Floating teacher

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Employee discounts
• Flexible schedule
• Free food & snacks
• Free uniforms
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Vision insurance

Education and Experience:
Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities:

· Provide a positive and nurturing environment for the children.

· Responsible for health and safety of the children – not excessive accidents.

· Consistently keep clean and maintain the classroom areas (including bathrooms).

· Maintains a permanent room arrangement with no running spaces, shelves used as dividers, and materials/supplies at child level.

· Equipment out and children taught to use it properly

· Provides consistent and constant supervision of all children. Children are never left alone. Know how many children that you are responsible for at all times, ages, and who they are.

· An organized and structured daily schedule is implemented and followed daily.

· Supports the Lead Teacher in the day-to-day duties and responsibilities of the classroom

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

· Enjoys children and expresses genuine interest in them

· Speaks with calm, gentle voice

· Listens carefully and respectfully

· Teaches children to problem solve

· Utilizes teachable moments

· Must be able to focus on individual while being aware of what is happening everywhere

· Uses positive statements, is positive role-model

· Interacts consistently with children

· Must be able to maintain orderly, calm environment

· Supports cultural differences

· Ability to move from one activity to another without chaos

· Maintains positive parent interaction

· Encourages positive behavior often getting down to child’s level

· Teaches and allows children to make choices

· Uses Redirection

· Will frequently lift as in lifting, carrying, walking with, and holding infants and children.

· Required to stand up to 90% of the day.

· Must be able to stoop, bend, and sit on a child’s level.

· Able to physically and mentally interact and react to children on the playground and/or in the classroom and attend to their needs. This includes moderate and vigorous physical activity.