Universal Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

Salary $40,000-$48,000 per year

Employment Full Time 10 Month School Year ? Monday through Friday during program hours. Evening and weekend work maybe required as job duties demand.

Summary/Objective

The Universal Pre-Kindergarten Teacher is responsible for the planning and implementing of developmentally appropriate lessons and activities for children enrolled in the assigned classrooms.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong Leadership Skills.
• Effective Verbal and Written Communication Skills.
• Effective Classroom Management Skills with emphasis on behavior management for children on the Autism spectrum.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to facilitate group meetings.
• Ability to set priorities and adapt to change.

Essential Functions

• Organizes classroom to create a safe and optimal learning environment appropriate to student needs.
• Collaborates in developing or revising curriculum or learning materials to meet needs of each student.
• Communicates information about the school program and curriculum to parents and other persons as appropriate-through written and verbal means.
• Work with parents/guardians on how they can reinforce at home what is taught in school.
• Maintains appropriate records according to agency policies, home school district, and state regulation, completing records and reports in a timely manner.
• Responsible for the collection of data, attendance, and other record keeping.
• Assist in the development and implementation of IEPs.
• Plan and execute field trips and special events.
• Participates in professional development activities to maintain and enhance professional competence.
• Attends and participates in Department, Team, and other designated meetings.
• Works cooperatively with community agencies to supplement and enhance programming.
• Works cooperatively with related service providers, therapists, other teachers, assistants and aides.
• Ensures the room, furniture and other items in the room have been cleaned and sanitized per the Center of Disease Control (CDC) and Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) guidelines and that the steps have been documented.
• Ensures that children arriving or showing signs of becoming ill during the day must be taken to the Nurses Office immediately.
• Assess the progress of children in reaching goals and objectives on a regular basis.
• The employee practices in accordance to agency standards and professional conduct and ethics by respecting confidentiality (HIPAA, PHI, etc...) of consumer and family information as well as demonstrating multicultural awareness and respect for all people.

Supervisory Responsibility: Directly supervises 1:1 Aides, Paraprofessionals, Classroom Aides, and Teaching

Assistants

Other Duties: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or

responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Work Environment: This job operates in a preschool program environment. This role routinely uses standard office

equipment.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds consistently throughout the day.
• Ability to physically respond to students requiring behavioral or crisis interventions; within parameters of NYSED, and PBIS.
• Ability to physically assist students requiring direct self-help care.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to guide, coach and assist students; reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, bend, stretch and run.
• Specific vision is required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• Noise level in this position may range from low to high.
• May be exposed to various weather conditions.
• May be required to travel to various job sites.
• Exposure or potential exposure to blood, body fluids, spills or splashes from related substances may occur as a condition of employment.
• Appropriately respond to unpredictable individuals and situations