"Lead Teacher"

Job Details

Posting date: 09/22/2025

Open Until Filled: Yes

Position Number: 1011614

Position Title: Lead Teacher

Hiring Range Minimum: $31.53/hr

Hiring Range Maximum: $31.53/hr

Union Type: SEIU

SEIU Level: L

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Employment Category: Regular Full Time

Scheduled Months per Year: 12

Scheduled Hours per Week: 40

Schedule: Monday through Friday, Rotating shifts within the hours of 7:30am and 5:30pm

Location of Position: Hanover, NH 03755, Dartmouth College Child Care Center, 21 Reservoir Road

Remote Work Eligibility?: Onsite only

Is this a term position?: No

Is this a grant funded position?: No

Position Purpose: Lead Teachers are responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing a curriculum to meet the care, developmental and educational needs for children within the Center; guiding children’s behavior; communicating with parents; and recording children’s developmental progress. Lead teachers work with all Center staff to create a warm, caring and safe environment for the care of young children. Lead teachers supervise a teaching team consisting of an associate teacher, an assistant teacher, student/temporary child care staff and may supervise other employees.

Required Qualifications - Education and Yrs Exp: Associates or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Qualifications - Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• 18 credits in Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Three-plus years of experience in early childhood settings.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, particularly in relation to young children and their families.
• Understanding of children’s developmental needs and how they may be appropriately met.
• Warm, friendly demeanor.
• Dependable with ability to work a flexible work schedule.
• Ability to plan and implement an early care and education program.
• Ability to supervise others.
• Commitment to diversity and to serving the needs of a diverse community.
• Must have the physical capability to move quickly to supervise children, lift, carry and physically assist children, sit on the floor and child-sized furniture, see and hear at a distance and close range.
• Experience supervising others.
• Completion of required training including training in universal precautions, water safety training and fire safety.
• Maintains pediatric First Aid/CPR training certification.
• Maintains NH Early Childhood Credential.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, or Child and Family Studies from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Three years experience as a lead teacher.

Department Contact for Recruitment Inquiries: Kara Cave

Department Contact Phone Number: 603-646-6612

Department Contact for Cover Letter and Title: Kara Cave

Department Contact's Phone Number: 646-6612

Equal Opportunity Employer: Dartmouth College is an equal opportunity employer under federal law. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status. Applications are welcome from all.

Background Check: Employment in this position is contingent upon consent to and successful completion of a pre-employment background check, which may include a criminal background check, reference checks, verification of work history, conduct review, and verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, with results acceptable to Dartmouth College. A criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.

Is driving a vehicle an essential function of this job?: Not an essential function

Special Instructions to Applicants: UNION POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO SEIU UNION MEMBERS ONLY DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF POSTING. AFTER ONE WEEK OF POSTING, IF THE POSITION HAS NOT BEEN FILLED INTERNALLY, IT IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DARTMOUTH COMMUNITY. OPEN TO UNION MEMBERS ONLY FROM (9/22/25) THROUGH (9/29/25). Dartmouth College has a Tobacco-Free Policy. Smoking and the use of tobacco-based products (including smokeless tobacco) are prohibited in all facilities, grounds, vehicles or other areas owned, operated or occupied by Dartmouth College with no exceptions. For details, please see our policy. https://policies.dartmouth.edu/policy/tobacco-free-policy