Lead Teacher - Child Development Center

As the nation’s leading nonprofit organization committed to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility, the Y offers more than just a job. We offer you a career with a future and the chance to make a lasting difference in your community.

As a key player of our Child Development Center team, the Lead Teacher is responsible for the overall classroom atmosphere, the curriculum, the development of each child to their full potential and communication with parents and other classroom staff. As a center, we are committed to our vision as a place where staff, children and their families are a part of a learning community in which they experience a sense of wonder, play, adventure, investigation, and support.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Good at multi-tasking.
• Communicate with children, staff, and parents
• Ability to encourage and support the children to get work done
• Consistent positive attitude, modeling the YMCA values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility
• Uphold the mission of the YMCA, and demonstrate behaviors that reflect a determined, nurturing, genuine, hopeful, and welcoming nature.
• Candidate must be able and ENJOY working with ages 6 weeks – Pre-K and be responsible for knowing developmental differences.
• Punctual, reliable, creative, and a self-starter
•  Attend all required staff meetings and trainings
• Completes required abuse risk management training. Adheres to policies and procedures in managing high-risk activities and appropriate boundaries of supervision. Reports suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations to supervisor. Follows mandated abuse reporting requirements to authorities.

KNOW HOW/REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to care for young children in a group setting.
• Ability to work with others as a team.
• High School Diploma
• Degree in Early Childhood Education or CDA preferred
• Infant/ Child/ Adult CPR and First aid (30 days post hire)
• Core Curriculum Training (60 days post hire)
• Negative TB Test (every two years)
• Minimum age 18 years old
• Able to pass multiple-screen drug test

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT:

Lifting up to 50 lbs, bending, stooping, sitting on floor or in child sized chairs, diapering, assisting with toileting, climbing, reaching, running, carrying or holding a child up to 50 lbs, pushing, operating a computer and swimming with children are all required functions of the position. Spending time outdoors during summer and winter months are also a requirement.

The YMCA of Greater Louisville is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, age, or disability status.