Lead Teacher

Shining Star Child Care•Nashville, NC

16d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Teacher is responsible for providing a safe, nurturing, structured, and positive environment for children. This role involves planning and implementing age-appropriate educational activities, maintaining an organized classroom, and ensuring proper supervision. The Lead Teacher will also communicate with parents, lead assistant teachers, and ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and center policies.

Requirements

Must follow all North Carolina childcare rules, regulations, and center policies.
Must maintain daily attendance, meal, activity, incident, and other required classroom records.
Must communicate professionally with parents regarding their child's day, progress, and needs.
Must lead and provide direction to assistant teachers working in the classroom.
Must encourage children's social, emotional, physical, and educational development.
Must assist children with meals, toileting, diapering, handwashing, rest time, and other daily routines as appropriate for the age group.
Must maintain classroom cleanliness and sanitation throughout the day.
Must prepare the classroom and materials for daily activities.
Must follow the center's behavior-management and discipline policies.
Must participate in staff meetings, training, and professional-development opportunities.
Must work cooperatively with other teachers and management.
Must follow all health, safety, confidentiality, and emergency procedures.

Responsibilities

Provide a safe, nurturing, structured, and positive environment for children.
Plan and implement age-appropriate educational activities and lesson plans.
Maintain an organized and engaging classroom.
Supervise children at all times and ensure proper supervision ratios are maintained.
Follow all North Carolina childcare rules, regulations, and center policies.
Maintain daily attendance, meal, activity, incident, and other required classroom records.
Communicate professionally with parents regarding their child's day, progress, and needs.
Lead and provide direction to assistant teachers working in the classroom.
Encourage children's social, emotional, physical, and educational development.
Assist children with meals, toileting, diapering, handwashing, rest time, and other daily routines as appropriate for the age group.
Maintain classroom cleanliness and sanitation throughout the day.
Prepare the classroom and materials for daily activities.
Follow the center's behavior-management and discipline policies.
Participate in staff meetings, training, and professional-development opportunities.
Work cooperatively with other teachers and management.
Follow all health, safety, confidentiality, and emergency procedures.
Perform additional childcare-related duties as assigned by management.