Lead Teacher

Lead Teacher

Build a brighter future for all children.

Teaching is more than a job. It's an opportunity to foster curiosity, creativity, and compassion in children-all while helping them develop a lifelong love of learning. As a Lead Teacher at the Primrose School of North Meridian you'll create a fun, safe environment with a daily schedule designed to develop children's confidence and independence. You'll help guide these little ones through small group instruction as they grow their ability to absorb new content and understand increasingly complex information.

Let's talk about building a brighter future together.

Benefits:

• Hourly compensation is $17-$19 hour depending on experience

• Set Schedules (M-F 7 8:00am-5:00pm, 8:30am-5:30pm or 9:00am-6:00pm)

• Closed Weekends, Nights and Holidays

• 80Hours PTO and paid holidays

• Paid week off for Winter Break (week of Christmas to New Years Day)

• Medical, dental, vision benefits

• 401k with 3%-4% match

• Paid educational assistance for career path in attaining ECE certifications

• Positive culture with incentives, bonus opportunities and work life balance

• Supportive leadership team and family environment

• School location is 4818 N. Elsinore Ave. Meridian, ID 83646. 208-515-0122

Qualifications:

• Must meet basic requirements of local childcare regulatory agency

• 1-3 years previous teaching or assistant teaching position in a licensed early childhood program required.

• Knowledge of the social, emotional, and creative needs of young children

• Must be able to lift up to 35 lbs. in connection with the handling of children for the facilitation of programs, child safety, and potential emergency situations.

Make a difference every day.

• Spend your days building genuine relationships with each child.

• Help children learn about language and literacy, science, life skills, and more.

• Work with your co-teacher to implement the lesson plans from the research-informed Balanced Learning curriculum.

• Maintain a well-kept classroom that encourages children to create, explore and make decisions with confidence.

• Discover what is best for each child as you teach them about the world around them.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall supervision and daily class functions of a group of children.

• Assist each child's developmental needs on an ongoing basis.

• Implement the approved lesson plans and daily classroom schedule in accordance with the Primrose Balanced Learning curriculum and programming.

• Plan with a member of the Leadership Team, the parent-teacher conferences and student evaluations.

• Maintain an attractive, well-kept classroom that encourages children to create, explore and make decisions with confidence.

• Provide verbal recognition and acceptance to children while providing clear and consistent expectations for the children's behavior.

• Attend all required staff meetings, workshops and/or school functions.

• Observe all rules and regulations at Primrose School of North Meridian, and the local, state, or national regulatory agencies pertaining to the health, safety and care of children.

• Assist in other capacities that Director, or designee, determines is necessary.

Get everything you need to give children everything they need.

At the Primrose School of North Meridian, you bring the passion, and we'll give you all the tools and training to be successful. Our Balanced Learning approach was developed by early learning experts. It provides clear daily plans so you can focus your time in the classroom on forming connections with the children-and spend your time outside of school focused on yourself.

Classrooms are fully stocked with everything you need, and our supportive Leadership Team works every day to create a safe, healthy environment and a culture where all children and team members can thrive.

And if that's not enough, just wait until you help a child learn something new and see their face light up with excitement!

Compensation: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour