Preschool Teacher

Acquire4Hire; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

403b match

Health

Vision

Dental

Pension

Sick leave, vacation, and holiday pay

Job summary

Acquire4Hire in Nashville is opening a new center in November 2026 and seeks a preschool teacher to guide social, physical and intellectual growth. You will prepare activities, read to children, and supervise classroom routines to create a safe, engaging learning environment.

The role includes collaborating with staff, adapting lessons to student needs, and meeting with guardians to discuss progress and goals for each child.

Qualifications

• Set up classroom materials or equipment.
• Provide for basic needs of children.
• Teach life skills.
• Establish rules or policies governing student behavior.
• Read to students.
• Plan educational activities.
• Monitor student performance.
• Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
• Evaluate student work.
• Discuss student progress with parents or guardians.

Responsibilities

• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore and use.
• Attend to children's basic needs.
• Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
• Read books to classes or groups.
• Organize activities to promote development (games, arts, crafts, music, storytelling, field trips).
• Observe and evaluate children's development and health.
• Meet with parents to discuss progress and needs.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for activities.
• Supervise and collaborate with staff and volunteers.

Skills

Classroom setup

Basic needs support

Reading aloud

Lesson planning

Behaviour management

Parental communication

Observation & evaluation

Safety awareness

Team collaboration

Job description

About This Role

New Center Opening November 2026!

Instruct preschool-aged children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth.

What You'll Do

• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
• Attend to children's basic needs
• Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
• Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
• Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
• 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.
• Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.
• Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.
• Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to children.
• Demonstrate activities to children.
• Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Organize and label materials and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages and perceptual skills.
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
• Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
• Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of preschool programs.
• Attend staff meetings
• Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
• Plan and supervise class projects, visits by guests, or other experiential activities and guide students in learning from those activities.
• Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
• Perform administrative duties, such as hall and cafeteria monitoring and bus loading and unloading.
• Observe using developmental standards to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.
• Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.

Requirements

• Set up classroom materials or equipment.
• Provide for basic needs of children.
• Teach life skills.
• Establish rules or policies governing student behavior.
• Read to students.
• Plan educational activities.
• Monitor student performance.
• Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
• Evaluate student work.
• Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
• Discuss problems or issues with supervisors.
• Discuss student progress with parents or guardians.
• Discuss student progress with parents or guardians.
• Enforce rules or policies governing student behavior.
• Set up classroom materials or equipment.
• Teach life skills.
• Provide for basic needs of children.
• Provide for basic needs of children.
• Modify teaching methods or materials to accommodate student needs.
• Develop instructional objectives.
• Apply multiple teaching methods.
• Set up classroom materials or equipment.
• Arrange childcare or educational settings to ensure physical safety of children.
• Maintain student records.
• Prepare reports detailing student activities or performance.
• Plan educational activities.
• Display student work.
• Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
• Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
• Evaluate performance of educational staff.
• Supervise student research or internship work.
• Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
• Serve on institutional or departmental committees.
• Discuss problems or issues with supervisors.
• Plan experiential learning activities.
• Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
• Distribute instructional or library materials.
• Order instructional or library materials or equipment.
• Assist students with special educational needs.
• Supervise school or student activities.
• Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
• Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.

Benefits

• 403b match
• Health
• Vision
• Dental
• Pension
• SIck, vacation,and holiday pay