Preschool Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

About This Role

Now Hiring for Fall 2026

Full-time - 37.5 hours per week

The preschool teacher creates a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning environment for young children. This role involves planning and implementing developmentally appropriate activities that support children’s physical, intellectual, social, and emotional growth, while meeting the individual needs of all learners. Responsibilities also include partnering with families, supporting strong attendance and parent involvement, supervising classroom staff and volunteers, and collaborating with Head Start team members to ensure high-quality program services and compliance with agency policies and procedures.

• Establishes and maintains a safe and healthy learning environment using appropriate classroom organization, schedules, and routines and effective classroom and child management techniques; provides health and nutrition services for children.
• Teaches developmentally appropriate learning activities and implements developmentally appropriate learning strategies for young children based on individual needs in order to advance physical, intellectual, social, and emotional growth and development (with specific attention/provision made for children with mental health or special needs).
• Recruits, trains, and works appropriately with parents in compliance with Parent Involvement/Education Plan and operating policies and procedures; monitors children's attendance and provides follow-up necessary to ensure regular, satisfactory child attendance.
• Provides transportation services for children and parents consistent with the Transportation Plan and operating policies and procedures.
• Directs and supervises classroom assistants and volunteers and provides the leadership, training, monitoring, and assistance necessary for satisfactory personnel performance and effective, efficient delivery of Head Start services in compliance with program and personnel policies and procedures and other applicable regulations.
• Demonstrates professional behaviors and work habits which comply with agency personnel policies and procedures, works closely with all Head Start component staff to facilitate integrated service delivery, and completes special assignments from supervisor.

• Degree in Early Childhood Education/Child Development
• Professional experience working with preschool children
• Physical ability to work with young children; up and down on floor, on and off buses, on playground, lifting up to 50 lbs. to carry a child, move furniture, etc.
• Verifiable work history; Social Security Card and/or work permit
• Drivers License
• Criminal background checks (fingerprint, vulnerable persons registry, etc.)

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Leave
• Sick Leave
• Retirement Plan
• Professional Development
• 4-day teaching week, with every Friday designated for professional development, team meetings, paperwork, lesson planning, etc
• Free health insurance for the individual
• Dental and vision insurance
• Free life insurance equivalent to one's salary
• Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Employer
• Overtime pay over 40 hours
• no-cost meals when working with children
• Over three weeks of paid leave for winter break, spring break, holidays, etc.
• Sick Leave
• Retirement contributions by the employer equivalent to 6% of one's salary after one year of employment
• Deferred Compensation Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible spending account
• Training to update and renew skills

Administered by Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee (CAC).

CAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital or Veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.