Lead Teacher
Company/Organization: Playful Learning Academy
Location: 12228 Lake St., Eagle River AK
Application Dates: 12/25/2025-02/01/2026
Job Description
Child Care Teacher
GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:
Plan and carry out a daily program designed to meet the physical and developmental needs of a group of children. This person must be able to effectively work with other staff assisting in the classroom, be sensitive to the needs of individual children and relate well to both the children and adults.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Working with the TA (Teachers Assistant) create and facilitate lesson plans, schedule and implement the daily program of appropriate developmental experiences for a classroom group of children
- Provide care and protection for assigned children
- Maintain a physical environment conducive to children’s growth and development and arrange to promote optimal program functioning.
- Consider and provide for the needs of the individual in relationship to their cultural and socioeconomic background, emotional or physical handicaps and individual style and pace of learning.
- Respect the dignity and basic rights of each child
- Help children learn to adapt to and cope with real-life situations; to develop appropriate habits in such activities as eating, dressing, napping and personal hygiene
- Work with Administrator with children with unmet special needs, as well as families with problems that affect the child in the center
- Make daily observations of the health of children, reporting conditions which require attention
- Maintain progress records on the emotional, physical, social and intellectual development of assigned children
- Work with the parents, and the Administrator to solve behavior problems; arrange parent conferences as necessary and field parent’s complaints
- Participate in staff meetings, training sessions, conferences, workshops and other career development and professional activities
- Complete continuing education hours (minimum of 24 hrs)
- Assure that equipment and materials are accessible, appropriate and in good condition
- Perform classroom related and other maintenance duties as requested
- Evaluation of assistants as needed
- Assist with public relation and events and other duties as assigned
- Maintain a pleasant, comfortable atmosphere for staff and children
- With the correct credentials support the center as an Assistant Administrator.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; sit and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Most days, employee will be working a portion of the day outside and will dress appropriately. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:
- High school diploma or GED.
- Minimum age of 18 years old.
- Child Development Associate (CDA) certification is advantageous.
- 2 years proven experience working as a Childcare Teacher/Teacher Assistant.
- Certification in first aid and CPR , will provide training if needed.
- Clear criminal background check.
- In-depth understanding of childhood development.
- Minimum of 3 references.
Teacher reports directly to the Administrator
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