Preschool Chaplain

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of children and join a winning team? We are a premier early learning center and we hire the best teachers in our area. The Chaplain will support the Director of Spiritual Development and our team members by leading the Spiritual Development Curriculum efforts at the center level. This position also supports various needs of the Enrichment Programs. Our Center Chaplains also provide Spiritual support and guidance for team members, children, and their families by promoting their accessibility and commitment.

The Pillars Christian Learning Center was established to offer secure, innovative and compassionate care for the children of the community from infants to age 12. All programs are focused on the academic, physical and spiritual development of the children. It is our belief that the key to early development is to reinforce academic teachings with a good dose of creativity and fun

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Support the Director of Spiritual Development in ensuring the center adheres to federal, state, and local rules, regulations, and licensing requirements.
• Ensure Spiritual Development Curriculum and programming are presented as intended and teachers can speak about the curriculum and what children are learning.
• Facilitate training and mentorship regarding curriculum implementation, spiritual development, and excellence expectations within The Pillars Christian Learning Center.
• Have a presence in the classrooms, mentoring and modeling for teachers by guiding spiritual development programming.
• Train, motivate, and lead team members daily and assist center management with onboarding new team members regarding Spiritual Development curriculum and programming.
• Complete monthly classroom observations of daily devotion activities.
• Discuss classroom observations with the Director in a timely manner.
• Perform ProCare audits about communication about Spiritual Development programming to ensure proper communication with families.
• Lead activities as assigned from the Enrichment Program curriculum to promote physical, mental, and social development through STEAM, Chef Club, and Camp Create.
• Communicate through ProCare with details and pictures of activities children are involved in with parents weekly.
• Send home evidence of learning after each activity when applicable.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to team members to foster their professional growth and optimize learning experiences for all children.
• Provide pictures of children engaged in activities to the admin team for use on Pillars' social media.
• Participate in activities and events that highlight Enrichment Programs to promote enrollment before the start of classes and at all family engagement events.
• Enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining classroom safety and order, including supervision, and knowing how many children are in your care.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Relate to children and staff with courtesy, respect, acceptance, compassion, and patience.
• Recognize signs of child abuse and neglect and understand the responsibility to report suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation to DFPS.
• Report child illnesses, injuries, or any situation placing a child at risk to the Director.
• Notify the Director immediately if arrested or charged with a crime.
• Recognize signs of child abuse and neglect and understand the responsibility to report suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation to DFPS.
• Notify Director immediately if arrested or charged with a crime.

Competencies

• Excellent Customer Service
• Leadership
• Ethical Conduct
• Teamwork Orientation
• Training
• Goal Orientated
• Communication Proficiency
• Professionalism

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in a childcare environment.? The position will interact with children in early learning classrooms daily.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and?hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are generally Monday through Friday, 8:00 am - 6:00 pm. Extended hours may be necessary as needed to cover staffing during center hours.

TRAVEL

Local travel may occasionally be required for training and staff development activities.

Requirements

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Associate degree (or higher) in Child Development/Education or a current CDA certificate. High School Diploma.

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Prior teaching experience

ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS

• Meet minimum age, education, background check and medical qualifications for caregivers established by DFPS Licensing
• Complete annual training required by DFPS Licensing
• Maintain Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED certifications
• If transporting children, Class C driver license with clear Department of Public Safety record and two hours of transportation training annually.

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