Early Childhood - Pre-K Teacher 2023-2024 School Year

Summary
The Pre-K teacher is responsible for developing a cohesive teaching team, coordinating the curriculum, assessing students' progress, and managing the day-to-day operational activities of the classroom. Teachers must understand children?s cognitive, social, emotional and physical development in order to ensure a safe and stimulating classroom environment where children are actively engaged and encouraged to succeed. The teacher must be skilled in communicating with both children and adults in order to meet the needs of the children, effectively guide teacher assistants, and resolve parental concerns. This position is for the 2023-2024 school year and starts on July 31. Our pre-k program operates on the same calendar as Glynn County Schools.
Duties

• Collect/record assessment data and analyze it to evaluate student progress.
• Lead by example; encourage teaching team success through modeling and coaching.
• Maintain accurate records, forms and files.
• Ensure a healthy classroom environment ? including maintaining appropriate hygiene and cleanliness standards and safety and security of children.
• Plan individual and group age-appropriate activities to actively engage children and encourage social, cognitive and emotional growth.
• Coordinate and implement educational curriculum by developing classroom activities based on developmentally appropriate practices and early learning standards
• Ensure all center policies and state regulations are met.
• Supervise teacher assistants and classroom volunteers to ensure they are following planned activities, hygiene and safety standards.
• Maintain frequent communications with parents through informal discussions, progress reports, and parent-teacher conferences.
• Maintain personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement.

Requirements

• High energy and the ability to work well with others (staff, children, and parents) and to foster a team environment.
• Must clear full background check and must pass health screening.
• Minimum of 1 year of professional teaching experience.
• A strong understanding of child development.
• A bachelor's degree or higher in Early Childhood Education or other closely related field. T-4 certification is preferred but not required.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and basic computer skills.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• A specific vision ability will be required including the ability to see up close and up to a certain distance, to see colors, have peripheral vision and depth perception.
• Infant/child CPR and First Aid certification.
• Requirements include the ability to take frequent walks, use hands and fingers, handle objects, tools or controls, talk to and hear voices at many levels. May also be required to kneel, bend, squat or crawl.