Pre-K Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

• Responsible for ensuring that all parent, children, and classroom staff concerns are appropriately addressed.
• Assists and supervises children during all activities. Counsel’s children when social, academic or adjustment problems arise.
• Develops, plans, and prepares instructional aids / materials for classroom activities.
• Ensures that appearance, cleanliness, and safe environment of classroom are appropriately maintained.
• Assists children with mealtimes and clean-up.
• Completes all academy and classroom paperwork : for example, daily notes, student accident reports, and attendance reports.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, academy events, and parent meetings as requested.
• Prepares and implements classroom lesson plans, program, and schedule.
• Accepts temporary work assignments in the event regularly scheduled personnel are not available; for example, may answer telephones at front desk, or may assist supervisor with bookkeeping tasks.
• Ensures that all classroom and outdoor equipment are in good working condition and are used and maintained properly.
• Physically arranges the classroom into well-defined learning centers.
• Directs activities of other staff in the classroom to ensure that the classroom functions in an orderly manner.
• Communicates appropriate information to parents; maintains developmental profiles for children. Schedules and conducts parent and teacher conferences throughout the year.
• Schedules field trips and speakers for monthly programs, in accordance with academy guidelines.
• Maintains family information board and other classroom bulletin boards.
• Meets with prospective families; communicates appropriately with potential new customers.
• Assists in evaluating personnel within the classroom.
• Ensures that classroom medication schedule is followed.
• Assists with planning and implementing academy-wide events.
• Prepares classroom portion of monthly newsletter.