Lead Teacher

Job Details

Job Location:

Stein Campus-Corporate Office - Milwaukee, WI 53207
Position Type:
Full Time
Salary Range: $19.00 - $22.00 Hourly

Travel Percentage :
None

Job Shift: Day
Job Category:
Education

Job Title:

Lead Childcare Teacher

Reports to:

Director of Child Care

Job Status:
Full time

Supervises:
Assistant Teacher

St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care is a first of its kind facility in the United States and a global leader in comprehensive intergenerational care for all ages and abilities.  Center no one is alone and everyone is celebrated!

St. Ann Center specializes in adult and child daycare services in a safe, homelike setting where compassion, care, and dignity are key. We bring all ages together from 6 weeks old to 100+.

“This is the closest place to heaven on earth. Everyone is loved for who they are.”
-Mayor Tom Barrett

Our organization has grown dramatically over the past four decades since we were established, and the need for services in our community continues to spark ideas and advancements to care for individuals of all ages. We are excited for you to join our organization to promote the mission and operational effectiveness that will lead to continued growth in our ability to serve the community.

St. Ann Center values the intrinsic worth of every person, and has as a goal that every person will achieve his/her maximum potential. The Lead Teacher helps St. Ann achieve this goal by understanding and communicating the needs of children and their families by assuring the daily care that meets each child’s spiritual, developmental, nutritional, and personal needs by communicating with parents, and working effectively with the seniors and volunteers within the classroom.

• Respect children as individuals, be sensitive and respond to their individual needs and have age-appropriate expectations.
• To be sensitive to children's daily and changing needs, as well as being able to remain calm and relaxed in a stressful situation.
• To work with children in the classroom, on a daily basis (to be counted in the staff-to-child ratio at least 75% of the time), both individually and in groups, using developmentally appropriate practices, programs, and curricula.
• Develop/and or adapt overall curriculum, incorporating the centers educational philosophy and developmentally appropriate practices with the understanding that "play" is a major component in how young children learn.
• Develop lesson plans/newsletters monthly to organize daily program plans, curriculum and materials.
• Plan daily classroom schedule and maintain child and classroom record-keeping to meet individual and group needs of children within the classroom.
• Conduct a room orientation with new staff members that introduces them to the classroom schedule, safety procedures, handling of accident/illness reports, individual children and their needs and other systems utilized within the classroom. Clearly define your expectations.
• Direct and supervise assistant teachers during day-to-day operations.
• Delegate duties, to Assistant Teacher, to ensure the smooth operation of the classroom.
• Take care of responsibilities such as napping, feeding, diapering, toileting, as needed.
• Deal with children with warmth and affection.
• Be aware of the health of children and report any abnormalities.
• Acquire a thorough knowledge of what to do in an emergency situation.
• Give full attention to all children and activities within the classroom.
• To create a classroom environment which enables staff, children, seniors and volunteers to work within the developmentally appropriate curriculum.
• To model developmentally appropriate practices for other staff members.
• Inform director of staff issues and needs, if unable to resolve within the classroom.
• To communicate, orally and in writing, to all involved, the needs of children, their families and the relationship between these needs and the services the Center provides.
• Day-to-day communication with parents, including interpretation, and follow through of Center philosophy and policies.
• Conduct a conference with family members at least once a year and at other times, as needed, to discuss children’s…