Hiring Practices
LLA teachers are provided natural, comfortable uniforms
We exercise strict hiring practices for all of our teaching staff:
- Immediate and thorough background checks and education verification
- Rigorous interviewing and screening processes
- Working assessment interviews where the applicant spends the day working in the classroom with the lead teacher. The teacher than submits a critique of the candidate’s teaching style, child interaction methods and personality.
- Multiple professional references required
- Must possess a loving, caring, nurturing personality
- Must be highly trained and be certified in safety training (CPR, first aid, child abuse recognition, communicable disease recognition) and maintain their certification through on-site classes provided by LLA
- Drug screening
- Must be willing to participate in ongoing professional skills development
We maintain strict standards for an educator being considered for a Lead Teaching Position:
- For consideration for our Kindergarten program, the candidate must hold a Bachelors Degree in Education and be certified to teach Kindergarten
- For our other classrooms, candidate may possess a Bachelors Degree in another academic discipline with relevant teaching experience
- Candidate must commit to the academic school year (September through June)
- Prior teaching and/or childcare experience required!