Job Description

Preschool Lead Teacher

2025-2026 School Year

$38,000 - $52,000

Full-Time (183 contract days) 

Position Description

Flagstaff Academy seeks a Lead Teacher for the 2025-2026 school year.  This role will potentially teach a full-day four year-old classroom.

The candidate is responsible for monitoring student attendance, safety, and guidance, ensuring a fun, enriching, and developmentally appropriate environment for children. The Lead Teacher will implement a balanced curriculum, including educational, enrichment, and recreational activities for children. They’ll also be responsible for maintaining compliance with state and local regulations, promoting good relationships with parents, and supporting the surrounding school community. Knowledge and adherence to state licensing requirements for early childhood classrooms is critical for this role. These would include (but not limited to) staff/student ratios, maintaining cleaning/storage/facility requirements in the classroom, sign-in/out procedures, and name to face documentation.  

The position requires close collaboration with team members to ensure meaningful support for students in content and behavior management.

Qualifications Sought

We seek a talented educator who can inspire both students and teachers while equally being inspired by our mission -- “where science and technology take flight.” The successful candidate is expected to deliver dynamic educational experiences with high educational expectations and accountability.

Specifically, we seek an educator with:

• Experience with children 3-5 years of age
• Ability to follow Flagstaff Academy policies and procedures
• Good communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work collaboratively, including a positive attitude, growth mindset, and desire to work with a team

• Willingness to work closely with families (e.g., regular communication and parent meetings where needed)
• Ability to form positive relationships with 3-5 year olds
• Three years of successful experience as a teacher
• Effective instructional delivery techniques
• Knowledge around state licensing requirements for early childhood classrooms (e.g., rules around ratios etc.)

The candidate’s pedagogy should be student-centered and practiced in differentiated instruction.  Experience with Creative Curriculum and TSG preferred.

Job Skills and Qualifications:

1. Lead Teacher qualified through Colorado Shines PDIS/State Licensing Requirements.
2. CPR, first aid, universal precautions and medication administration certifications required within 90 days of hire date 
3. Strong systems orientation and commitment to follow-through
4. Excellent communication skills

About Flagstaff Academy Charter School

Located in Longmont, Flagstaff Academy is a tuition-free public charter school serving grades kindergarten through eighth. Our school also offers a tuition-based full- and part-time preschool program for three and four year olds. 

Since its founding in 2005, Flagstaff Academy has grown into Longmont’s premier science and technology school. Our mission is to develop students who are equipped to be well-rounded, ethical leaders in the world community with a foundation based on science and technology.

As a public charter school, Flagstaff Academy is operated by a board of directors made up of parents and community members. Our school serves approximately 800 students and is part of the St. Vrain Valley School District. The Flagstaff Academy guiding principles are:

• Provide a K-8 Core Knowledge-based education with a science and technology focus that challenges students to achieve their academic potential.
• Pursue excellence in every student and employee.
• Promote, value, and recognize academic achievement and creativity.
• Welcome a diverse student population.
• Respect the individual, classroom, school, community, and world.

Salary Range

Salary for our teaching staff is competitive and based on years of experience and level of education.

Flagstaff Academy Offers an Extensive Benefit Package:

• Medical & Rx - Employees can choose between two UMR healthcare plans, a PPO or a HDHP, with prescription coverage through OptumRx.
• Teledoc - At no cost to employees, Flagstaff Academy provides access to a telehealth program that offers medical and behavioral health visits via video or telephone.
• Dental - Dental insurance is provided through Delta Dental of Colorado with Flagstaff Academy paying the full cost for the employee’s coverage.
• Vision - A voluntary vision insurance plan is available through VSP.
• Flexible Spending Accounts - A medical FSA is available for those covered under the UMR PPO plan, allowing employees to use pre-tax dollars to pay for unreimbursed healthcare costs.  A dependent care FSA is available for employees to pay for qualifying dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars.
• Health Savings Account - A HSA partners with coverage under the UMR HDHP plan, allowing employees to contribute funds on a pre-tax basis to use or save for eligible healthcare expenses now and in the future.  Flagstaff Academy contributes $720.00 to the HSA for employee only coverage or $1,200.00 for employee + dependent(s) coverage.
• PERA Retirement - In lieu of Social Security, public employees in the state of Colorado contribute to a tax-deferred retirement account that is administered by Colorado PERA.  Employees contribute 11% of monthly earnings while Flagstaff Academy contributes 21.4% to the PERA pension trust fund on the employee’s behalf.
• Life/AD&D insurance - Flagstaff Academy provides a Life/AD&D insurance policy with a $40,000 benefit for each eligible employee.
• Short Term Disability - Flagstaff Academy provides a Short Term Disability policy for each eligible employee.
• Paid Time Off - Employees are granted PTO based on years of service and number of contract days.  Part-time employees are granted PTO prorated at the percentage of a 40-hour week.
• Free Childcare - Staff can access childcare before/after school, as well as during all professional development days, through our Dragon Flight program Kindergarten and up.
• Employee Appreciation - Flagstaff Academy offers an unmatched employee appreciation program throughout the school year.

Additional Voluntary Benefit Options:

• Voluntary Retirement Options - Employees may choose to contribute additional funds through payroll deductions to either a 401(k) or 457(b) plan offered through PERA Plus.
• Life/AD&D Insurance - Additional term life insurance is available at a group rate for coverage of employee, employee’s spouse, and employee’s child(ren).
• Long Term Disability - Long term disability insurance is available at a group rate.
• Aflac - Aflac Accident and Aflac Critical Illness plans are available at a group rate.
• Norton LifeLock - Two plans for iIdentity theft protection are available at a group rate.

To apply, send a letter of interest and a current resume to Sara Germano at sgermano@flagstaffacademy.org and Melinda Steadman at msteadman@flagstaffacademy.org .  Please cc employment@flagstaffacademy.org .

Flagstaff Academy is an equal opportunity employer.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties, responsibilities

or qualifications associated with the job. Flagstaff Academy reserves the right to modify any descriptions contained herein provided such changes are publicly posted and disclosed to all applicants.

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