FT Experienced Lead Teacher-Childcare Center (RCAC)

FT Experienced Lead Teacher-Childcare Center (RCAC)

Salary

$33,280.00 - $42,500.00 Annually

Location

Regional Center for the Advancement of Children, HCC Main Campus, NC

Job Type

Full-Time Staff

Job Number

2026.8.24

Department

Business Operations

Division

Child Care Center

Opening Date

08/24/2026

• Description
• Benefits

Primary Purpose of Position

We are seeking an experienced Lead Teacher to join our childcare team. This is not an entry-level role; qualified candidates must bring demonstrated experience in early childhood education and classroom leadership. The Lead Teacher is responsible for planning and implementing curriculum, managing the classroom environment, and providing guidance and mentorship to assistant teachers to ensure high-quality care and learning outcomes.

This position is located in HCCs Regional Center for the Advancement of Children (RCAC). The Regional Center for the Advancement of Children (RCAC) is a 5-star licensed child care and NC Pre-K facility located on the campus of Haywood Community College. It serves up to 140 children ranging from ages 6 weeks to 5 years old, offering both full-time and part-time care.

Essential Job Duties

Responsibilities include:

To establish and maintain a safe and healthy learning environment

• Designs appropriate room arrangement to support the goals of the classroom
• Plans and implements nutritious meal
• Promotes healthy eating habits
• Maintains a safe environment
• Posts necessary information to ensure the safety and well-being of the children
• Maintains an orderly learning environment

To advance physical and intellectual competence

• Provides a balance between child-initiated and teacher-initiated activities
• Provides a balance between quiet and active learning experiences
• Uses equipment for inside and outside play to promote physical development
• Involves children in planning and implementing learning activities
• Provides an integrated curriculum that meets the needs of each child
• Provides experiences that promotes language, literacy, and number development

To support social and emotional development and provide positive guidance

• Implements hands-on activities that develop positive self-worth and social skills
• Implements culturally diverse experiences
• Uses and promotes positive guidance techniques
• Provides a wide variety of creative and expressive activities
• Establishes routines with smooth transition periods
• Communicates with children at their developmental level
• Encourages children to be independent

To establish positive and productive relationships with families

• Promotes open communication with parents through weekly progress notes, monthly newsletter, or semi-annual parent conferences
• Provides a variety of ways that families can participate in the program
• Encourages parents to participate in the program

To ensure a well-run, purposeful program responsive to participant needs

• Assesses program supplies and materials needed prior to implementing activities
• Supervise assistants, aides, and volunteers working in the classroom
• Maintains written plans in a weekly/monthly basis
• Assesses childrens needs and developmental progress on an ongoing basis
• Uses the results of assessment to plan activities
• Accurately maintains classroom budget

To maintain a commitment to professionalism

• Promotes the centers mission and educational objectives
• Supports the centers code of core values
• Engages in ongoing staff development to improve personal and professional skills
• Supports the professional growth and colleagues by sharing materials and provides feedback with encouragement
• Attends staff meetings, workshops, and in-service training as required

Supports and encourages college-sponsored activities

Additional Responsibilities

HCC Core Values Responsibilities

• Learn new guidelines and processes in performing duties and advising students
• Create a student-centered environment
• Work toward operational excellence; continuous improvement of processes
• Implement innovative strategies to meet the needs of students and improve processes
• Interact with co-workers and perform tasks with the highest level of integrity
• Work cooperatively with faculty, staff, students, and our learning community
• Promote and support HCC's mission, vision, and values and promote and support coworkers in the most positive manner.

