Lead Teacher - Great Start Readiness Program

Lead Teacher - Great Start Readiness Program

Job ID: 7496

Position Type

Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) / GSRP Lead Teacher

Date Posted

5/5/2026

Closing Date

05/12/2026

Position

Lead Teacher - Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP)

Schedule

172 days/34 weeks per year; 35 hours per week

Position Purpose

Under the direction of the Director of Early Childhood, the Lead Teacher is responsible for the planning, implementation, and monitoring of classroom activities designed to prepare students for Young 5's and Kindergarten.

Essential Job Functions

• Develop and administer high quality weekly lesson plans with fidelity to the preschool curriculum.
• Lead/facilitate developmentally appropriate learning activities for all parts of the preschool day.
• Promote a classroom environment that is safe and conducive to individualized and small group instruction, and student learning.
• Gather child assessment data to plan for individualized instruction.
• Attend home visits, conferences, family events/advisory meetings, and open houses.
• Actively participate in all planned professional development.
• Assist with loading and unloading of children from the buses.
• Maintain child files.
• Ensure compliance with all licensing standards.
• Demonstrate respect for confidentiality requirements of information.
• Establish and maintain positive relationships with families, other staff, and community partners.
• Able to work as part of a collaborative team.
• Provide day to day direction, guidance, and feedback to assigned support staff regarding instructional practices, student supervision, data collection, and behavioral supports.
• Model effective instructional and behavioral strategies and assist support staff in carrying out assigned duties aligned to student needs and classroom expectations.
• Responsible for daily operation of the program.
• Regular, reliable, and punctual attendance.

Additional Duties

Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Director, Dean and other central office administrators as designated by the Superintendent.

Equipment

Uses standard office equipment such as personal computers, printer, copy and fax machines, and telephone.

Travel Requirements

Travels to school district buildings and professional meetings as required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge and experience working with preschool, early elementary, and/or early childhood education.
• Ability to plan, prepare, and carry out engaging educational activities that promote the social emotional, academic, and physical development of the whole child.
• Ability to establish and maintain a safe and secure learning environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with young children and their families.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding and learned skills while interacting with students and adults.
• Demonstrate self directedness and initiative when given a variety of tasks and responsibilities.
• Ability to work in an economically, culturally and racially diverse environment.

Qualifications

• Must have one of the following educational requirements:
  • A valid teaching certificate with Early Childhood Education (ZA) or Early Childhood General and Special Education (ZS) endorsement.
  • A bachelor's degree with a major in Early Childhood Education or child development with a specialization in preschool teaching.
• Experience in Early Childhood classrooms, preferred.
• Certification of CPR and First Aid required by State Licensing, required or willingness to obtain within 6 (six) months of hire date.

Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards

• ADA Requirements: The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear (in a quiet or noisy environment), taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust/focus.
• Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually loud to moderate.
• Mental Functions: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate both orally and in writing, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile and negotiate.

FLSA Status

Exempt

EEO Statement

Kentwood Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected status in its employment decisions or the provision of services.