Child Care Lead Teacher

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Job Title:

Child Care Center Master Teacher

Location:

Chickasha Campus

Reports To:

Child Care Center Director

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt, 12 month

Benefits:
Employee Health Insurance;
Vacation, Sick, Personal, Community Service Leave; $3,600 Flex Benefit;
Employee Tuition Reimbursement Assistance

Job Group:
Group A - E (dependent on certification/degree level)

TC Data Group: 9

Reviewed By:
Mary Carver

Prepared Date: 4/29/2025

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SUMMARY

Responsible for planning and conducting the daily program for a group of children in the child development center and supervising Early Care and Education students assigned to work in the lab.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) with two or more year's full-time documentable experience in a preschool or child care center. Training in occupational child care, Oklahoma Career Tech Master Teacher Certification, CDA, or Certificate of Mastery or Degree in Child Development/Early Childhood Education.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Classroom Management

* Developing and implementing daily lesson plans for young children.

* Understands and practices positive discipline and nurturing guidance.

* Organizing the program for young children so that instructional activities can be accomplished safely and efficiently.

* Maintaining an active but orderly center appearance and learning environment indoors and outdoors.

* Conducting daily health check.

* Supervising students assigned to assist with daily group activities.

* Supervise lab students in Center Director's absence. Ensuring all duties are performed as required.

* Observing, recording and reporting significant individual and group behavior.

* Supervising play activities by a) participating with children in group games, b) enforcing safety rules, c) intervening when children are likely to injure, d) remaining with one or more children until relieved by another adult.

* Assisting children with self-care activities.

* Aiding individual children who experience difficulty in the group or who temporarily lose their physical or emotional control.

* Participating in/supervising daily activities with the young children, i.e., breakfast, lunch, snack, etc. using positive guidance techniques.

* Interacts with children in a way which conveys respect and nurturing.

* Promoting family style dining procedure.

* Maintaining individual files on each young child with appropriate records and information.

* Assuming an equal share of housekeeping and laundry duties as needed.

* Completing and submitting all forms and data as required by the Early Care and Education instructor.

* Maintaining materials and equipment and reporting items needing repair.

* Cooperates with center director when medication must be provided for children.

Administering minor first aid.

* Reporting accidents, health concerns, unusual occurrences to center director.

* Maintaining attendance, maintenance and school lunch records as required.

* Sanitizing tables before each meal and supplement service.

* Sweeping and cleaning the floor after each meal and supplement service.

* Practices good sanitation.

* Time management skills.

* Light computer skills.

Curriculum Planning & Development

* Developing, evaluating and adjusting goals for each child and the total program.

* Preparing and submitting weekly lesson plans and teaching units to center director every week.

* Maintains developmental portfolios regularly.

* Understands and can recognize developmental milestones.

* Posting class schedule and lesson plans.

* Cooperating with students in lesson planning process.

* Preparing and displaying bulletin boards and children's work.

* Utilizing…