Contact Person: Sarah Misale

Job Location:
Discovery Central Forest School
1010 Silver Creek Rd, Marquette, MI 49855

Job Description:

Lead Teacher:
Qualifications
• Must be 18 years or older.
• Must have High School Diploma or General Education Diploma.
• Must hold a CDA or complete a compliance plan toward earning a CDA.
• Must hold and maintain current CPR and First Aid certifications, or immediately schedule the course upon being hired.
• Must be able to lift and carry 40 pounds.
• Must have minimum of 1 year experience in preschool education (as shown by a positive reference from a former employer supervisor in the preschool education field).
• Must have 9 semester hours (or 45 clock hours of approved in-service training) in the area of child development.
• Maple class leads must hold a Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or a related field.

Responsibilities
• Supervise and ensure the safety and well-being of the children at all times.
• Ensure a safe environment including inspection of materials and environment.
• Plan provocations for the children in the classroom that are developmentally appropriate and help children develop physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially.
• Implement the daily outline.
• Ensure regular observation and documentation of each child throughout the year (must avoid semiannual “testing” of children).
• Maintain daily child attendance log on Wonderschool.
• Oversee and reply to class cell phone messages and calls; responses should be run by the director if unsure.
• Plan, carry out and maintain logs of monthly fire drills.
• Plan, carry out and maintain logs of monthly tornado drills between months of April-October.
• Attend at least one staff meeting a month.
• Attend monthly class lead meetings with admin and implement needed changes.
• Meet with families at least semiannually to discuss child(ren)’s growth and development using approved progress report forms (Maple lead will meet with families to meet state requirements).
• Submit supply orders to Director.
• Attend 20 hours of in-service training per school year as agreed upon with Director.
• Be familiar with state licensing regulations as well as with Program Policies of Discovery Central Forest School.

Starting pay for this position is $18/hour.

Closing Date for Job:  06/01/2025