School Aged Lead Teacher

Lead School Age Teacher

Heritage Early Learning Center – Barnesville, Ohio

Heritage Early Learning Center is seeking a caring, dependable, energetic, and motivated Lead School Age Teacher to join our team in Barnesville, Ohio. This position works with children Kindergarten through 12 years old in a safe, structured, engaging, and Christ-centered before school, after school, school closure, and summer program environment.

We are looking for someone who enjoys working with older children, promotes independence, provides strong leadership within the classroom, and creates a positive, respectful, and fun learning atmosphere.

The Lead School Age Teacher is responsible for researching, planning, and implementing a successful Christian educational program for school-age children. This role includes classroom leadership, lesson planning, child supervision, staff support, maintaining licensing and SUTQ standards, and fostering positive relationships with children, families, and fellow staff members.

The ideal candidate is self-driven, organized, hard-working, engaging, and passionate about supporting children academically, socially, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

• Supervise children during before school, after school, summer camp, and school closure days
• Ensure children are safe, accounted for, and appropriately engaged at all times
• Assist with bus drop-off and pick-up procedures
• Create and maintain a structured, respectful, and positive classroom environment
• Encourage independence while maintaining appropriate supervision
• Model respectful behavior and support positive peer interactions
• Train, support, and guide Assistant Teachers to uphold center expectations and standards

• Research, plan, and implement age-appropriate lesson plans and activities
• Provide weekly and monthly schedules of engaging educational and recreational activities
• Incorporate math, literacy, games, storytelling, music, creative play, and physical activities into programming
• Assist children with homework and academic enrichment activities
• Encourage teamwork, problem-solving, responsibility, and positive decision-making
• Lead classroom activities in a Christ-centered manner, including prayer time when appropriate

• Use positive guidance, redirection, and encouragement to support children’s behavior
• Help children develop social-emotional skills, self-esteem, and responsibility
• Reinforce classroom and center expectations consistently
• Provide active care by establishing routines and communicating effectively with children in an age-appropriate manner

• Maintain compliance with Ohio licensing standards, administrative codes, and SUTQ requirements
• Ensure classrooms, equipment, and outdoor play areas remain clean, organized, and safe
• Maintain classroom documentation including:
  • Attendance records
  • Incident reports
  • Medication forms
  • Observation reports
  • Child evaluations and assessments
• Assist and participate in emergency procedures, drills, and center safety practices
• Report concerns, incidents, injuries, or safety issues to Administration immediately

• Build positive relationships with children, families, staff, and administration
• Communicate professionally with parents verbally and through daily reports
• Discuss children’s development and classroom progress with families when needed
• Work collaboratively with Administration and fellow staff members to maintain an efficient and supportive environment
• Attend staff meetings, trainings, parent conferences, open houses, and center events
• Maintain confidentiality regarding children, families, staff, and center information

• Positive, patient, and engaging personality
• Strong leadership and classroom management skills
• Ability to work with a wide age range of children (Kindergarten–12 years old)
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities
• Reliable, punctual, professional, and self-motivated
• Ability to maintain professionalism in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to uphold and exemplify…