About us
Woodlyn Academy is a high quality early childcare academy located in Delaware and Philadelphia County. At Woodlyn Academy, it is our mission to provide our students with a rigorous academic curriculum, within a nurturing and safe environment.
Reports To: Director
General Function: This position is responsible for meeting the developmental needs of children six weeks – five years of age in a group setting. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: planning and implementing developmentally appropriate lesson plans; providing a safe and secure environment; providing documentation of positive developmental outcomes for students; maintaining positive relations and communications with families and program staff; sharing responsibilities with a teacher assistant as well as directing classroom aides and volunteers to Woodlyn Academy standards.
Qualifications:
Toddler Teacher– CDA – Associate Degree with two years experience in a licensed child care facility or equivalent student teaching experience
Pre-School Teacher– Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education. One year experience in a licensed child care facility or equivalent student teaching experience.
Physical Requirements:
Frequent lifting of children up to 50 pounds. Frequent walking and standing with occasional bending, climbing, and crawling.
Responsibilities:
Planning
- Plan and implement developmentally appropriate lessons and activities.
- Plan in advance and turn into your Teacher/Director weekly lesson plans and supply needs.
- Post-current lesson plans in classroom at all times.
- Develop a daily schedule that provides a balance of active and quiet activities, individual and group times.
- Arrange the classroom to provide for learning centers and rotate educational equipment routinely.
- Monitor children’s developmental progress through observation records, checklists, and daily reports.
Parent Communication * Maintain positive, open relations with all families.
- Address and greet parents by name upon arrival and departure.
- Reinforce daily to parent and child the successes and positive behaviors exhibited.
- Communicate all concerns and provide written documentation of all concerns to Director.
- Conduct parent teacher conferences as scheduled and more often as needed.
- Facilitate all classroom activities, participate, model, and observe as necessary.
Classroom Organization
- Manage all classroom supplies and equipment in a safe and organized manner.
- Maintain the classroom environment to support smooth transitions and the independent learning of children.
- Maintain neatly all storage areas.
- Follow cleaning schedule, as posted and additional items deemed necessary.
- Display all postings and children’s work in a neat and orderly manner.
Ethics
- Support and demonstrate discipline practices in accordance with the Woodlyn Academy policies and DHS regulations.
- Maintain professionalism.
- Attend all required staff meetings and trainings.
- Follow program dress code.
- Maintain appropriate attendance.
- Maintain eye contact and smile at parents, children, and staff during all communications.
- Maintain confidentiality on a strict need to know bases with parents, staff, outside agencies, and the general community.
- Display and model at all times Honesty, Responsibility, Caring, and Respect.
Additional Requirements
- Maintain current certification in Infant, Child and Adult CPR, First Aid, and Signs and Symptoms.
- Plan and complete in-service hours as required by DHS/ Keystone STARS and as requested by
- Director.
- Meet and/or exceed all DHS/ Keystone STAR regulations and CACFP guidelines in relation to programming for children birth to six.
- Maintain a safe, secure and clean environment
- Lift and carry children as need.
- Follow all program guidelines in regard to food service, clean up and food storage.
- Complete accident / incident reports in a timely manner, following the chain of command have the report signed and provide a copy to the parent on the day of the incident.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $13.00 – $25.00 per hour
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Salary: $13.00 – $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
License/Certification:
- CPR Certification (Preferred)
- Child Development Associate Certification (Preferred)
Work Location: In person