Pre-Kindergarten Teacher (Immediate Opening)

Tupelo Public School District; Center (IN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Tupelo Public School District is seeking a Pre-School Teacher to foster a flexible, supportive learning environment for young children. The role emphasizes building strong relationships with students, parents, and staff while delivering developmentally appropriate activities.

Responsibilities include planning and evaluating programs, coordinating parent meetings, maintaining records, and providing leadership to the care team.

Qualifications

• MS Educator License with N-1 Early Childhood Endorsement or K-4 Endorsement.
• Experience with pre-k and early childhood programs preferred.
• Commitment to creating a supportive learning environment.

Responsibilities

• Believe that all children can learn and create a classroom where students succeed.
• Plan, implement and evaluate children’s programs and activities.
• Plan and initiate parent meetings and training.
• Maintain accurate records as required by law and district policy.
• Engage with parents and staff to coordinate center activities.
• Provide leadership and support to other staff when requested.
• Ensure developmentally appropriate care and education for each child.

Skills

Early childhood experience

Education

MS Educator License with N-1 Early Childhood Endorsement or K-4 Endorsement

Job description

Flsa Status

JOB TITLE:
Pre-School Teacher

Qualifications

• MS Educator License with N-1 Early Childhood Endorsement or K-4 Endorsement.
• Experience working with pre-k and early childhood related programs preferred.

Reports To

Director of Child Development Program

Job Goal

To create a flexible program and environment favorable to learning and personal growth; to establish effective rapport with pupils to develop skills, attitudes, and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for further participation in the total school program, in accordance with each pupil's ability; to establish good relationships with parents and with other staff members.

Performance Responsibilities

• Believe strongly that all children can learn and that teachers are responsible for structuring an educational/care environment in which students can be successful.
• Give leadership and provide assistance to other staff members when requested.
• Help plan, implement and evaluate children's programs and activities.
• Plan and initiate parent meetings and training.
• Assist with planning and coordinating center activities with other care-givers.
• Interpret and describe the program to parents, visitors, and other persons who are visiting the child care center.
• Work directly with the children to ensure that developmentally appropriate care/educational experiences occur.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation.
• Assess the accomplishments of students on a regular basis.
• Assign duties to student workers.
• Encourage student workers to set and maintain acceptable standards of behavior appropriate for a child care environment.
• Help monitor student workers.
• Assist with implementation of all policies and rules governing student conduct while working in the center, using reasonable rules of center behavior and procedures, and maintaining order in the center in a fair and just manner.
• Evaluate student job performance along with other care-givers.
• Attend workshops and other professional meetings that will improve professional competence.
• Attend staff meetings.
• Take necessary and reasonable precautions to protect children, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Maintain a neat work environment.
• Guide the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals, with clearly stated objectives for all lessons, units, projects, and the communication of these objectives to children.
• Employ a variety of instructional techniques and materials consistent with needs, and capabilities of the individual child.
• If a grievance should occur, talk to your director. If a problem is not resolved, talk to your administrative program director. If grievances are not satisfied, talk to the Superintendent.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 10 month year, salary to be established by the Board.

Evaluation

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provision of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.

Date

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