Early Childhood Lead Teacher (Duncan)

Company: Big Blue Marble Academy
Location: Duncan
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

Join Big Blue Marble Academy as a Lead Teacher! We're offering a hiring incentive of up to $1,000 to full-time and part-time teachers! Enjoy what you love to do while working with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. We're looking forward to meeting you!

Big Blue Marble Academy ("BBMA") is searching for a career-minded educator with the desire to lead children into the 21st Century. Our unique curriculum emphasizes global citizenship, character development, and foreign languages. Our ideal candidate must be a self-starter, have strong oral and written communication skills, and the ability to work in a team environment. Our teachers are dedicated to supporting our brand and mission of providing global education for children of all ages.

Job Description

* Classroom Management: Plan, supervise, and implement our program for your assigned class in accordance with BBMA policies and philosophy. Conduct our curriculum and age-appropriate learning activities as outlined. The monthly curriculum theme shall be evident in your classroom through visual displays of students' projects.
* Communication and Customer Service: Develop rapport with parents to facilitate the natural sharing of information. Use required electronic daily reports app to communicate about each child's daily activities. Demonstrate the ability to communicate clearly and appropriately with children, directors, peers and parents. Maintain professionalism, superior customer service, and confidentiality.
* Operations and Compliance: Follow all procedures as instructed. Maintain cleanliness of classroom and other areas as assigned.
* Team player: Demonstrate flexibility and the willingness to help other team members as needed. Must be prepared to work with children from infancy to 4 years of age.

Requirements

* Minimum of an associate degree in early childhood education or related field
* Must be at least 18 years or older
* 6 months experience working in a licensed childcare facility
* Obtain and maintain state in-service training requirements
* Must be CPR and First Aid certified
* Must be able to lift up to 30 pounds, and be able to see, hear, and respond to children's needs, including reaching high, stooping to the child's level, sitting on the floor and rising from the floor, and standing for long periods of time.
* Be able to handle, in a positive way, the demands that contact with many children and parents bring every day.
* Bilingual candidates preferred

Benefits

We offer a team environment that supports the learning success of children! Our benefits for eligible, full time employees include health, dental, vision, and life insurance along with childcare discounts, referral credits and PTO along with voluntary benefits for short-term disability, an accident plan, and critical illness/cancer plans. BBMA offers opportunity for growth and on-the-job training to further your career in early childhood education. Compensation is competitive depending on educational attainment and years of experience.

Contingencies

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of our background check, pre-hire screenings, and onboarding processes. All employment is at-will and may be terminated at any time, with or without cause.

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