Lead Teacher (MO)
Company: Kids & Company
Location: Saint Peters
Posted on: January 22, 2023
Job Description:
Kids and Company is a corporate sponsored childcare and our
philosophy revolves around the idea that we want to provide a
positive work/life balance for our clients. We provide full time,
part time and emergency child care. Kids and Company is seeking
Early Childhood Educators to become a part of our family in a
permanent capacity.Job Summary -Reporting to the School Director,
acts as an integral member of the Kids & Company team to assist in
the overall management of day to day supervision and operations of
a child age group through the conscientious application of Kids &
Company standards to achieve our mission statement: to provide
quality primary and backup childcare services conveniently located
near our childrens parents place of work. We aim to assist
corporations in creating a healthy work/life balance. -Essential
Functions -
- Plans and implements enriched programs in accordance with
curriculum objectives, developmentally appropriate practice and
program philosophy -
- Leads children in activities by telling or reading stories,
teaching songs, demonstrating the use of simple musical
instruments, preparing craft materials and demonstrating their use
and providing opportunities for creative expression; -
- Takes a leadership role in the classroom and provides excellent
supervision and interaction with children at all times including in
all classroom, sleep room, outside and playground activities;
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- Observes children in their surroundings and assesses individual
and group needs; -
- Promotes open communication and works cooperatively and
effectively as a team member and communicates and contributes
information on a continuous basis; -
- Meets emotional, social, physical and cognitive needs of each
child in the classroom; -
- Follows all center policies as outlined in the Staff Policy
Manual including Behavior Management, Serious Occurrence,
Anaphylactic, Technology Use, Fire Drills, Workplace Harassment and
Violence and Health and Safety practices -
- Prepares and maintains the indoor and outdoor play areas for
childrens use, including checking toys and equipment to ensure safe
functioning and performing various housekeeping and sanitizing
duties as required -
- Participates in lunch, diapering, bathroom and toilet training
duties and promotes healthy and independent practices -
- Ensures any special dietary requirements are met -
- If designated, administers medication as authorized by a
physician and maintain appropriate records -
- Maintains open, positive, friendly and cooperative
relationships with each childs family -
- Accurately performs all administrative tasks including entries
for the classroom log book, center communication log book and
required emergency and incident reporting in a timely manner -
- Maintains confidentiality -
- Adheres to dress code -
- If designated, takes calls and messages in a polite, helpful
manner -
- At times you may be asked to assist in another room or at
another location -Compensation -
- We offer competitive salary based on education level achieved
and field experience -Benefits: -
- 401(k) -
- Dental insurance -
- Employee discount -
- Flexible schedule -
- Health insurance -
- Life insurance -
- Paid time off -
- Parental leave -
- Professional development assistance -
- Referral program -
- Retirement plan -
- Vision insurance -Schedule: -
- 8 hour shift -
- Day shift -
- Monday to Friday -Work Location: -
- One location -
Kids & Company is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the
importance of diversity, equity andinclusion the workplace. All
applicants will be considered for employment without attention to
race, color,religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, veteran or disability status.We are welcoming to
all that apply.Previous experience working with children *
Knowledge of Child Care programs * C.P.R. and First Aid updated
yearly
Keywords: Kids & Company, Saint Peters , Lead Teacher (MO), Other , Saint Peters, Missouri
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