Teacher Young Hearts Preschool

p class="MsoNormal"span style="color: rgb(153,103,9);"strongPOSITION: Teacher Young Hearts Preschool               /strong/span/pp class="MsoNormal"span style="color: rgb(153,103,9);"strongDEPARTMENT:  Great Hearts – Young Hearts Preschools                             /strong/span/pp class="MsoNormal"span style="color: rgb(153,103,9);"strongLOCATION: Great Hearts Arizona - Varies                                     /strong/span/pp class="MsoNormal"span style="color: rgb(153,103,9);"strongREPORTS TO: School Director of Young Hearts Preschool/strong/span/pp class="MsoNormal"span style="color: rgb(153,103,9);"strongEEO Classification:/strong/span/pp class="MsoNormal"span style="color: rgb(153,103,9);"strongFLSA STATUS: Hourly Wage $15.75 to $16.85/strong/span/pp style="line-height: 12.2pt;margin-bottom: 0.0in;margin-right: 0.0in;margin-top: 0.0in;" /pp class="MsoNormal"stronguPosition /u/strong/pp class="MsoNormal"The Teacher at Young Hearts Preschool will report to the School Director.span  /spanThe Teacher will assist the Lead Teacher with students assigned to the Lead Teacher in the areas of education, supervision, assessment, and parent communication./pp class="MsoNormal"stronguDuties Responsibilities /u/strong/pullip class="MsoNormal"Follow quality assurance measures to maintain excellence of program offerings, operations, and state licensure./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Work with Lead Teacher to achieve and maintain NAEYC accreditation./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Maintain regular communications with Lead Teacher, School Director, and Assistant Director./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Escalate incident reports to the School Director/p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Partner to maintain a safe environment./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Adhere to Great Hearts/Young Hearts policies, procedures, and business initiatives./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Attend monthly meetings./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Work with Lead Teacher in utilizing The Creative Curriculum and Gold Strategies to execute lessons and assessments./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Cultivate and maintain relationships with students, parents, co-workers, and academy staff./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Additional duties and projects as assigned./p/li/ulp class="MsoNormal" /pp class="MsoNormal"stronguQualifications, Competencies Strengths/u/strong/pp class="MsoNormal"Education: CDA, Associate’s Degree or higher preferred/pp class="MsoNormal"Experience: 6 months to 1 years’ experience working in a licensed preschool program./pp class="MsoNormal" /pp class="MsoNormal"Additional Requirements/pullip class="MsoNormal"Must be 18 years of age/p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Must possess or obtain a valid Arizona Department of Public Safety IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card/p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Must have a negative TB test/p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Must meet the qualifications of a teacher in accordance with the Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Child Care Licensing. Per licensing: “Teacher” means a staff member responsible for developing, planning, and conducting childcare activities and supervises children and Teacher Assistants./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Will be required to obtain CPR/First Aid certification upon hire./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"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./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Travel required: May need to travel locally to the Lead Office or other Great Hearts locations in Arizona/p/lilip class="MsoNormal"This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, it does not exclude or restrict the tasks that may be assigned./p/li/ulp class="MsoNoSpacing" /pp class="MsoNormal"stronguSpecial Skills/u/strong/pullip class="MsoNormal"Exemplifies heart of service to others./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Outstanding written and verbal communication skills/p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Models mission and vision of Great Hearts and Young Hearts./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Illustrates sound business judgement and strategic thinking including, but not limited to data analysis./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Self-starter with the ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to build positive and strong relationships with all stakeholders./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Achievement-oriented, willingness to work hard and take satisfaction from being productive./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Strong analytical thinking and creative problem-solving skills; ability to troubleshoot with little direction./p/lilip class="MsoNormal"Strong Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) skillsa name="_Hlk190957716"./a/p/li/ulp class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;text-indent: -0.25in;"span style="font-family: Symbol;"span style="mso-list: Ignore;"·/spanspan style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";mso-list: Ignore;"      /span/span/pp class="MsoNormal"iGreat Hearts Academies is an Equal Opportunity Employer./i/pp class="MsoNoSpacing" /p