring a Lead Teacher to work with the Twos in an early education/preschool child care center in the Inner Sunset District of San Francisco. The teacher will provide supervision, care, curriculum delivery, and services in person, following Bright Horizons’ policies, procedures, and guidance and applicable laws and regulations to ensure children’s safety. The role includes leading a teaching team, planning and delivering hands-on activities, communicating with parents, and maintaining a safe and clean classroom. The position requires compliance with applicable immunization, employment physical or screening, and health and safety training requirements.

Requirements

• Be at least 18 years old and have a high school diploma or GED.
• Have completed 12 ECE units: Child Development, Child Family Community, and two curriculum courses. For an Infant or Toddler position, the Infant/Toddler class must be one of the curriculum courses. Transcripts are required at hire.
• Have 12 to 18 months of professional teaching experience in a child care, daycare, or preschool setting.
• Demonstrate knowledge of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP).
• Pass required state and company background checks and meet state and company minimum education and experience requirements.
• Comply with applicable federal, state, local, Bright Horizons, and client-site requirements concerning immunizations, employment physicals or screenings, and health and safety training.
• Frequently lift, carry, or hold children weighing 10 to 40 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry, or hold more than 40 pounds.
• Demonstrate full range of motion to lift, reach, squat, climb, sit, and participate in activities.
• Maintain mental and physical alertness and an appropriate level of energy to perform essential job requirements.

Nice To Haves

• CDA, Associate degree, or higher degree in early childhood education or a related child development field.

Responsibilities

• Guide a teaching team in creating classroom plans and goals and leading hands-on activities that meet children’s needs and interests.
• Maintain open communication with parents and share children’s daily milestones.
• Maintain a safe and clean classroom by following essential procedures and guidelines.
• Fulfill mandated reporter requirements, including reporting suspected child abuse or neglect to the appropriate State agency and informing the director.
• Provide supervision, care, curriculum delivery, and services in accordance with Bright Horizons’ policies, procedures, and guidance and applicable laws and regulations.
• Respond immediately and appropriately to multiple or unexpected situations or emergencies.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation, sick, holiday, and parental bonding leave
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Money-saving discounts and financial planning tools
• Career development opportunities
• Free college degrees through the Horizons CDA & Degree Program
• Caregiving support and resources for children and adults in the employee’s family

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED