Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Salary: hourly; $20.00 -$23.00

The Preschool Teacher position at Community Seedlings Preschool is responsible for providing instruction to children ages 2 to 5 years of age. Seedlings is a Reggio-Emilia inspired program with a focus on nature-based learning and a1t education. Preschool Teachers are responsible for encouraging children's curiosity and excitement for learning.

Serving as co-researchers, Preschool Teachers at Community Seedlings support the curiosity and excitement for learning that is inherent in every child. They recognize and honor children's natural quest to understand their place in the world around them. This is learned through play, small group projects, dialogue, journaling, reflection, and documentation of children's work. Preschool Teachers encourage a love of learning through exploration of art, STEM work, math, social studies, literacy, and the environments of both the indoor and outdoor classrooms.

Essential Functions:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Essential functions include but are not limited to the following:

• Assist in maintaining a safe and clean learning environment for
• Develop a positive relationship with each child, family members and
• Plan and prepare learning materials and provocations
• Ensure that both indoor and outdoor classroom environments have the necessary materials available to facilitate l
• Ensure appropriate guidance and supervision of children in each learning
• Maintain documentation of children's
• Prepare materials needed for parent conference
• Observe children daily to assess and support individual development and facilitate learning.
• Check email daily and respond within a timely
• Participate in professional development activities and apply that learning in the classroom.
• Maintain and foster a cooperative and positive attitude while working with children, families, colleagues and the community.
• Display a sincere, nurturing and caring attitude toward all
• Demonstrate an awareness of individual families' culture and ensure cultural
• Demonstrate ability to teach children from diverse cultural, economic and ability backgroun
• Follow all mandated repo1ter
• Perform other duties as

Education & Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent * Bachelors preferred
• Teaching Permit/ or a minimum of 12 ECE units
  
• Knowledge of early childhood development
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working with children
• Knowledge of computer software and applications needed to perform essential

Ability to:

• Report to work on a regular and punctual
• Maintain
• Understand and implement developmentally appropriate
• Exercise discretion and confidentiality when meeting with families and the public.
• Be sincere, nuituring and caring toward all
• Interact appropriately and positively with children at all
• Understand and follow procedures and policies of the
• Understand and follow oral and written
• Demonstrate positive team
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with
• Read, write, speak and understand English.
• Perform all other related assigned to fulfill the objectives of the

Physical Requirements:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly required to sit, stand, twist, turn, bend, walk, talk, hear, and reach with hands and
• Regularly required to operate a computer and other office
• Regularly required to see and observe students, walk and/or stand for extended periods of time, and hear and speak to exchange
• Regularly required to possess dexterity of hand and fingers, kneel, bend at the waist, sit on the

floor, climb stairs, and reach overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally to perform assigned duties; lift light objects.

• Regularly required to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in indoor and

outdoor classrooms.

• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 15
• Duties are normally performed in a school, classroom, playground and/or other outdoor
• Duties may be performed in seasonal heat, sun, and cold
• The noise level in the work environment is usually

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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