Preschool Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

Education and Experience:
• At least 18 years of age (25 if responsible for driving a bus)
• Hold a high school diploma or equivalent
• Knowledge and understanding of all current State and Local regulations.

Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide a positive and nurturing environment for the children.
• Responsible for health and safety of the children – not excessive accidents.
• Consistently keep clean and maintain the classroom areas (including bathrooms).
• Maintains a permanent room arrangement with no running spaces, shelves used as dividers, and materials/supplies at child level.
• Equipment out and children taught to use it properly
• Provides consistent and constant supervision of all children. Children are never left alone. Know how many children that you are responsible for at all times, ages, and who they are.
• An organized and structured daily schedule is implemented and followed daily.
• Works with Classroom Teachers in the day-to-day duties and responsibilities of the classroom

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Enjoys children and expresses genuine interest in them
• Speaks with calm, gentle voice
• Listens carefully and respectfully
• Teaches children to problem solve
• Utilizes teachable moments
• Must be able to focus on individual while being aware of what is happening everywhere
• Uses positive statements, is positive role-model
• Interacts consistently with children
• Must be able to maintain orderly, calm environment
• Supports cultural differences
• Ability to move from one activity to another without chaos
• Maintains positive parent interaction
• Encourages positive behavior often getting down to child’s level
• Teaches and allows children to make choices
• Uses Redirection
• Will frequently lift as in lifting, carrying, walking with, and holding infants and children.
• Required to stand up to 90% of the day.
• Must be able to stoop, bend, and sit on a child’s level.
• Able to physically and mentally interact and react to children on the playground and/or in the classroom and attend to their needs. This includes moderate and vigorous physical activity.