Preschool Teacher

The qualified candidate should have a positive and upbeat attitude with strong communication skills, patience, and at least two recommendations.

Preschool Teacher Qualifications:

Create fun and engaging lesson plans for the children

Ensure the daily care of every child by following all state licensing guidelines and implementing all company standards

Strong verbal communicator with an upbeat personality who is comfortable and excels with speaking to parents to help each child succeed

Energetic, nurturing, positive, child-friendly personality

Maintain a fun and interactive classroom that is clean and organized

Shows initiative; strong work ethic

Strong attendance habits

Ability to work in a team environment

Professional conduct

Background check required

We are interested in talking to applicants that have:

Experience working in a licensed childcare facilities

• 90 hours certification, coursework or a degree in early childhood education or child development or a CDA
• Impeccable references and a proven track record of caring and nurturing children
• The ability to meet state and/or accreditation requirements for education and experience
• Flexibility as to the hours and schedule of work
• Can teach both a nationally certified skills based curriculum and a Christian based curriculum
• Have reliable and dependable transportation

The duties and responsibilities include:

• Teach children
• Encourages students' positive self-image and supports individuality, and independence.
• Uses circle time and adheres to lesson plans and provides a balance of activities.
• Ability to respond to individual students' learning, physical and emotional needs.
• Maintains a safe, clean and healthy environment and follows KCA and state licensing standards.
• Ensures that hazardous objects are out of reach of children.
• Provides full supervision of children and maintains ratios at all times, keeps attendance records.
• Communicates with children in child friendly tones and on their level.
• Manages classroom behavior by providing established rules and limits as noted in the KCA handbook.
• Initiates and models positive interactions in the classroom and on the playground.
• Communicates parental concerns, issues and progress to the director or owner
• Demonstrates flexibility and willingness to continually learn, improve skills and adopt new ideas in education.
• Clean classroom and materials at the end of each school day prior to closure.

At KCA, we believe in cultivating a warm and inviting atmosphere, both for our families and our staff, and have created an environment that's hard to find elsewhere. Making KCA the best preschool we can is fun and rewarding. We value our fabulous staff and show it, and in return we have high expectations for performance. We love caring overachievers! If this kind of atmosphere sounds like a good fit, we want to speak with you! We are an equal opportunity employer! KCA is a preschool where kids learn, grow and thrive in a Christ-centered environment. We look forward to hearing from you.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $18.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Associate (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Hamilton, VA 20158 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Hamilton, VA 20158: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18