Preschool Teacher - Full Time Honolulu

Job Description

Job Description

Parents And Children Together is a statewide company that works with Hawaii’s children, individuals, and families to create safe and promising futures. Our vision is for Hawaii to be a peaceful, safe, and vibrant community with opportunities for all to fulfill their dreams. Our company culture is deeply embedded by our Core Values of Respect, Collaboration, Informed Approach, Excellence, Holistic Care and Future Focused.

If our mission and core values resonate with you, please consider us an organization to join. You’ll be joining one of Hawaii Business Magazine’s recognized Best Places to Work recipient for 2025 and for the previous 11 years.

Job Title : Preschool Teacher

Location / Work Status : Honolulu, Hawaii

Job Type : Regular Full Time, Exempt

Compensation : $4,315.56 - $4,495.70 / per month with competitive benefits package

Benefit Highlights :

• 21 Paid Vacation Days, 12 Paid Sick Days, and 14 Paid Holidays
• Medical Coverage through Kaiser or UHA – you chose the best option for your family
• 401K or Roth with 4% Employer Match
• Life Insurance
• Pet Insurance

Summary of Program and Position :

We believe that every child deserves bright and healthy futures. Early education plays a critical role during the important developmental period, especially among disadvantaged children. Investing in early education will have a tremendous impact on life outcomes and provide thriving futures for Hawaii’s young minds.

Federally funded initiatives provide early childhood education and related comprehensive services for low-income parents and children, and children with special needs. Early Head Start (EHS) provides services in centers and in homes to prenatal parents and parents with infants and toddlers. Head Start (HS) serves children ages three through five and their parents to provide a head start for school success.

The primary responsibility of the Preschool Teacher is implementation of an individualized and comprehensive early childhood education program for children and their families, and to provide supervision to classroom staff. This position is under the direct supervision of the Area Manager.

Essential Duties :

1. Behaves in a manner that supports the agency's mission and follows personnel policies and procedures.

2. Provides individualized and comprehensive early childhood education services in accordance with federal performance standards and current best practice in the field of early childhood education.

3. Provides leadership to classroom staff and assumes all the responsibilities of a supervisor for the staff that report directly to this position.

4. Is responsible for ensuring that all participants receive timely and appropriate developmental screenings.

5. Obtains, maintains, and coordinates the use of all physical resources available and ensures the maintenance of a safe, healthy, stimulating, developmentally appropriate learning environment that meets licensing and federal standards.

6. Is responsible for accurate and complete documentation, that all required confidentiality of consumer records is maintained, and that all procedures are in accordance with established standards.

7. Plans and conducts monthly lesson planning sessions with classroom staff members.

8. Recommends to Area Manager appropriate training and professional development opportunities for program staff and parents.

Minimum Qualifications :

Education / Training :

1. Must be at least 18 years old.

2. Must have six (6) months experience as a lead teacher in a licensed Early Childhood Education program or center PLUS one of the following :

Other :