Early Childhood Teacher

Haloalaunuiakea Early Learning Center; ʻEleʻele (HI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Haloalaunuiakea Early Learning Center is seeking dedicated early childhood professionals to support children's learning and development. The role emphasizes collaborative curriculum planning, child safety, family engagement, and ongoing professional growth within a nurturing classroom setting.

Responsibilities include implementing diverse teaching methods, assessing progress, and coordinating with staff to create a rich, safe, and engaging educational environment.

Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively with parents and guardians to share progress updates, address concerns, and involve them in their child's education.
• Participate in ongoing professional development to stay current with best practices, research, and curriculum requirements.
• Collaborate with colleagues to plan and implement curriculum, develop assessments, and share expertise.
• Ensure the classroom is equipped with necessary materials, equipment, and resources to support learning and play.
• Manage classroom routines, transitions, and activities to promote a smooth and efficient learning environment.
• Plan and implement activities that promote physical activity, health, and well-being.
• Develop and maintain accurate and complete records of children's progress, including progress reports and assessment data.
• Prepare and present reports to administrators, parents, and guardians as required.
• Supervise and support teacher assistants, volunteers, and other support staff to ensure effective team collaboration.
• Take on additional responsibilities as needed, such as planning events, leading parent-teacher organizations, or participating in district committees.
• Administer tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.
• Apply multiple teaching methods.
• Assist students with special educational needs.
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Arrange childcare or educational settings to ensure physical safety of children.
• Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.
• Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
• Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.
• Assist students with special educational needs.

Job description

• Communicate effectively with parents and guardians to share progress updates, address concerns, and involve them in their child's education.
• Participate in ongoing professional development to stay current with best practices, research, and curriculum requirements.
• Collaborate with colleagues to plan and implement curriculum, develop assessments, and share expertise.
• Ensure the classroom is equipped with necessary materials, equipment, and resources to support learning and play.
• Manage classroom routines, transitions, and activities to promote a smooth and efficient learning environment.
• Plan and implement activities that promote physical activity, health, and well-being.
• Develop and maintain accurate and complete records of children's progress, including progress reports and assessment data.
• Prepare and present reports to administrators, parents, and guardians as required.
• Supervise and support teacher assistants, volunteers, and other support staff to ensure effective team collaboration.
• Take on additional responsibilities as needed, such as planning events, leading parent-teacher organizations, or participating in district committees.
• Administer tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.
• Apply multiple teaching methods.
• Assist students with special educational needs.
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Arrange childcare or educational settings to ensure physical safety of children.
• Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.
• Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
• Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.
• Assist students with special educational needs.

What You'll Do

• Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
• Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
• Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.
• Develop instructional objectives.
• Distribute instructional or library materials.
• Discuss problems or issues with supervisors.
• Discuss student progress with parents or guardians.
• Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
• Enforce rules or policies governing student behavior.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to children.
• Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
• Keep the classroom organized and tidy, including the storage of materials and equipment.
• Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
• 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.
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
• Organize and label materials and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages and perceptual skills.
• Perform administrative duties, such as hall and cafeteria monitoring and bus loading and unloading.
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Plan and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities and guide students in learning from those activities.
• Plan educational activities.
• Plan experiential learning activities.
• Plan and conduct field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities and guide students in learning from those activities.
• Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Prepare and present reports to administrators, parents, and guardians as required.
• Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
• Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
• Read to students.
• Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Set up classroom materials or equipment.
• Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
• Supervise school or student activities.
• Supervise and support teacher assistants, volunteers, and other support staff to ensure effective team collaboration.
• Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
• Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.
• Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
• Provide for basic needs of children.
• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.