Nature Preschool Teacher

Overview :

The Early Childhood Instructor reports to the Program Manager and Early Childhood Program Coordinator and is responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing developmentally appropriate activities within early childhood programs to parents and children from newborn to age six.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities :

• Gain knowledge and understanding of Park District policies and procedures and see that they adhere to at all times.
• Provides a safe, nurturing and positive experience for all students.
• Prepare and implement daily nature curriculum.
• Uses a range of teaching approaches and adapts instruction to include all children.
• Uses effective, age appropriate classroom management that promotes positive relationships and creates predictability.
• Creates a safe and thoughtfully arranged classroom that facilitates classroom management. Changes content material and updates bulletin boards and art displays to facilitate curriculum. Maintains a clean and orderly classroom and storage space.
• Prepare materials for class projects and activities ahead of time. Submits monthly supplies requests.
• Conducts scheduled assessments and parent - teacher conferences.
• Create positive relationships with parents and communicates effectively with them. Creates bi-weekly blogs and conducts daily, end of class parent talks.
• Work in conjunction with the Early Childhood Program Manager and the Early Childhood Coordinator in making referrals and developing plans for children with special needs.
• Work cooperatively with fellow teachers to support and obtain the goals and objectives of the program.
• Attend curriculum meetings, staff meetings, teacher institutes and obtain 15-hours of in-service trainings.
• Substitute as needed.

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Special Considerations :

To be considered for this position, interested individuals must complete the online application accessible at

www.napervilleparks.org / employment. Materials submitted through mail, email, or fax will not be considered.