Certified Pre-K Lead Teacher

Experienced PreK Counts Lead Teachers Wanted For 2026/27 School Year!

PK-4 Certification Required

Discovery Place is excited to announce dynamic opportunities for passionate and energetic certified Teachers to join our team. Our roles are perfect for nurturers, educators, and support staff that thrive in a fun early learning and development infused environments.

As a key support within our team, you will be responsible for creating memorable learning experiences for our kiddos, cultivating positive relationships with our families, and maintaining the highest standards safety in our classrooms.

Key Benefits of Working with Kids:

• High Job Satisfaction: Working with children is often described as fun, providing "unconditional love," and creating a "feel-good" work environment.
• Purposeful Impact: You get to foster young minds, watch them grow into confident individuals, and provide a nurturing environment.
• Constant Variety: No two days are the same, as children are imaginative, energetic, and unpredictable.
• Collaborative Growth: Our philosophy is to Learn Through Every Experience. As a Lead Teacher you will collaborate with Assistant Teachers, and other staff, to create the best experience for our kiddos!

Experience:

• PreK Counts: Bachelors - Early Childhood Education PK-4 Certification (required); other education based degrees considered w/ certification
• Infant/Toddler: Associates - Early Childhood Education or higher (required)
• 1 year in Childcare Center, Elementary School, or other learning environments. (ie, teaching, creating lesson plans, supporting Assistant Teachers, etc)
• Passion for working with children under the age of 5.

If this all these perks speak to you, this could be your next exciting career move! Come be part of something special where your energy makes a difference! Apply!

Discovery Place is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. This organization is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at the organization are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, sexual orientation, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• What is your highest completed degree?
• Do you have an active PK-4 Teaching Certification (PA)?

Work Location: In person

Salary : $70,000