Lead Teacher

Gallatin River Childcare is currently seeking candidates for a Lead Teacher. We have opportunities for both full-time year-round and part-time positions in Big Sky, Montana.

Purpose: To provide direct care in a safe and enriching environment to children.

Major Responsibilities:

• Model and teach developmentally appropriate behavior and interactions between children and adults.
• Provide daily care to meet the needs of every child.
• Follow day-to-day classroom schedules, routines, and activities.
• Guide Assistant Teachers in daily tasks.
• Help children to reach developmental milestones through the Waldorf style of education.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and tidy space.
• Perform additional cleaning duties as needed.
• Communicate with families' daily updates.
• Occasionally preparing and serving meals to children (including baby foods & making bottles)
• Ensure a safe and welcoming environment for all children
• Plan and execute Waldorf-Inspired curriculum
• Independently schedule and meet with parents often to discuss child development
• Track and assess each child’s progress

Essential Job Functions:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Having a clear understanding of early childhood development
• Strong sense of self-awareness
• Ability to manage and maintain a safe environment for multiple children at one time
• Understanding tone and its effects on children
• Capable of working independently
• Being proactive in your professional development (including but not limited to: MTECP trainings, current EC events and happenings (locally and nationally), seeking out new resources, and expanding Waldorf curriculum knowledge)
• Demonstrate strong leadership and organizational skills
• Have flexibility within daily routines
• Display strong passion in Waldorf-style of education
• Being a co-learner with children, believing that the best curriculum emerges out of children’s experiences and ideas

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform all duties and responsibilities in a timely and efficient manner in accordance with established Club policies, procedures, and standards of service to achieve the overall objectives of this position.
• Meet departmental productivity, organization, punctuality/attendance and consistency standards.

• Maintain a positive and respectful attitude.
• Treat Members, guests, vendors, customers, parents, children, and co-workers with professionalism and respect always.
• Maintain privacy of our Members & families at all times.
• Always maintain a clean and neat appearance.
• Communicateregularly and effectively with all employees, supervisors, managers and directors.
• Perform work in a safe and high-quality manner.
• Project a favorable image of GRCC and Yellowstone Club to the community at all times.
• Other duties as assigned

• Must be able to work flexible work hours/schedule including evenings and holidays. Long hours may be required due to business demands.
• Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties, work hours and/or responsibilities for this job at any time.

Disclaimer:

This job description is only a summary of the typical functions of this position and should not serve as an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all the possible duties, tasks and responsibilities being performed by people assigned to this classification. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Montana State Requirements

• Meet immunization requirements pursuant to ARM 37.95.184
• Have appropriate background checks pursuant to ARM 37.95.161
• Sign a health attestation.
• Be at least 18 years old
• Complete facility overview on-the-job training
• Be current on the ECP Practitioner Registry
• Have current certification for infant, child, and adult CPR and infant choking response, and pediatric first aid. (CPR certification must be completed in a hands-on setting or within 30 days of hire)
• Successfully complete required early…