Lead Pre School/Pre Kindergarten Teacher

Overview

A Lead Teacher at The Goddard School is responsible for establishing and maintaining a safe, healthy and nurturing learning environment

Educational Qualifications

All candidates, who wish to be considered for the position of Lead Teacher must meet one or more of the following criteria:

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Child Development.
• An Associate’s degree or higher in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Child Development or a related field1.
• A current CDA or Early Childhood Teaching Credential.

FOREIGN DEGREES

• All foreign degrees MUST be converted to U.S. credits.
• All foreign courses and/or credit hours must be converted to U.S. standards.

*Creative Curriculum knowledge, a plus

Lead Teacher Responsibilities

A Lead Teacher’s responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Establish and maintain a safe, healthy and nurturing learning environment
• Advance children’s physical and intellectual competence
• Create, submit and implement lesson plans based on appropriate development stages of assigned students
• Support each child’s social and emotional development and provide positive guidance
• Establish positive and effective family relations
• Ensure an effective program, responsive to children’s needs
• Maintain professional commitment
• Uphold The Goddard School Quality Assurance Health and Safety standards.
• Attend ongoing educational training to ensure coordination between program component and continuous development of the integrated curriculum

SCHOOL HOURS: 7 AM – 6:00 PM
CHILDREN AGES: Infant – Pre Kindergarten