Summary

Provide high quality, mission aligned early childhood education for children in assigned classroom. Apprentices are required to work in the classroom a minimum of 25 hours/week.

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Management

Reports to: The Apprentice Teacher is directly supervised by the Mentor Teacher and reports to the Program Director.

Supervises: none

Roles & Responsibilities

Role: Classroom teacher

Responsibilities:

• Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy educational environment

• Provide input on lesson planning, documentation and assessments

• Work at least four hours per day actively facilitating learning with children

• Complete family communication (daily, email, conferences and home visits)

• Comply with all licensing regulations and conducts work in accordance with all Apple Playschools policies, procedures, and best practices

• Reports Abuse or Neglect as a mandated reporter

Role: Ambassador

Responsibilities:

• Serves as an “Apple Ambassador” in the community, spreading positive information about our programs, and communicating feedback from others to the Program Director

• Required events:

  • Fall and Winter In-service

  • Monthly staff meetings

  • Two site events

  • One signature event

  • One external event

Essential Requirements & Qualifications

• Be age 19 or older

• Hold a CDA or at least one year full time experience in early childhood education

• Be able to pass all required background checks and criminal history review

• Meet LARA licensing education requirements appropriate to assigned role

• Be committed to effective conflict resolution and collaborative communication with staff, families, children, and community partners

• Has sound judgment and ability to assess risk appropriately, including the capacity to act quickly and appropriately in case of an emergency

• Be “on your feet” for most of the day, able to comfortably bend, move around with young children, ascend or descend a flight of stairs, walk on uneven terrain, work outside in all weather conditions, quickly respond and move from one point to another in the learning environment, be exposed to environmental allergens (dust, animals, etc), and hold, carry, or lift up to 25 pounds