Preschool Childcare Teachers and Support Staff

Summary

Once Upon a Time Child Care Center in Verona, WI is seeking individuals with a passion for or an interest in working with children. We have a clean, safe and fun workplace and systems in place that make your work easier. Positions available:
Lead Teachers, Assistant Teachers, and Support Staff—full-time and/or part-time. Full-time shifts are 9 hours with a one-hour break, five days a week. No night or weekend work.

We offer health, vision, and dental insurance; employee childcare discount; paid time off; training; paid planning time; and more. Excellent compensation based on education and experience ($16-$20/hour).

• Provide play in a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
• Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers.
• Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
• Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to children.
• Demonstrate activities to children.
• Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.
• Organize and label materials and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages and perceptual skills.
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities and guide students in learning from those activities.

• Set up classroom materials or equipment.
• Provide for basic needs of children.
• Teach life skills.
• Read to students.
• Plan educational activities.
• Monitor student performance.
• Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
• Evaluate student work.
• Discuss problems or issues with supervisors.
• Discuss student progress with parents or guardians.
• Enforce rules or policies governing student behavior.
• Modify teaching methods or materials to accommodate student needs.
• Develop instructional objectives.
• Apply multiple teaching methods.
• Arrange childcare or educational settings to ensure physical safety of children.
• Maintain student records.
• Prepare reports detailing student activities or performance.
• Display student work.
• Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
• Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
• Plan experiential learning activities.
• Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
• Supervise school or student activities.

Holiday pay, Paid Time Off, an Incentive program for years of service (90 days, 1 year, 3 years, 5 years, 10 years, and 15 years), and childcare discounts.