Preschool Teacher

Job Code:

2025-12-007

Location:

Silverton

Hours Per Week:

40

Months Per Year:

9

Pay Range:

24.35-27.39 hourly

Ensures, supports, and promotes each child’s learning, well being, and development in cooperation with their parents and other early childhood professionals in a manner consistent with the Head Start Performance Standards, USDA, and day care licensing regulations. Based on parent goals, classroom observations and individual child assessments the teacher plans a developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculum which meets the needs of all children and their families.

Education And Experience Requirements

Preschool Teacher A – PG C-8, $24.35
Associate’s degree in
o Early childhood education or child development; or
o Any field and coursework equivalent1 to a major relating to early childhood education or child development AND 6 months of actual work experience teaching preschool age children.

Preschool Teacher B - PG C-11, $27.39
Bachelor’s degree or higher in
o Early childhood education or child development; or
o Any field and coursework equivalent2 to a major relating to early childhood education or child development AND 6 months of actual work experience teaching preschool age children.

1 Oregon Registry Step 9 or higher per degree or college coursework pathway
2 Oregon Registry Step 10 or higher per degree or college coursework pathway