Lead Teacher - Child Development Center

As the nation’s leading nonprofit organization committed to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility, the Y offers more than just a job. We offer you a career with a future and the chance to make a lasting difference in your community.

As a key player of our Preschool Program team, the Lead Teacher is responsible for the overall classroom atmosphere, the curriculum, the development of each child to their full potential and communication with parents and other classroom staff. As a center, we are committed to our vision as a place where staff, children and their families are a part of a learning community in which they experience a sense of wonder, play, adventure, investigation, and support.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Uphold the mission of the YMCA, and demonstrate behaviors that reflect a determined, nurturing, genuine, hopeful, and welcoming nature.
• Consistent positive attitude, modeling the YMCA values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility
• Punctual, reliable, creative, and a self-starter
• Candidate must be able and ENJOY working with ages 3-5 year-olds and be responsible for knowing developmental differences
• Punctual, reliable, creative, and a self-starter
• Can create and facilitate age-appropriate curriculum activities for young children
• Primary responsibility for the health, welfare and safety of the children in the classroom, and for ensuring quality programming
• Provide a safe and welcoming atmosphere; maintain classroom and center cleanliness, sanitation, organization and appearance
• Prepare and implement curriculum, lesson plans, studies, assessments, parent conferences
• Maintain all documentation – attendance, incident reports, medication waivers, daily care sheets, et al – according to program requirements.
• Build and maintain open communication with children, parents, program director and other staff.
• Attend all required staff meetings and trainings