Preschool Lead Teacher-Full Time (Arcadia)

About Right At School

Right At School’s ultimate goal is to build a brighter future for children, families, and communities. We do this by offering safe, engaging, and meaningful in-school and extracurricular programs. Our programs live up to our mission by inspiring a love of learning, helping schools achieve their academic goals, and giving parents peace of mind. We’re truly humbled that students love us, parents value us, and schools recognize our impact.

As a member of our team, you’ll not only love your job but shape the future! You’ll get to leave a footprint on students' lives and your community by exercising the power of learning through play. Recognizing the achievements of staff is part of our company DNA, so your hard work won’t go unnoticed. See our staff spotlights for yourself on our careers page!

Position Details:

• Location: The Right At School Early Learning Center

• Pay Range: Part-time $19-$21.00/hr. (dependent on experience, education)

Join our team and help us provide enriched programs that make our students, parents, and schools say, “I’m so happy I found Right At School!”

As an Part Time teacher every day is different! However, typical duties will include -

• Partnering with the Program Manager to deliver dynamic Right At School curriculum. We work together as a team to achieve our mission and promote collaboration!
• Building relationships and communicating with parents to provide the best child care for their children. We encourage our staff to foster those important relationships that contribute to our success.
• Being a role model for children by modeling positive behaviors to assist with learning. Moving around to manage the classroom and maintain safety with a positive guidance approach.
• Helping our programs be the best they can be! Verifying quality and compliance standards are met by organizing program materials and documenting attendance, incidents, and other observations.
• Being asked to kneel, run, to lift up to 25 lbs, and have a lot of fun while doing so.
• Regularly checking in with the Program Manager about personal and child performance metrics to ensure human growth. Our leaders care deeply about the development of students AND community

We recognize you’ll come with your own talents and skills. In addition, please come with -

• A passion for children
• 1-year experience working as a teacher in a licensed preschool program

• High school diploma or GED and completion of 12 ECE units.

** Courses REQUIRED per licensing are as followed. MUST meet 12 ECE units to qualify.***

1. Child/Human Growth and Development
2. Child/Family/Community
3. Child Family Relations
4. Programs/Curriculum

• Positive and can-do attitude
• Respect for and dedication to working with children with special needs
• Outstanding customer service and relationship building skills
• Strong classroom management skills with the ability to use and model appropriate positive discipline
• REQUIRED: Ability to meet state-specific requirements; complete LIVE Scan fingerprint, FA/CPR, Mandated Reporter training, Health Certificate/Negative TB Test

We invest in YOU! We offer assistance to our team through the many different stages of life -

• Learn the fundamentals and accelerate your career with our online library of 600+ learning modules and financial incentives for continued education.
• Opportunity to make a difference in your community and positively impact families.
• We offer expecting parents twelve weeks of time off, which includes four weeks of full pay to increase the ability of families to balance the needs of work and home.
• Free childcare! Enroll your eligible children in any Right At School after-school program tuition-free so that you can focus on your career knowing your children are in good hands! At select locations.
• We’re flexible with your schedule as we know life gets busy. Working hours are aligned with school schedules.
• Options for planning your future with 401K offered to all employees after working 1,000 hours.
• An online and mobile HR platform where you can access your info with easy-to-use tech 24/7.

If you need accommodations in the interview process, find out more at our FAQs page.

Is this job not for you? Take a look at our other jobs available on our careers page or subscribe to our email list so that we can be in touch regarding job opportunities that are a fit. You can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram @RightAtSchoolTeam to learn more!

Here at Right At School, our commitment to equal opportunity runs deep. We really mean that. In order to achieve our goals, we need to work hard to create a diverse workforce so we can reach as many students, parents and schools as possible. We embrace the uniqueness in everyone and we encourage each individual to be their true selves. Your age, skin color, beliefs, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, parental status, vet status, gender identity are valued here. We do not stand for discrimination or harassment of any kind. Come as you are!