Preschool​/Schoolage Teacher

Location Plano, TX Compensation $14.50 - $17.50 per hour (USD)
Experience2+ years of Child Care Prefered We are looking for teachers to work with our infants or one-year-old rooms, we have morning and afternoon positions available. We treat all our staff like professionals, we give access to training and tools to help develop wonderful teachers. We have great facilities, stocked supplies, low Student to Teacher ratios, and at work planning times.

We are looking for a nurturing, loving person who wants to get down and play. We value people with good character and hearts, we can work with no experience and no education, and we will train you! Join our Four-Star NAEYC Accredited Program!
** Position Overview
** All employees at the Weekday Program Ministry are expected to provide a Christian environment that is safe, warm, and nurturing. This environment should enhance self-concepts, encourage independence, and respect individuality. Employees are expected to create a classroom experience that will help the child grow socially, physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct should be always followed.

As a representative of the FUMC Weekday Program, employees are expected to adhere to the philosophies and policies established by the Weekday Program Board, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Texas Rising Star, and the National Association for the Education of Young Children
** Key Result Areas That Make a Great Teacher
**** Supervision
* ** Active Supervision: ensure constant supervision in the classroom and on the playground
* Compliant Ratios: maintain child-to-staff ratios within regulatory limits
* Name-to-Face Transitions:
Document in Bright Wheel each child by name to face
* Daily Sign-Ins/Out/Moving:
All children are signed in/out by parents
** Relationships
* ** Child Relationships:
Build rapport and engage children with children in activities
* Parent Communication:
Maintain regular and effective communication with parents, encouraging their participation
* Parent

Education:

Collaborate with parents to enhance understanding of child growth and development
* Shared Spaces:
Cheerfully share the room and spaces with other Weekday Program teachers
* Team

Collaboration:

Participate in a cooperative team approach with fellow teachers in the same age level in regard to the planning for the school year. This includes all aspects of curriculum planning and the sharing of resources and space
** Child Guidance
*** Conscious Discipline:
Continuously learn and integrate 1-2 new skills/strategies annually
* Positive Communication: use positive statements in interactions with per CCL guidelines
* Promote Self-Growth: foster self-esteem, self-control, and self-direction
* Individual Understanding: show awareness of individual needs and development
** Communication
* ** Conduct Supervision: seek guidance on curriculum, discipline; confer on child concerns
* Parent Communication: communicate daily, create partnerships, discuss child concerns, assist with service referrals
* Incident Reporting: complete reports as needed; submit to the office and provide copy for the parent
* Child Count: communicate child count, maintain proper teacher-to-child ratios
** Curriculum
* ** Environment: maintain a neat, clean, developmentally appropriate classroom
* Material Responsibility: care for materials as they are shared by the whole program, and ensuring the material are age appropriate
* Lesson Planning: include detailed schedules, objectives, diverse activities, and be turned in bi-weekly
* Timely Documentation: submit lesson plans, assessments, progress reports, and student portfolios
* Preparedness: create substitute folders and uphold classroom standards
* Curriculum Integration: incorporate High Scope framework domains; early-literacy, early-mathematics, science, creative expression, sensory development, music & movement, social studies, and spiritual development... And of course play!
** Important Qualifications and Skills we are looking for
** 1. A caring Christian person with knowledge of early childhood developmental, spiritual, physical, social, and emotional needs and competence in working with young children.
2. Be a high school graduate or its equivalent and preferably have at least two years of experience working with young children.
3. Provide the Weekday Program with a record of training and experience and three references.
4. Be mentally, physically, and emotionally able to assume assigned duties, including being able to lift at least 30 pounds and participate in 30 minutes of vigorous activity with children.
5. Show competency, good judgment, and self-control in working with children and co-workers.
6. Relate to the children, parents or guardians, and other staff members with courtesy, respect, acceptance, and patience.
7. Not have been indicted or been the subject of criminal complaint, nor shall be the subject of deferred adjudication.
8. Demonstrate the character qualities of enthusiasm,…