- Location
- San Antonio, TX
- Department
- Education
- Education
- High School
- Source
- Paylocity
Description
Description
About The Pillars
- The Pillars Mission is to deliver a high-quality early childhood education program, helping students successfully reach important developmental, emotional, and academic milestones — all while instilling strong character and a lasting foundation of Christian faith.
- The Pillars values are: Quality, Integrity, Service, and Community
- The Pillars is proud to be part of Lantern Learning Group, a purpose-led network of preschools united by shared values and a commitment to exceptional early childhood education. Being part of this larger family provides our team with added resources, professional growth opportunities, and long-term stability—while allowing each school to maintain the unique culture and identity that makes it special in its community.
- Lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
- Relate to children with courtesy, respect, acceptance, and patience.
- Enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining classroom safety and order.
- Conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
- Assimilate arriving children into the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
- Attend to children's basic needs as age-appropriate, such as feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers.
- Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Employer covers 70% of employee medical premium • FSA/DCA enrollment options
- Voluntary Dental & Vision coverage
- Voluntary Life, Disability, Accident & Critical Illness coverage
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Voluntary Pet Insurance • 80 hours of Paid Time Off (PTO) – accruals start day 1
- 13–15 paid holidays annually • 2 days of paid Bereavement Leave
- Childcare tuition discounts • Scholarship program
- Lantern Learning Group Paid Family Leave (LLGPFL)
- 401(k) with 6% match, no wait time for vesting once eligible
- CDA Program Assistance
Requirements
Required Education and Experience
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Meet HHS minimum education and experience requirements
Preferred Education and Experience
- Prior teaching experience
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
- Meet minimum age, education, background check and medical qualifications for caregivers established by DFPS Licensing
- Complete annual training required by DFPS Licensing
- Maintain Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED certifications
- Transporting children, a Class C driver's license with a clear Department of Public Safety record, and two hours of transportation training annually is required.
Skills
CPR