PreK Teacher

AppleTree Academy • Peoria, IL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As a PreK Teacher at AppleTree Academy, you’ll help care for little ones. You’ll provide a safe and loving environment that nurtures the social, emotional, cognitive, creative, and physical development of each child. We endeavor to promote growth through safe, developmentally appropriate activities in a secure and caring environment. We provide a stimulating experience to promote each child’s social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. We also strive to foster a love of learning, an appreciation for beauty, and an abiding respect for the world around us. We place the highest value on each child’s need for respect, self-discipline, and individuality. We recognize play as a child’s natural way of learning. Play is the child’s process of exploring, identifying, negotiating, taking risks, and creating meaning. Play must be a fundamental component of early childhood care and education. We use a child’s discovered interests observed through play to develop age-appropriate classroom curricula. A child’s eventual transition to kindergarten and later schooling is best served through child-centered, play-based learning combined with a degree of age-appropriate, organized, didactic, structured learning.

Requirements

• Previous experience in a preschool environment
• Strong verbal communicator with an upbeat personality who is comfortable and excels with speaking to parents
• Energetic, nurturing, positive, child-friendly personality
• Shows initiative; strong work ethic
• Qualified ECE teacher with Masters, Bachelors, Associates, CDA, or other certificate related to ECE
• High school diploma

Responsibilities

• Creates lesson plans that are balanced and appropriate to development levels
• Document learning experience through displays and pictures
• Maintains positive informal and formal communication with families on a daily basis
• Maintains a safe, comforting and stimulating environment for infants and toddlers
• Facilitates and maintains childcare licensing standards

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k)
• Competitive salary
• Employee discounts

What This Job Offers

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