Several Teaching Positions Open (Danbury, CT)

Several Teaching Positions Open

Several teaching positions available at a newer preschool childcare center. Lead teachers must be degreed and assistant teachers must be pursuing a degree or have a CDA. A positive dependable responsible dedicated and caring personality is a must Two years or more experience in Early Childhood Education is preferred. The teacher in a Goddard School must be professionally prepared as a teacher and meet the qualifications of her state and those set forth in the National Standards for Hiring for a teacher. She must after an offer of employment is made produce a current physical examination by a Physician with a tuberculin test or chest x-ray have approved state clearance forms for child abuse and a certificate demonstrating an approved criminal record check. She must have the ability to hear the conversational voice with or without a hearing aid and demonstrate the ability to see and read newsprint with or without corrective lenses to speak and be understood under normal circumstances. In addition she must be able to lift and carry children and other items weighing up to 50 pounds use arms hands legs and feet with or without corrective devices to accomplish the job including the evacuation of the building during emergencies. We expect you to arrive at Goddard each day fully prepared and in your classroom ready to teach at the scheduled time. We expect you to support Goddard s program and policies as well as state licensing policies. We expect you to do your job which includes but is not limited to Establishing and maintaining a safe healthy and nurturing learning environment Advancing physical and intellectual competence Supporting social and emotional development and to providing positive guidance Establishing positive and productive relationships with families Ensuring a well run purposeful program responsive to participant needs Maintaining a commitment to professionalism The assistant teacher in a Goddard School must be professionally prepared as an assistant teacher and meet the qualifications set forth in the National Standards for Hiring for an assistant teacher. She must after an offer of employment is made produce a current physical examination by a physician with a tuberculin test or chest x-ray have approved state clearance forms for child abuse and a certificate demonstrating an approved criminal record check. She must have the ability to hear the conversational voice with or without a hearing aid and demonstrate the ability to see and read newsprint with or without corrective lenses to speak and be understood under normal circumstances. In addition she must be able to lift and carry children and other items weighing up to 50 pounds use arms hands legs and feet with or without corrective devices to accomplish the job including the evacuation of the building during emergencies. We expect you to arrive at Goddard each day fully prepared and in your classroom ready to teach at the scheduled time. We expect you to support Goddard s program and policies as well as state licensing policies. We expect you to do your job which includes but is not limited to Establishing and maintaining a safe healthy and nurturing learning environment Advancing physical and intellectual competence Supporting social and emotional development and to providing positive guidance Establishing positive and productive relationships with families Ensuring a well run purposeful program responsive to participant needs Maintaining a commitment to professionalism