Child Care Center/ Preschool Teacher

Child Care Center/ PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER (LEAD)

at Kids First Academy Preschool & Child Care in Bay Point

Requires at least 12 Early Child Education Units.

Job Description:

1) Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.

2) Attend to children's basic needs - may include asssisting in feeding them, dressing them, and changing their pull-ups.

3) Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.

4) Establish and enforce school readiness behavior in the classroom

5) Read books to entire classes or to small groups.

6) Organize and lead circle time activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.

7) Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.

8) Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related concerns and or delays, and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.

9) Communicate with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine their priorities for their children, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development.

10) Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.

11) Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.

12) Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.

13) Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.

14) Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.

15) Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.

16) Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to children.

17) Demonstrate activities to children.

18) Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.

19) Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.

20) Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.

21) Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.

22) Organize and label materials, and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages and perceptual skills.

23) Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops in order to maintain and improve professional competence.

24) Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.

25) Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.

26) Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of preschool programs.

27) Attend staff meetings, and serve on committees as required.

28) Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.

29) Plan and supervise class projects, visits by guests, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.

30) Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.

31) Provide special needs assistance

32) Administer assessment tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.

34) Additional task might include driving shuttle van to pick up kids from elementary schools in the area