Forest School Guide/Lead Teacher

Lead Teacher:

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older.

• Must have High School Diploma or General Education Diploma.

• Must hold a CDA or complete a compliance plan toward earning a CDA.

• Must hold and maintain current CPR and First Aid certifications, or immediately schedule the course upon being hired.

• Must be able to lift and carry 40 pounds.

• Must have minimum of 1 year experience in preschool education (as shown by a positive reference from a former employer supervisor in the preschool education field).

• Must have 9 semester hours (or 45 clock hours of approved in-service training) in the area of child development.

• Maple class leads must hold a Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or a related field.

Responsibilities

· Supervise and ensure the safety and well-being of the children at all times.

• Ensure a safe environment including inspection of materials and environment.

• Plan provocations for the children in the classroom that are developmentally appropriate and help children develop physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially.

• Implement the daily outline.

• Ensure regular observation and documentation of each child throughout the year (must avoid semiannual “testing” of children).

• Maintain daily child attendance log on Wonderschool.

• Oversee and reply to class cell phone messages and calls; responses should be run by the director if unsure.

• Plan, carry out and maintain logs of monthly fire drills.

• Plan, carry out and maintain logs of monthly tornado drills between months of April-October.

• Attend at least one staff meeting a month.

• Attend monthly class lead meetings with admin and implement needed changes.

• Meet with families at least semiannually to discuss child(ren)’s growth and development using approved progress report forms (Maple lead will meet with families to meet state requirements).

• Submit supply orders to Director.

• Attend 20 hours of in-service training per school year as agreed upon with Director.

• Be familiar with state licensing regulations as well as with Program Policies of Discovery Central Forest School.

Starting pay for this position is $18/hour.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $19.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement

Ability to Commute:

• Marquette, MI 49855 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Marquette, MI 49855: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person