Kindergarten Teacher

The Goddard School is looking for a Kindergarten Teacher, for our Circle of Excellence school.

Join a growing team of teachers who are working in their chosen field for a company that values professional development, open communication, and providing the highest quality early development program in the country. Top pay with excellent benefits, retirement plan and tearly retenion bonus.

Kindergarten Teacher must have a degree in Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education.

Lead Teacher Responsibilities

A Lead Teacher’s responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Create lesson plans working with the state standards
• Design an appropriate room arrangement to support the goals and developmental level of the children in the classroom
• Develop an appropriate classroom management system to support the goals and developmental level of the children in the classroom
• Understand and implement The Goddard School® emergency procedure(s)
• Ensure that children are always within state ratio requirements
• Perform nominal cleaning responsibilities (eg, spills) immediately
• Post a classroom schedule that meets the needs of the children and includes a routine and learning opportunities
• Post and adhere to all GSI Health and Safety policies and procedures

Support each child’s social and emotional development and provide positive guidance

• Understand and adhere to the GSI Behavior Policy
• Plan and implement activities to develop children’s self-esteem and social skills
• Plan and implement activities to enable children’s feeling of security
• Encourage empathetic and respectful feelings for others, as well as the environment, through positive modeling
• Respect cultural and ethnic diversity

Establish positive and effective family relations

Maintain professional commitment

• Promote GSI philosophy and educational objectives
• Support a code of ethical conduct
• Pursue professional development/continuing education
• Attend faculty meetings, in-service days, conferences and professional growth opportunities

The Goddard School® is a renowned program with a Piaget (Learning through Play) based foundation and a leader in the franchised preschool industry which is growing and continues to set the standard for excellence. Our staff is made of loving and dedicated teachers who understand each child’s needs.

Daily Responsibilities

As a Goddard Teacher, arriving at Goddard each day fully prepared and excited to teach is important.

Supporting Goddard’s program and policies as well as state licensing policies is required. Assistant Teacher tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Implementing developmentally appropriate lesson plans that are individualized to meet the needs of the children in your classroom
• Creating a classroom that is fun and supports play, exploration and learning
• Presenting expectations that are appropriate to the child’s age and developmental level.
• Planning and implementing activities that develop self-esteem and social skills.
• Establishing and maintaining a safe, healthy, and nurturing learning environment
• Advancing students physical and intellectual competence
• Supporting social and emotional development and providing both positive guidance and reinforcement
• Establishing positive and productive relationships with families
• Ensuring a well-run, purposeful program responsive to participant needs based on Goddard’s standards of learning through play
• Maintaining a commitment of professionalism with students, families, peers and management

Benefits:

The Goddard School offers competitive compensation based on experience, education and certifications. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

We provide outstanding opportunities including:

• Competitive salary
• Exceptional Professional Development
• Supportive Team Environment
• Closed Major Holidays and the week between Christmas and New Year
• This is The Goddard School at 240 W Swamp Road in The Bailiwick Complex
• 215-230-9905