Position Summary
Ensure a well-run, purposeful program. Respond appropriately to children’s needs. Assess supply and material needs. Build teamwork. Develop lesson plans. Establish and maintain a safe, healthy, nurturing learning environment. Support play and exploration. Encourage creativity. Promote appropriate developmental expectations. Support social and emotional development. Manage classrooms according to Mineral Area Early Learning Academy standards and policies. Plan and implement activities to develop intellectual, physical, social, and emotional competence. Establish positive relationships with students, families, and staff. Commit to continuing education.
Key Performance Indicators
Essential Functions
Establish and maintain a safe, healthy, and nurturing learning environment by
Advancing physical and intellectual competence by
Supporting social and emotional development and providing positive guidance by
Establishing positive and productive relationships with families by
Ensuring a well-run, purposeful program responsive to participant needs by
Maintaining a commitment to professionalism by
Required Behaviors, Competencies, and Skills
Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the community.
Interpersonal skills:
Ability to identify and express problems and develop solutions from alternative methods and procedures.
Ability to understand directions, ask questions for clarification, and demonstrate appropriate action.
Technical skills:
Ability to follow directions and maintain accurate knowledge of regulations.
Experience
Education:
Associate’s Degree in Child Development or Early Childhood. The Mineral Area Early Learning Academy Lead Teacher must meet the state qualifications and National Standards for an early learning academy teacher.
Work Experience:
Experience and education in early childhood instruction.
Industry Knowledge:
Knowledge of local, state, and national early childhood regulations and standards.
Work Environment and Physical Requirements
The Lead Teacher must, after an offer of employment is made, produce a current physical examination by a physician with a tuberculin test or chest x-ray, have approved state clearance forms for child abuse and a certificate demonstrating an approved criminal record check. The Lead Teacher must have the ability to hear the conversational voice, with or without a hearing aid, and demonstrate the ability to see and read newsprint, with or without corrective lenses, and to be able to speak and be understood under normal circumstances. All teachers must be able to monitor children both indoors and outdoors and must be able to monitor children by themselves. The Lead Teacher must be able to lift and carry children and other items weighing up to 50 pounds, use arms, hands, legs, and feet, with or without corrective devices, to accomplish the job, including the evacuation of the building during emergencies.
Benefits
Full-time employees of the Early Learning Academy operating on the Mineral Area College campus are members of the Public Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri. Full-time employees work 40 hours each week during the day Monday through Friday. Full-time ELA employees receive 7 paid holidays, two weeks of paid vacation – taken the week of July 4th and the week of Christmas; and 8 hours of PTO each month as detailed in the Early Learning Academy Employee Handbook. Full-time employees have Mineral Area College insurance group options including medical, dental, vision, life, ltd, ad&d, FSA, HSA, 403(b.)