What are the responsibilities and job description for the Native Language and Culture Kindergarten and Preschool Teacher position at Bloomfield Early Childhood Center?
2024-2025 School Year
Navajo Language and Culture Kindergarten/ Preschool Teacher
Status: Full-time
BECC: Bloomfield Early Childhood Center:
Pay: Starting 50,000/annual salary negotiable with experience and licensure
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Vision insurance
As a Navajo Language & Culture Teacher, you will be responsible for serving as a
classroom teacher in a public charter school. The instruction area will be Navajo
Language and Culture in an elementary setting. This position will be assigned to grade
levels Pre K- Kindergarten. Teacher will support Navajo Language and culture through teaching and hands on activities.
Duties:
- Prepare yearly instructional maps to meet daily lesson plans covering units of study and objectives, activities and evaluative methods/instruments for both group and individual instructional programs.
- Work cooperatively with all teachers to ensure that the Navajo language is supported and practiced in all classrooms.
- Teaching students by selecting, developing, adapting and implementing appropriate instructional methods and techniques utilizing resources to provide for academic achievement.
- Evaluate individual and group academic progress through the use of criterion-referenced tests, periodic standardized tests, oral tests, and/or other relevant evaluative methods/instruments.
- Develop and conduct instruction in an environment that promotes opportunities for students to develop rapport, inter-relationships, self-discipline and a positive self-image.
- Maintain control of assigned class(es) and handle discipline independently except for chronic or extreme behavior problems.
- Supervise assigned students as scheduled, throughout the academic day and/or activity in order to provide for the safety, health, and welfare of the students’ in compliance with school, agency, and NMPED guidelines.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:
- Associates or Bachelor’s degree with 3 years teaching experience at the elementary level.
- Valid New Mexico teaching licensure with proper endorsement
- Level II Licensure or 520 License required
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Valid driver’s license
- Must pass a background check for the position
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and sometimes high-pressure environment
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- May have to stand and sit for longer periods of time;
- Position requires frequent lifting of 25 lbs.
- Must be able to be active with 4 and 5-year-old students.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Work is performed in a classroom environment with up to 15 students in 5 course periods per day.
- Rich Cultural Classroom promoting Native American history and culture.
