Day Care Lead Teacher

Are you passionate about working with children? Are you able to run an organized, fun environment for up to 20 children and provide strong direction for those assisting you? Would you like to work for a company who views love, safety, and success as things families, team, and children all desire? If you answered yes, then we would love to meet you and learn more.

WHO WE ARE Southwest Learning Centers is a community of supportive teachers and team members who recognize that as they elevate families, teams, and communities, they elevate themselves. We change communities for the better. We excel at supporting families to reach their unique vision of success by honoring their emotional and financial investment in us. Through support that transcends childcare alone, SWLC provides the sense of security, peace, and joy necessary for determined and engaged families to scale and live their best lives; making a positive impact upon their communities.

• Everyone is someone's child: We strive to treat everyone with the care and respect those who love them would want for them.
• Everyone deserves to feel loved: Our students arrive confidently each day knowing their teachers and their family both value them.
• Everyone deserves to feel safe: Energy matters. Children are sensitive to their environment and rely upon their families and teachers to ensure their safety; physically and emotionally.
• Everyone deserves to feel successful: We celebrate wins! There are no small milestones. Whether it's holding a spoon, tying a shoe, or making a friend. Our teachers and families celebrate together.

Requirements WHAT YOU WILL DO AS A DAYCARE LEAD TEACHER Using the TSGold Planning and Assessment Program (training available), you will be responsible for Preschool Teaching duties such as:

• Curriculum Planning: Designing lesson plans to align with state standards
• Progress Assessment: Utilizing formative assessment to better individualize instruction
• Family Conferencing: Meeting with families and students to review and collaborate ongoing progress
• Activity Planning: Scheduling for special events and off-site activities

• Reliable - You understand the emotional toll on children when their care is inconsistent. You respect your team with dependable attendance.
• Empathetic - You understand that leaving their child with others is not a decision parents make lightly and you offer ongoing communication and assurances that their child is in your good care.
• Responsive - You know that a child's behavior is often driven by unspoken thoughts or concerns and you work to meet them where they are and help them to manage their feelings.
• Encouraging - You instill confidence in everyone you interact with, from the children in your class, to your team members, and your families. Guidance or suggestions are constructive and non-judgmental.
• Emotional Balance - You understand that drama is for child's play and not a part of team interactions. You know how to ask for and offer support to team members without disruption to children's care.

• 1 year+ experience in a center or school setting (or similar)
• Working knowledge of Curriculum Planning
• Experience with TSGold a plus; will train
• Strong communication skills

• Family is honored here - free or discounted childcare available (ask for details)
• Our team is appreciated - from the Owners to the Director, we regularly receive thank you?s through big and small gestures
• Paid Time Off which exceeds mandated requirements
• Holiday Pay after 1 year
• Your future matters - from ongoing training opportunities to retirement fund matching, our team is encouraged to grow.
• $19-21/hr (based on experience and education/credential requirements per Washington State)

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER SWLC is an equal employment opportunity employer. We comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws in providing our employees and applicants with equal opportunity. Our decisions and criteria governing the employment relationship with all employees are non-discriminatory and are based on job requirements and an individual?s skills and experience without regard to race, creed, color, gender (including pregnancy), religion, age, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, veteran status, disability, gender identity or expression, or any other status protected by state or federal law. It is our intent that such factors shall not be a consideration for any of the following: employment, retention, promotion, recruitment or recruitment advertisement, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, administration of benefits, selection for job or management training, and demotion or separation. All matters related to employment are based upon the ability to perform the job, plus dependability and reliability once hired. This statement reaffirms our dedication to the principles of equal employment opportunity and our expectation that all employees will lend their full support to furthering SWLC?s success through implementation of those principles.