PK 4 Lead Teacher

PK 4 Lead Teacher

Employment Status: Full-Time, Exempt, Faculty

Start Date: August 2024

Schedule - M-F, 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., following the school calendar

Reporting To: Early Childhood Learning Center Principal

Job Summary: Educate preschool aged children, creating an engaging environment in which students can thrive and learn.

• Responsible for all instruction in preschool classroom, including care and nurture of all enrolled students
• Able to communicate effectively, possessing developed verbal and written interpersonal skills
• Able to assess the social emotional, academic developmental needs of the young child
• Plan engaging/creative appropriate instruction for the 2 year old child
• Able to work cooperatively and collaboratively, developing positive relationships with the ECLC staff, administrators, parents, and students
• Able to integrate Christian principles into the child's learning experiences and nurture their faith

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education PK-Grade 3
• Experience working with preschool and elementary age children
• Current Ohio teaching license
• Strong Christian background
• Familiar with Reggio Inspired Approach to Early Childhood Education

CHCA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will be considered.

Essential functions under the Americans with Disabilities Act may include any of the duties, knowledge and skills listed above. This list is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by employees in this position. Regular attendance is an essential function of this job.

The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

MENTAL FUNCTIONS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile and negotiate.