Lead Teacher Job Description
Lead Teacher Duties & Responsibilities
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Lead Teacher Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Lead Teacher
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Education for Lead Teacher
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the lead teacher job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Bachelor's Degree in Child Development, Early Childhood Education
Skills for Lead Teacher
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Desired experience for lead teacher includes:
Lead Teacher Examples
Lead Teacher Job Description
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education strongly preferred
- 2 years of experience required per state
- Experience working with children from 2 years through 6 years of age
- Experience leading staff
- Related college-level course work or completed CDA is required
- Working towards an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred
- 12 Core ECE units, including Infant/Toddler units, CDA or working towards an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Associate’s in ECE or related field required
- 24 months of professional teaching experience
- 24 months (2,500 hours) of professional teaching experience preferred
- Must meet state requirements for education and additional center/school requirements
- CDA required
Lead Teacher Job Description
- High school diploma/GED with minimum 12 ECE Core units required
- 12 ECE credit hours or a CDA or a degree in early childhood education or development
- Delaware first certification
- TECE 1 and TECE 2
- 12 ECE Core units required
- CDA, Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood or related field required
- Professional teaching experience strongly preferred
- Current CDA or working towards an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree required
- 60 semester hours of college-level course work with 6 credits of early childhood education course work or CDA required
- Related college-level course work, including 2 years of college credits with 15 in ECE courses, or a related bachelor's degree with 9 ECE credits required
- 12 ECE Core classes required including Infant/Toddler class
- Coursework or a degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development or Elementary Education, or a CDA
Lead Teacher Job Description
- Current CDA or working towards an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred
- 12 ECE Core credits required including Infant/Toddler class
- CDA or an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in a related field required
- Working towards an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred
- 12 core ECE units or CDA course work required
- 12-18 months of professional teaching experience and developing science curriculum for young children required
- Professional teaching experience preferred
- CDA or working towards an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree is also required
- Related college-level course work including 48 college credits with 15 ECE credits required, or a related Bachelor's degree with 9 ECE credits required
- Related college-level course work including 48 college credits with 15 in ECE courses
- Or a related bachelors degree with 9 ECE credits required
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood or related field is required