Lead Caregiver Ages 3

Our lead caregivers plan and implement age-appropriate activities and goal oriented lessons for up to 20 students ranging in age from 36 to 48 months. The lead caregiver will also have an assistant caregiver if the group has between 11-20 students. The lead caregiver is responsible for utilizing his/her assistant caregiver to optimize the care and education of each student in group. The lead caregiver is also responsible for training the assistant to facilitate the care and education of each student based on Wee Wisdom's curriculum and policies. Lead caregivers are required to acquire a minimum of twenty hours of in-service or continuing education training hours per year and to serve as a mentor to assistant caregivers assigned to her/her group. Lead caregivers are required to keep records of informal assessment on each child and to implement formal assessments in conjunction with bi-annual evaluations that coincide with one-on-one parent teacher conferences which are held by each student's Nursery School Teacher. Lead caregivers participate in supervisory roles during our Christmas Program and Graduation Program annually. Each lead caregiver works in cooperation with each's child's nursery school teacher to reinforce skills introduced by the teacher in order to achieve mastery through practical and repeated implementation of each new skill. All employees are required to maintain current TB tests, negative drug screens, and pass criminal background checks through the state of Indiana and other states of prior residence. Our lead caregivers must have formal experience and/or education in early childhood development, elementary education, or special education. All employees must have excellent attendance, interpersonal relationship skills, organization and time-management skills, and accountability for exceptional caregiving skills based on our curriculum and policies. Paid vacation and holiday pay, salary pay based on 40 hours per week, paid prep hours per week, overtime pay, (if applicable during the work week), simple IRA after three years of full time employment, paid in-service hours (20 + hours per year) and mileage reimbursement if held off-site.