Oakcrest Preparatory Academy (OPA) is a preschool serving children and their families from 6 weeks old to Transitional Kindergarten, as well as an afterschool program.
Lead Teacher Qualifications
- Certificates/Courses – EDU 119, CDA Certificate, ECU 101 or equivalent
- Equivalent Course/Credentials will be reviewed at employee’s request
- Lead Teacher Experience in a Preschool/PreK/TK classroom is a requirement to be a Lead Teacher in Preschool/PreK/TK classrooms at OPA.
- Competitive Wages/Pay = $18 to $20 (Pay is based on set criteria to ensure equal pay across all teachers and employees).
- Benefits: OPA covers 50% of Employee insurance cost.
- What do we offer?
- Health
- Dental and Vision
- PTO – Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Employee lunch provided each Friday by our School Sous Chef.
- What do we offer?
- Shift/Hours: 8 Hour Shift with an hour lunch break.
- Hours of Operation 7:00am to 630pm.
- Attire: OPA Teachers can wear TWO uniform options.
- Option 1 – Polo/scrub pant combination
- Option 2 – Polo/skort
- Employee’s cover 50% of uniform cost which is deducted evenly out of their first two paychecks. The total cost is $100, $50 will be deducted from your first two paychecks.
- Professionalism: OPA is passionate about maintaining a professional preschool while providing exceptional customer service to the children and families that we serve. We strive to assist our Teachers and Staff to better themselves both personally and professionally each day through maintaining the highest standards and expectations.
- Education/Curriculum: At Oakcrest we are an educationally backed Early Childhood Preschool. Our teachers take pride in watching their Children grow in all areas to include personally, academically, socially, and emotionally.
Experience and love for Children is a MUST.