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Lead Teacher

Terri's Treehouse
Woodruff, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 3/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/3/2025

Job Description

Job Description

Summary

Lead Teacher is responsible for developing a cohesive teaching team, coordinating the curriculum, and managing the day-to-day operational activities of the classroom. Teachers must understand children’s cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development to ensure a safe and stimulating classroom environment where children are actively engaged and encouraged to succeed. The Teacher must be skilled in communicating with both children and adults to meet the needs of the children, effectively guide and focus on outdoor learning and garden stewardship / and implement nature-focused curriculum.

Duties

  • Coordinate and implement educational curriculum by developing classroom activities and outdoor enrichments based on developmentally appropriate practices and early learning standards.
  • Lead by example; encourage teaching team success through modeling and coaching.
  • Plan individual and group age-appropriate activities to actively engage children and encourage social, cognitive, and emotional growth.
  • Maintain frequent communications with parents through informal discussions, documenting learning / engaging daily activities.
  • Ensure all center policies and state regulations are met.
  • Ensure a healthy classroom environment – including maintaining appropriate hygiene and cleanliness standards and safety and security of children.
  • Supervise garden and classroom volunteers to ensure they are following planned activities, hygiene, and safety standards.
  • Maintain accurate records, forms, and files.
  • Maintain personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement.

Requirements

  • Some child care experience.
  • High energy and the ability to work well with others (staff, children, and parents) and to foster a team environment.
  • A strong understanding of child development.
  • Excellent leadership, core team valies, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
  • Infant / child CPR and First Aid certification. Will Certify
  • Must clear full background check and must pass health screening.
  • Physical Requirements

  • Requirements include the ability to take frequent walks, use hands and fingers, handle objects, tools or controls, talk to and hear voices at many levels. May also be required to kneel, bend, squat or crawl.
  • A specific vision ability will be required including the ability to see up close and up to a certain distance, to see colors, have peripheral vision and depth perception.
  • Benefits

    Benefits include access to quality childcare at a discount, Vacation and Holiday Pay, ROTH, Paid In-services continuing education and Trainings and competitive wages with options for further school through scholarships and support.

    About Us

    Terri's Treehouse is committed to implementing an NAEYC guided, adaptive curriculum to foster a transformative environment for all students, mentors and families.

    This will collectively be achieved by continually creating a natural learning framework, and interactive atmosphere that offers a “culturally-responsive”, rooted foundation for the individual, the intergenerational community, environment, and Our Program.

    This collaborative learning supports pathways to a meaningful connection with the Earth and our place within it, creating an experiential understanding of how community is profoundly dependent upon the immediate environment. https : / / terristreehouse.com / curriculum "

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