Job Title: Pre-K Teacher
Qualifications:
Degree in Education or Related field, preferred
Computer experience
Knowledge of the Conscious Discipline Model
Purpose of the Position:
The purpose of a Pre-K teacher, as reflected in a job description, is to prepare young children for kindergarten and daily life by fostering their social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development through age-appropriate activities and instruction.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Ability to establish rapport and build professional relationships with students
- Student supervision
- Ensure compliance at the classroom level with activities and record keeping due to the state department (Minimum Licensing Standards, Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales, etc.)
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Complete all lesson planning and instruction requirements, and provide support for struggling learners
- Attend meetings related to the child in assigned class, attend professional development activities
- Communicate with parents and provide parent engagement activities
- Excellent time management, high degree of professionalism
- Ensure equipment and the facility are clean, well-maintained and safe at all times
- Establish acceptable and consistent disciplinary policies
- Be familiar with emergency procedures
- Discuss children’s day with parents
- Discuss children’s development with director and parents when appropriate
- A growth mindset, able to accept change and challenges to prior learning
WORKING CONDITIONS
Physical Demands
Caring for children can be physically demanding. The teacher may be lifting and
carrying the children and equipment and will be spending time sitting on the floor
and in child-sized furniture. The teacher may come in contact with children who are
ill/contagious and must take precautions to maintain the health and safety of the
other children, parents, staff, and themselves.
Environmental Conditions
The teacher will be working in a busy and occasionally noisy environment. There
maybe several situations and activities happening at once and the teacher will
have to supervise all of the children at all times.
Sensory Demands
The teacher may experience smells associated with children during toileting and/or who are ill. There will be times when the environment is noisy and busy.
Mental Demands
There may be several situations and activities happening at once and
the teacher must be prepared to handle accidents and emergencies at any time.
Other duties as assigned
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $24,000.00 - $54,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person