Preschool Lead Teacher

🌟 Join Our Team as a Lead Preschool Teacher! 🌟

Are you passionate about shaping young minds in a supportive, creative, and fun environment? Do you believe that every child deserves a place where they can explore, grow, and thrive? If so, we’d love for you to be part of our team at The Institute for the Redesign of Learning in South Pasadena, California!

As a Preschool Lead Teacher in our Early Education Program, you'll create a nurturing space where curiosity is sparked, imagination soars, and every child’s potential is celebrated. You'll work alongside a dedicated team, bringing joy and learning to our little ones, guiding them through their first big steps in education. Experience with the Reggio Approach and Outdoor Classroom a plus!  

If you're ready to make a real difference and help build a strong foundation for our future leaders, come join us and be part of something truly special! 💖

💼 Preschool Lead Teacher

💰  $17.75 - $24.28/hr


🚀 Why Join Us? 

• Competitive Total Compensation Package
• Excellent Mentorship Program & Exceptional Training Programs
• Opportunities for Professional Growth & Advancement
• Comprehensive Benefits including Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Generous Paid time off & Retirement Plans

🎯 Expectations:

• Develop lesson plans and ensure the children are ready for learning using developmentally appropriate practices
• Quickly transition/move from student to student to support their needs
• Using cleaning agents, maintain the classrooms and play areas in clean, safe, and neat order
• Assemble portfolios for each child in the classroom utilizing hands and organization skill
• Communicate with parents in person, over the phone, or via email daily.

Minimum Requirements:

• 12 ECE units and 16 GE units from an accredited college or university, and must be willing to achieve 9 addition units before end of first year of employment.
• Complete (or willing to complete) 15 hours of health and safety training, pursuant to Health and Safety code, Section 1596.866
• Available to work between the hours of 7am and 5:30pm
• Provide proof of clear/negative TB Test (within the last 12 months), MMR, & DTap vaccines
• Complete a health screening 
• CPR & First Aid Certificate (required, but can be provided in-house training)
• Must clear a current background check through Community Care Licensing

🌈 Environment

The Almansor Center Early Education Program is a developmental program for young children, Infants to Pre-K, designed to encourage the social, physical, emotional, and intellectual growth and development of each child. Almansor strives to create an atmosphere that allows each child’s intellectual curiosity to flourish in a safe and nurturing environment.  While performing the duties, you may encounter a loud noise level which can be emotionally unsettling from time to time because we are working with infants to Pre-K students who may or may not have risk factors for developmental delays. This job is done indoors and outdoors in varying weather conditions and temperatures.

The classroom and playgrounds are located on the same campus as Almansor Academy, which services at-risk students with the potential to act aggressively.  These behaviors may result in trained Almansor Academy restraining students from protecting them from physically harming themselves or other students and staff.

Physical Qualifications:

• Ability to lift or hold children weighing as much as 40 pounds.
• Ability to stand, lie or kneel in awkward positions and to perform work from these positions.
• Ability to withstand stressful environments associated with a classroom of up to 22 children (some with special needs) under 6 at any given time.
• Ability to tolerate harsh smells associated with diaper changing and potty training.
• Ability to remain calm in a very busy or emergency..
• Ability to stand for long periods.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now and become part of our transformative team!
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ABOUT IRL

The Institute for the Redesign of Learning (IRL) is a multi-service, community-based Special Education, mental health, job development, and training facility for special needs children, students, and adults. IRL began in 1974 when its founder, Nancy J. Lavelle, Ph.D., created the Almansor Education Center located in a church on Almansor Street in Alhambra, California. With the belief that every student has the ability to “take charge” of their own learning process, Dr. Lavelle established a unique environment and individualized curriculum and created appropriate support and enrichment services designed to turn student and client learning failures into learning successes. Now over forty years later, the Institute for the Redesign of Learning offers six programs designed to provide a continuum of care for individuals with Special Needs, ages infants through adults, serving children, students, and clients throughout the greater Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley communities.

The Institute for the Redesign of Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, handicap, national origin, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring, and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above-listed items.

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