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Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
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Children's Community School
Waterbury, CT (In Person)
$46,000 Salary, Full-Time
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Pre-Kindergarten Teacher Children's Community School - 4.3 Waterbury, CT Job Details Full-time $42,000 - $50,000 a year 1 day ago Benefits Health insurance Paid time off Qualifications School experience Student supervision Childcare CPR Certification Classroom active supervision Working with individuals with disabilities Early childhood education Gifted education support experience Special education for preschool students Bachelor's degree Working with students from diverse cultural backgrounds Child safety supervision Safe environment creation Emergency response readiness Classroom experience Preschooler care Computer skills Teaching experience with young children School staff supervision Associate's degree Classroom Teaching Teacher-directed learning Student safety monitoring Early Childhood Education Parent-teacher conferences (communication methods) First aid and CPR Full Job Description Pre-K Teacher Job Description Nature of Work To provide a successful, safe and supervised educational setting for children while they are in the Children's Community School environment (classroom, outdoor play area, and field trips). To promote the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of all children. Encourage family involvement in all aspects of the program. To develop individual goals for children, provide on-going assessment on progress and facilitate transition into kindergarten. Must meet requirements per NAEYC, Early Start CT, and any local, state and/or agency policies and procedures. Education Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or a Bachelor's Degree or higher that includes coursework equivalent to a major in Early Childhood Education. Transcripts are required to validate educational requirements. Essential Functions ∙ Be familiar with and adhere to NAEYC and Early Start CT standards, State of Connecticut licensing requirements, the CCS written work plan, and agency's policies and procedures ∙ Maintain an open, friendly, professional relationship with all staff and families, to include respect for culture, diversity and ethnicity. ∙ Oversee volunteers in the classroom. ∙ Participate in annual program self-assessment and continuous quality improvement initiatives of the overall program. ∙ Monitor and ensure confidentiality of children records Document all classroom issues and parent contact Curriculum and Assessment Develop and utilize integrated curriculum plans, which reflect mandated elements and components, parental and cultural influences, and promote the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development. Encourage experimentation, exploration, problem solving, cooperation, socialization, and choice-making; ask open-ended questions and listen respectfully to the answers. Establish weekly goals that promote individual and group educational plans Prepare classroom materials to support developmentally appropriate curriculum plans; create and change learning centers as needed Collect 3 observations on each assessment standard per term Individualization Adapt curriculum to address and met individual goals for children as identified in their individual education plans Assess individual and group needs, attending to special needs, specific interest, strengths and concerns. Follow a consistent schedule, which includes small and large group experiences, choice time, music and movement, large and small motor activities, skill development, meals, and effective transitions between activities. Family & Community Engagement Provide an atmosphere that promotes and reinforces parental engagement. Communicate regularly with parents, regarding each child's progress Conduct the required family conferences to share information on classroom progress and educational strategies at school and home. Work with appropriate agencies in developing specialized planning for children and families as needed. Mandated reporting of suspected child abuse/neglect to Department of Children & Family Additional Job Responsibilities Attend meetings, trainings and appropriate professional development activities. Assure general maintenance and security of facility Other duties as requested. Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities ∙ Preschool (ages 3-5) classroom teaching experience is required. Experience should include the ability to adapt curriculum to meet the needs of all children including at risk, special needs, gifted, and culturally diverse populations. ∙Knowledge of play based learning. ∙Knowledge of emergent curriculum. ∙ Strong written and verbal communication skills. ∙ Intermediate to advanced level computer skills, internet and e-mail. ∙ Ability to supervise pre-school children and ensure a safe environment including the ability to monitor and respond to events going on at all times in classroom, outdoor play areas and on field trips. This includes the physical ability to move quickly in order to respond to children who are very active and may need redirection in order to insure their safety or the safety of others in the environment. ∙ Sits with children during family style mealtimes providing a model for good nutritional habits. ∙ Ability to respond appropriately to an emergency or a crisis situation. ∙Ability to supervise assistant teachers ∙Ability to work as a team