Early Educator - Lead Teacher

Early Educator - Lead Teacher

Job Details:

Job Location:

Worcester, MA , Position Type:
Regular Full-Time, Education Level: High School Diploma/GED/HiSET, Salary Range: $23.00 - $23.00 Hourly, Job Shift: Fixed Weekday Shift (Monday to Friday), Job Category:
Teachers & Education Supports

Pay: $23/hour

Schedule:

Monday through Friday 9a-530p

• Health Insurance:
  Offered through Blue Cross Blue Shield, with generous company contribution.
• Enhanced Retirement Plan: 25%
• 33% Employer match based on tenure.
• Student Loan Assistance:
  Consolidation, counseling, & limited employer contribution!
• Discounted Tuition with College & University Partnerships!
• Tuition Assistance:
  Reimbursed or prepaid college coursework!
• Home Mortgage Initiative:
  Favorable down payment (3-5%), reduced closing costs co-paid by Seven Hills!
• Generous Accrued Paid Vacation: 3 weeks in your first year!
• Vacation Cash-Out Option
• 3 Paid Personal Days
• 11 Paid Holidays Accrued Paid Sick Time

At Children's Aid and Family Services you’ll make a meaningful impact on the lives of individuals served while working in a supportive and collaborative team environment.

• Provide children with a safe, loving, and nurturing environment.
• Participate with interest, enthusiasm, and motivation in the program’s activities and provide positive interactions with the children that will meet their needs.
• Carry out appropriate and positive discipline requirements as established by the Lead Teacher that reflects program philosophy, encourages each child’s uniqueness, allows for individual differences.
• Maintain a room arrangement that is safe, inviting, interesting, and stimulating.
• Work as a supportive member of a team to provide the best possible care for young children.
• Prepare and implement, with the Lead Teacher, weekly lesson plans and activities.
• Perform classroom record keeping functions.
• Be sensitive and responsive to parents.
• Attend all staff meetings.
• Assume responsibility for the classroom in the absence of the Lead Teacher.
• Adhere to all agency and program policies and procedures, i.e. confidentiality, release of children, discipline, recognizing and reporting abuse, transportation, etc.

• Standard driver’s license – class C or class D
• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Meet one of the following sets of requirements for education and experience:
• Have successfully completed three credits in category Child Growth and have nine months of work experience or one practicum
• Have a Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential
• Have graduated from a two-year vocational program in early childhood education, approved by OCCS for both the education experience requirements and have been evaluated by the program instructor
• Must meet Massachusetts EEC requirements for Director I certification, or willing to obtain