HCC ELI (Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative) Responsibilities

• Implement a team approach in the performance of tasks; work with others to analyze a situation, establish priorities, and apply resources for solving a problem or accomplishing a task
• Accept responsibility for job performance and assigned tasks; exhibit individual behaviors that support the official goals and objectives of the college and its members
• Communicate with students, faculty, and staff in a professional and timely manner
• Approach problems as a learning opportunity and implement strategies to reduce problems
• Maximize resources to process information; acquire, evaluate, organize, manage, interpret, and communicate information to coworkers, faculty, staff, and students
• Exhibit flexibility and receptivity to changing technologies, methods, processes, work environments, and organizational structure and practices

Strategic Planning Responsibilities

• Financial Perspective: Maximize use of funds by efficiently managing current funds and enable new areas of growth and expansion
• Client Perspective: Work with internal partners to share information and improve processes; work with external partners and students to eliminate operational redundancies, improve accuracy, timely processing and lower costs; establish value-based partnerships with students and external partners
• Internal Perspective: Establish new services, research opportunities, enhance processes, capture customer information, track performance; support new and existing services, continually improve processes, and create flexible infrastructure
• Learning and Growing Perspective: Evaluate skill requirements; implement knowledge-sharing technologies; and develop a culture of accountability and appreciation

Qualifications

Minimum:

Must be 21 years of age and have an Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Education and 3 years of experience in an Early Childhood Education setting. Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills. Capable of relating to diverse age and demographic backgrounds. Physical ability sufficient to frequently walk, bend, stoop and lift up to 50 pounds. Possess sound knowledge of the procedures and regulations specific to the care and education of infants and children. Possess a willingness to learn necessary skills and knowledge and to strive for continuous improvement. Demonstrate diplomacy, tact, and professional demeanor.

Preferred:

Bachelor's Degree in B-K, Early Childhood Education, Child Development and at least 1 year of experience in Early Childhood Education setting.

Supplemental Information

The following is necessary for consideration:

• Official Haywood Community College employment application online found at our jobs page: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/haywoodedu. Please call Jamie Hilton at (828)627-4562 with any questions or if you are unable to complete the online application for any reason.
• The application must be complete for consideration - do not reference resume. A resume is suggested but does not take the place of any questions or details that you need to provide in order to be qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts must be included for the application process. Most unofficial transcripts can be downloaded from college/university websites. Official transcripts of all secondary education must be submitted to Human Resources within 10 days of any offer of employment.
• References may not be a current HCC employee. Candidates must provide three professional references with email addresses. At least one reference must be a current or previous supervisor.
• College screening committee is responsible for application review, interviews, and recommends the candidate to HR. Upon completion of the hire process in HR, President approval is required in the hire of a candidate.
• HCC is a tobacco free campus

Haywood Community College provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, political affiliation or status as a covered veteran in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. Upon request, the College will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities so that they may be able to perform the essential functions of their job unless doing so would result in an undue burden for the College.

Haywood Community College (HCC) is part of the North Carolina Community College System and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Founded in 1965, it is an open-door institution with the mission to foster an environment that meets the educational needs of the communities it serves, promotes student success in higher education and in the workplace, and facilitates economic development. This includes programs for Haywood County high school students through Career and College Promise and Haywood Early College. The college campus, a designated arboretum, boasts one of the most beautiful college campuses in the state with an iconic mill pond, a productive greenhouse, dahlia gardens, an orchard garden and a rhododendron garden.

Full-time: Employees working on a full time schedule in a permanently established position when the incumbent is expected to be retained in the position on a contracted basis. Full-time staff receive contracts for a specific length of time within a fiscal year. Full-time faculty receive contracts for an academic period within a fiscal year, as required by state law, and may be contracted on a month by month basis per instructional needs thereafter.

During specified contract periods, full-time faculty and staff will be afforded the following benefits:

• Annual Leave (based on years of service)
• Sick Leave
• Longevity Pay (based on years of service and per qualification requirements)
• Holiday Pay

Employees are eligible for membership in the Teachers and State Employees Retirement System which also offers long-term disability benefits (upon five years of service), short term disability benefits (upon one year of service) and life insurance (after one year of service).

Other benefits include participation in:

• North Carolina State Health Plan insurance (after 30 days of FT employment)
• Life Insurance plan provided by HCC.

Full-time faculty and staff are also offered supplemental benefits which are optional. The cost of any supplemental benefit is the responsibility of the employee.

Employer Haywood Community College

Address 185 Freedlander Drive

Clyde, North Carolina, 28721

Phone 828-627-4562

Website https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/haywoodedu