Pre-K Teacher Full Day 25-26 School Year

Position Title: Regular Ed All Day Pre-K Teacher

Department: Early Childhood 

Reports To: Director of Early Childhood 

SUMMARY: Instructs children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for primary school in preschool, day care center, or other child development facility by performing the following duties. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned. 

• Plans individual and group activities to stimulate growth in language, social, and motor skills such as learning to listen to instructions, playing with others, and using play equipment. Develops and uses instructional materials suitable for verbal or visual instruction of pupils with wide range of mental, physical, and emotional maturates. 
• Develops in each pupil an awareness of his worth as an individual and his role in his family and community. Encourages pupils to express themselves creatively in art, music, and dramatic play. Provides appropriate climate to establish and reinforce acceptable pupil behavior, attitudes, social skills. Assesses families’ needs. 
• Cooperates and seeks assistance from other professional staff members. 
• Creates an effective environment for learning through functional and attractive displays, interest centers, and exhibits of pupils’ work. 
• Provides individual and small group instruction designed to meet individual needs of pupils in communications skills, health habits, physical skills, and development of self-concepts. Plans and coordinates the work of paraprofessionals, parents, and volunteers in the classroom and on field trips. Communicates regularly with parents by means of a newsletter, notes, phone calls and individual parent conferences. 
• Interprets school program to parents in order to strengthen parental understanding of the individual pupil’s needs and the school’s role in the pupil’s life. 
• Enriches educational program through study trips to community resources such as museums, parks, and through classroom visits by resource person from the school and community. Shares and interprets these experiences with pupils and parents. 
• Selects and requisitions, instructional aids and supplies. 
• Promotes parent participation and involvement in education activities provided for their children.
• Serves on district committees as assigned. 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: The employee supervises students in the class, paraprofessionals and volunteers. 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university and endorsement in early childhood. 

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATION: Early Childhood Certification with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) , CPR and first aid certification is mandatory and will be provided by employer. 

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Nine-month employee. Salary to be established by the Board of Education.