Preschool Teacher- Early Childhood teacher

Preschool Teacher - Early Childhood Teacher

Overview

Creative Child Learning Center is looking for an experienced teacher to work with our students. We need a warm, fun‑loving, organized, team oriented, early childhood professional to become part of our team. An early childhood degree is necessary, as well as the ability to complete all required paperwork and licensing requirements prior to starting. Pay is dependent upon degree, registry rating, experience, and hours worked.

Hours required are dependent upon center needs, but a full time position is available for the right candidate.

• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Assist children with basic needs such as eating, dressing and bathroom needs at a developmentally appropriate level.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
• Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
• Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health‑related problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
• Meet 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.
• Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Model proper eating habits and personal hygiene.
• Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.
• Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, and selecting activities of interest to them.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to children.
• Demonstrate activities to children.
• Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor‑skill activities, and safety.
• Organize and label materials and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages and perceptual skills.
• Maintain and improve professional competence.
• Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
• Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
• Attend staff meetings as required.
• Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
• Plan and supervise class projects, visits by guests, or other experiential activities and guide students in learning from those activities.
• Select, store, maintain, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Clean and maintain materials and equipment within the center.

• An interest in working with students on a daily basis.
• Ability to complete a staff health report within thirty days of starting.
• Ability to register with certifying agency.
• Ability to complete required educational standards in a timely manner.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Willingness to share knowledge, skills and talents with coworkers and students.
• A commitment to excellence when teaching and caring for preschoolers.

• Technology skills.
• Fluency in a second language.
• Musical skills.

• Salary based upon education, registry rating, experience, and hours worked.
• No weekend or night time work.
• Strong staff of coworkers to support and learn from.
• Well established center with a good community reputation.
• Paid vacation time after probationary period.