Pre-Kindergarten Lead Teacher

Legacy Traditional Schools

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About The Position

Ignite your desire to be the best! Imagine an energy so positive, so powerful, it ignites your desire to be the best, inspires you to bring out the best in others, and fuels your aspiration to do the best work of your career. At Legacy Traditional Schools we do things a special way, in a way that ignites our desire to be the best, illuminates our educators’ best talents, lights up the minds of our students, and fuels our school spirit. We shine the brightest when we raise our hands and rise to the challenge of changing lives through education, cultivating bright curious minds, achieving award-winning results, upholding our values, and engaging positively with our students, parents and communities. POSITION OVERVIEW The Pre-Kindergarten Lead Teacher is responsible for providing an educational atmosphere where children have the opportunity to fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, and physical growth. This person is responsible for organizing and implementing an instructional program that will result in children’s participation in learning activities and imaginative play in accordance with Legacy Traditional School policies and State Standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Early Childhood Teaching Certification for Texas only.
• The incumbent in this position will be required to pass a criminal history background check.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, early childhood special education, or education.
• Familiar with The Children’s Learning Institute (CLI Engage).

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop and implement age-appropriate curriculum that provides instruction in basic skills such as color, shape, number, and letter recognition as well as social skills.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, prepares, organizes, and leads instruction in all activities.
• Assist students, individually or in small groups, with assignments such as reading stories, providing writing assistance, reinforcing language skills, numbers, alphabet, computer learning programs, and more.
• Adapt classroom activities, assignments, and/or materials (e.g. art projects, computer, language skills, etc.) for the purpose of supporting and reinforcing classroom goals and objectives.
• Assist students during lunchtime, toileting, and washing activities.
• Enforce cleanup activities by modeling appropriate behavior.
• Prepare instructional materials (e.g. laminating, making posters, making copies, bulletin boards, filing, newsletters, etc.).
• Provide an environment of comfort and security for young students by indulging in nurturing behavior.
• Reports observations and incidents relating to specific students (e.g. accidents, fights, appropriate and/or inappropriate social behavior, violations of rules, safety conditions, change in behavior, etc.) for the purpose of communicating information to appropriate instructional and/or administrative personnel.
• Maintain effective and efficient record keeping procedures.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with students, parents, and other professionals on a regular basis.
• Collaborate with peers to enhance the instructional environment.
• Model professional and ethical standards when dealing with students, parents, peers, and community.
• Ensure that student growth and achievement is continuous and appropriate for age group, subject area, and/or program classification.
• Participate in training and staff meetings.
• Meets professional obligations through efficient work habits such as: meeting deadlines, honoring schedules and coordinating meetings as needed.
• Evaluate each student’s learning capabilities and celebrate student accomplishments.
• Encourage students to uphold our values and model mature behavior and good character in the classroom, on the school campus, and throughout their lives.
• Being active in the role when light lifting, sitting, standing, moving throughout the campus and traveling to other campuses as required.
• Participating in events outside of normal hours.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Enjoy industry-leading pay, rewards, referral bonuses and paid time-off.
• Care for your health and your family with comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits, discounted onsite childcare and student enrollment priority, even for part-time roles.
• Invest in your future with retirement plans - Arizona has 401(k) plans with 6% employer matching, Nevada participates in the Nevada State Retirement PERS and Texas participate in the Texas retirement TRS.
• Enhance your growth with promotion opportunities, training, mentoring and tuition reimbursement.
• Thrive in a welcoming, supportive and inclusive environment where we celebrate the diversity of our team and our communities and uphold our values to treat others with fairness, equality and respect as an equal opportunity employer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees