Demo

Child Development Lead Teacher (Fred Moore Day Nursery School)

Denton ISD
Denton, TX Part Time
POSTED ON 1/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/7/2026
Position:Caregiver, Lead

Job Title:Child Development Lead Teacher

Reports to:District Child Care Coordinator

Dept./School:Fred Moore Day Nursery School

PRIMARY PURPOSE:To work as a member of the Child Care Center team in providing a high level of childcare for the centers children through providing safe, healthy and nurturing environment through social, emotional and cognitive learning experiences for the children.

Qualifications

Education/Certification:

Minimum age of 18 years

High School diploma or equivalent

High moral character and integrity

Must pass district health standards for position

Special Knowledge/Skills

  • Effectively communicate with children, parents, administrator, co-workers, and board members in writing and verbally.
  • Must have a positive attitude
  • Create lesson plans that follow curriculum and are developmentally appropriate
  • Keep working area clean and organized.
  • Work indoors and outdoors in conditions that can include heat, cold and loud constant noise.
  • Bend, crawl, kneel, sit on the floor and squat with ease.
  • Lift and carry a min of 50 lbs.

Interactions with students, families and staff (On a daily Basis):

  • Engage in frequent, positive interactions with all people.
  • Treat all people with respect.
  • Model and Encourage language development in children through group times, songs, and daily reading.
  • Treat all ethnic groups equally and provide equal opportunities for both sexes.
  • Model and use positive guidance and discipline techniques
  • Correct and redirect children firmly and calmly.
  • Encourage pro-social behaviors among children
  • Encourage children to talk about feelings and help children deal with anger or sadness
  • Expectations for children are developmentally appropriate

Job Duties Responsibilities

  • Prepare and follow weekly lesson plans that match school-wide units
  • Make modifications based on the needs of individual students
  • Make observations and assessment for each student
  • Responsible for the upkeep of child's portfolio
  • Provide a balance of indoor/ outdoor, quiet/ active, individual/ small and large group activities
  • Responsible for classroom arrangement; must have defines areas and rotation of center items/toys

Center And Community Relations

  • Articulate appropriately to the general public the centers goals and objectives
  • Participate in community activities that foster rapport and mutual respect between the center and the community

Professional Growth And Development

  • Seek out, accept, and respond appropriately to feedback from supervisors and co-workers
  • Use information provided in evaluations to improve performance
  • Obtain CPR and first aid certification. Obtain 20 hours of continuing education each year.
  • Attend staff meeting and training as scheduled
  • Adhere promptly to schedule and maintain good attendance. Provide adequate notification for an absence. A doctors note may be required if absent for two or more days

Other

  • Must have knowledge of children in care at all times.
  • Inform teacher and support staff of incidents/accidents that occurred on that day
  • Write incident/accident reports honestly, detailed, and in a timely manner.
  • Keep inventory of classroom materials
  • Keep classroom clean and in an orderly manner.
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Working Conditions

Mental Demands:Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written); interprets policy, procedures and data; coordinates district functions; maintains emotional control under stress.

Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:Frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing and pulling. Occasional lifting up to 50 pounds. Potential prolonged use of computer and repetitive hand motions. Must be able to safely lift and carry infants to and from the changing table, change the infants diaper, administer parent aut orized medication and/or attend to infants needs at the changing table and assure the childs safety and security while on the changing table.

Minimum Starting Pay: $16.35 *Depending on experience

THE DENTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Salary : $16

If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Job openings at Denton ISD

  • Denton ISD Denton, TX
  • Primary Purpose Train under the supervision of certified transportation staff to acquire the skills, knowledge, and licensure required to operate a distric... more
  • 4 Days Ago

  • Denton ISD Denton, TX
  • Primary Purpose Prepares and serves appropriate quantities of food to meet menu requirements. Maintains high standards of quality in food production, sanit... more
  • 4 Days Ago

  • Denton ISD Denton, TX
  • Primary Purpose Follows routine cleaning procedures to maintain a high standard of safety, cleanliness and efficiency of building operations. Qualification... more
  • 4 Days Ago


Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Child Development Lead Teacher (Fred Moore Day Nursery School) jobs in the Denton, TX area that may be a better fit.

  • The Learning Experience #284 Denton, TX
  • Join the fastest growing Academy of Early Education in the nation where “ Happy Happens Here ”! When it comes to our people, here at The Learning Experienc... more
  • 1 Month Ago

  • Child Care Associates Fort Worth, TX
  • Our EEO Policy Child Care Associates is an equal opportunity employer who offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, se... more
  • 4 Days Ago

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!