Description:
WHO WE ARE: Healthy Kids is not just another childcare provider. We are Inc. 5,000’s fastest-growing provider of Early Learning, Before and After School, and Summer Camp Programs with over 100 locations and growing. We are a certified benefit corporation on a mission to reinvent accessible and affordable programs for today’s families and create opportunities for our team to do what they love (and feel valued while doing it). Join our award-winning community and dive into a world of excitement, growth, and endless possibilities. Check out what it’s like to work with us at https://www.healthykidsprograms.com/workwithus.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Current NYS teaching certificate valid for service in the early childhood grades.
• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred).
• Experience teaching preschool-age children.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

To be qualified as a Pre-K teacher, a person must possess either:

• (a) New York State Certification Birth-Grade 2 OR
• (b) New York State Certification N-6 OR
• (c) New York State Certification P, K, 1-6 OR
• (d) Bachelor’s Degree & 5-Year Plan

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Warm, friendly, caring, upbeat personality. Exceptional people skills in dealing with young children, parents, and staff.
• Professional, reliable, and prompt.
• Must have the stamina and physical flexibility (walking, sitting, standing, bending, kneeling, pulling, running, reaching, climbing, lifting, and carrying up to 50 lbs.) without assistance to participate in children’s activities.

• Planned and implemented a developmentally appropriate program for PreK students that met UPK School District requirements.
• Plan and teach well-developed, culturally responsive lessons.
• Assess, track, and provide relevant and timely feedback on the achievement and developmental needs of students.
• Use age-appropriate and positive guidance strategies to teach, encourage, and redirect inappropriate classroom behavior.
• Build relationships with staff and families through positive and professional communication, create a welcoming environment, respect diversity, and encourage parent participation in the program.
• Work collaboratively with teacher assistants.
• Design the room layout for success using ECERS (Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale).
• Developing activities that promote literacy and math concepts – following the Creative Curriculum.
• Participating in ongoing in-service and education development opportunities and participating in the ongoing development and evaluation of the program’s goals and objectives.
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