Join Our Team

Qualifications:

• Must have reached the legal age of 18.
• Must have High School Diploma or General Education Diploma.
• Must hold and maintain current CPR and First Aid certifications.
• Must be able to lift and carry 40 pounds.
• Must have a minimum of 1-year experience in preschool education (as shown by a positive reference from a former employer supervisor in the preschool education field).
• Must have 9 semester hours (or 45 clock hours of approved in-service training) in the area of child development.

Responsibilities:

• Reports to Program Director.
• Supervise and ensure the safety and well-being of the children at all times.
• Ensure a safe environment including the inspection of materials and environment.
• Plan a curriculum for the children in the classroom that is developmentally appropriate and helps children develop physically, cognitively, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Follow Primary Literacy Academy Lesson plans.
• Implement the daily program.
• Ensure regular observation of children throughout the year (must avoid semiannual “testing” of children).
• Decorate the room including bulletin boards
• Submit the article to the director with classroom information to be included in the monthly newsletter (due by 20th of the month).
• Maintain daily child attendance log.
• Plan, carry out, and maintain logs of monthly fire drills using blocked exit strategies.
• Plan, carry out and maintain logs of quarterly emergency drills (i.e. Tornado Drills, Lock Down Drills)
• Plan, carry out and submit meeting notes to the Director of weekly Classroom Team meetings (may include discussion of behavior management, curriculum planning, gathering supplies, sanitizing toys & materials, etc.).
• Attend monthly general staff meetings.
• Attend monthly Team Leader meetings.
• Meet with parents semi-annually to discuss child(ren)’s growth and development using approved progress report forms.
• Submit supply orders to Director.
• Oversee classroom budget.
• Attend 24 hours of in-service training per school year as agreed upon with Director
• Be familiar with state regulations as well as with the Program Policies of Primary Literacy Academy.

Qualifications

• Must have reached legal age of 18
• Must have High School Diploma or General Education Diploma.
• Must hold and maintain current CPR and First Aid certifications.
• Must be able to lift and carry 40 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Reports to the Lead Teacher and Director
• Supervise and ensure the safety and well-being of the children at all times.
• Assist assigned teacher in any way possible including but not limited to:
• Preparing and setting up activities.
• Implementing portions of the daily program as directed by Lead or Classroom Teacher
• Assisting in keeping the classroom, storage areas, and bathrooms clean, neat, and orderly and sanitized.
• Attend weekly classroom team meetings (for planning, gathering supplies, sanitizing toys, classroom cleaning, etc.)
• Attend monthly staff meetings.
• Attend at least 24 hours of in-service training per school year.
• Be familiar with state regulations
• Be familiar with the Program Policies of Primary Literacy Academy.