What are the responsibilities and job description for the VPK Lead Teacher position at Amore Learning Academy?
About the Role:
The VPK Lead Teacher plays a pivotal role in shaping the educational experiences of students by providing high-quality language, math and cognitive instruction for children 4-5 years and fostering a loving and positive learning environment. This position involves developing and implementing engaging lesson plans The VPK Lead Teacher will also mentor and support teacher assistants ensuring that best practices are shared and adopted throughout the team.
- Qualifications:
- DCF 45 hours required
- Florida Staff Credential Required
- VPK instructor coursework
- VPK Fast Assessment instruction
- Fun and enthusiastic personality
- Unconditional love for all students
- Having an understanding of Developmentally Appropriate Practices for the birth -5 year old population
Responsibilities and Skills:
- Create and implement lesson plans from our Frog Street Curriculum.
- Teach toward the Fllorida Standards
- Provide a safe, caring, loving, and inviting learning environment for the children
- Collaborate with other teachers and staff for the student's success
- Being adaptable to meet diverse learning styles
- Professionally communicate with families
- Be a team player
- Being Flexible
- Keeping a clean, neat and attractive room
- completing required assessments on the children
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About Company:
The PB Schools Family is the parent company of Amore Learning Academy We are a family owned and operated childcare business for over 18 years, that has a passion for developing leaders, and providing top-notch care to children. We operate from 5 core values that build upon each other: Emotionally Supportive Environment, Respect, Trust, Fun, and Quality Education.
Our Company Vision is for Children to be developed to their fullest potential in environments fostered with love and compassion, preparing them for success with their future learning.
Mission Statement: Our mission is to have the compassion to love each child for who they are, to have the understanding to recognize that children are unique individuals, to have the power to protect each child from harm, to have the motivation to learn new ideas, to have the courage to put them into practice, to have the patience to never give up, and to have the passion to achieve our vision
We Believe:
- We believe children need to feel safe and loved before learning can begin.
- We believe social/emotional development is a precursor to all learning.
- We believe children learn best through play.
- We believe children's learning is optimized through movement.
- We believe all children are unique with their own strengths, and each develop differently at different rates.
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Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $17.50 - $19.50 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- If you have a valid Florida Staff Credential, what is the expiration date?
Experience:
- VPK teaching: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Florida Staff Credential (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $18 - $20