Preschool Teacher

Location: Venice Corps Community Center – Venice, FL

Position Type: Full Time - 40 hours/week and Part Time – 25 hours/week - Monday to Friday

Pay Range: $20-$21

About this opportunity:

Provides pre-school services for children including personal care, hygiene, learning and development activities and specialized programs.

Key responsibilities:

• Provides constant care for the needs of the children in an efficient, clean, loving, safe, secure, and healthy manner.
• Plans, develops, and teaches pre-school classes.
• Prepares and maintains records.
• Maintains cleanliness and orderliness of childcare property.

What we are looking for in you:

• High school diploma or G.E.D. required and

• Two years’ experience teaching child development programs in a church or pre-school, or

• any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

• Valid state driver's license

• C.P.R. and First Aid Certification

• DCF Childcare Courses
• CDA

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Ability to lift, hold, and carry children on a regular basis (up to 50 lbs.).

Duties are usually performed by combinations of sitting, standing, and walking on a frequent change basis.

Work is performed in a normal pre-school environment where there are little or no physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

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Why work for us?

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to do the “Most Good” for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans.  Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

Five values at the heart of everything we do…We are…

• Passionate
• Compassionate
• Uplifting
• Brave
• Trustworthy

Additional Information:

All employees recognize The Salvation Army is a church and agree they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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