Pre-K Mentor Teacher

Duties And Responsibilities

• Follow quality assurance measures to maintain excellence of program offerings, operations, and state licensure.
• Work to achieve and maintain NAEYC accreditation.
• Maintain regular communications with School Director, Assistant Director, and parents of enrolled students.
• Escalate incident reports to the School Director.
• Partner to maintain a safe environment.
• Adhere to Great Hearts/Young Hearts policies, procedures, and business initiatives.
• Attend monthly meetings.
• Utilize The Creative Curriculum and Gold Strategies to execute lessons and assessments.
• Hold parent teacher conferences twice a year.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with students, parents, and academy administration.
• Will work to train and mentor other assistant and lead teachers.
• Will mentor others in curriculum implementation and classroom management.
• Will assign duties to other teachers so they have opportunities for learning.
• Will often have an additional teacher in classroom who is training.
• Will communicate the progress of the training of teachers to the School Director.

Qualifications

• CDA, associate's degree or higher preferred.
• 2-3 years' experience working in a licensed preschool program.
• Exemplifies heart of service to others.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Models mission and vision of Great Hearts and Young Hearts.
• Illustrates sound business judgement and strategic thinking including, but not limited to data analysis.
• Provides leadership in formulating and managing major projects or initiatives.
• Self-starter with the ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to build positive and strong relationships with all stakeholders.
• Achievement-oriented, willing to work hard and take satisfaction from being productive.
• Strong analytical thinking and creative problem-solving skills; ability to troubleshoot with little direction.
• Strong Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) skills.

Physical Functions

• Requires but is not limited to standing, sitting, repetitious hand and body movements, bending, squatting, and reaching.
• May be required to move or position equipment up to 40 pounds approximately.