Substitute Teacher – Early Childhood Education

• Competitive pay based on experience
  
  
• Full-time and part-time opportunities available
  
  
• No evenings or weekends
  
  
• Heavily discounted childcare tuition for eligible employees
  
  
• Free access to our Get Well Place for your child when ill
  
  
• Paid training and professional development opportunities
  
  
• Tuition reimbursement opportunities for eligible employees
  
  
• Daily meals provided
  
  
• Positive, team-centered work environment
  
  
• Supportive leadership and mentorship
  
  
• Opportunities to grow within LeafSpring
  
  
• Eligible benefits based on employment status
  
  

• Provide classroom coverage and support as assigned by school leadership
  
  
• Maintain active supervision and accountability of children at all times
  
  
• Follow established classroom schedules, routines, lesson plans, and transitions
  
  
• Engage children in age-appropriate learning experiences, play, and activities
  
  
• Support children's social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development
  
  
• Assist with meals, diapering, toileting, rest periods, transitions, and other daily routines as appropriate
  
  
• Maintain a safe, clean, organized, and welcoming classroom environment
  
  
• Follow all health, sanitation, infection control, safety, and licensing requirements
  
  
• Support positive guidance and age-appropriate classroom management practices
  
  
• Supervise children appropriately during indoor and outdoor activities
  
  

• Build warm and positive relationships with children, families, and coworkers
  
  
• Greet families professionally and provide excellent customer service
  
  
• Communicate important classroom information to the appropriate teacher or member of leadership
  
  
• Complete required classroom documentation and daily information as assigned
  
  
• Follow school procedures for communicating incidents, injuries, concerns, and other important information
  
  
• Maintain confidentiality regarding children, families, employees, and school information
  
  

• Work collaboratively with lead teachers, assistant teachers, substitutes, and school leadership
  
  
• Demonstrate flexibility when supporting different classrooms and age groups
  
  
• Arrive on time and prepared for scheduled shifts
  
  
• Maintain a professional and positive attitude
  
  
• Follow LeafSpring School policies, procedures, dress code, and brand standards
  
  
• Participate in required trainings, meetings, and professional development opportunities
  
  
• Maintain required certifications and training documentation
  
  
• Be willing to assist with additional campus needs when appropriate
  
  

• Must be at least 18 years old
  
  
• High school diploma or GED required
  
  
• Genuine love for working with children
  
  
• Dependable, patient, nurturing, and flexible
  
  
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
  
  
• Ability to adapt to different classrooms, teaching teams, and age groups
  
  
• Comfortable working with children from infancy through school age
  
  
• Ability to follow classroom routines and directions from teachers and leadership
  
  
• Technology proficiency and willingness to learn school communication and documentation systems
  
  
• CPR and First Aid Certification preferred or willingness to obtain as required
  
  
• Previous childcare, preschool, teaching, babysitting, camp, or youth-program experience preferred
  
  
• Early Childhood Education coursework, credentials, or a CDA are a plus
  
  

• Lift up to 50 pounds
  
  
• Bend, kneel, sit, stand, walk, and move throughout the day
  
  
• Sit and engage with children at their level
  
  
• Actively participate in classroom and playground activities
  
  
• Work both indoors and outdoors in varying temperatures
  
  
• Supervise active classroom and playground environments
  
  
• Positively interact with children, families, coworkers, and visitors throughout the workday