Preschool Teacher , II, III - Anchorage Minds Program

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Vacancy Name

Vacancy Name PRESCHOOL TEACHER I, II, III
- Anchorage Growing Minds Program

Vacancy No

Vacancy No VN941

Employment Type

Employment Type

Full Time Non-Exempt

Location

Location Anchorage
- Growing Minds

Salary Range

Salary Range $20.86-$26.07

Salary Period

Salary Period Hourly

Benefits Full time-eligible to participate in the benefit programs on the first day of the month after your 60th day of employment.

Teacher I/II/III will be responsible for providing a safe and nurturing environment for infants, toddlers and preschool children. The Teacher I/II/III is also responsible for providing a quality education to infants, toddlers and preschoolers with the goal of increasing their social competence, school readiness. In addition, the Teacher II/III provide training to Teacher Apprentices and may provide peer mentoring to Teacher I.

Teacher I/II will be required to effectively balance managing non-instructional tasks, such as lesson planning and assigned trainings, while ensuring the smooth functioning of assigned classrooms. This position will be located at our new Tudor Elementary School location.

• Assist in the development and implementation of plans to enhance education, health, social and emotional growth of children.
• Create lesson plans that support children with a variety of age-appropriate learning experiences in all areas of development including social/emotional, cognitive, language, and gross and fine motor skills.
• Teach individual and group lessons from lesson plans with fidelity to CDC curricula.
• Effectively implement schedule, routines and expectations to ensure a smoothly running classroom that is responsive to student needs.
• Assess the physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and language needs of children using a variety of screening and observation tools.
• Develop lesson plans that challenge, strengthen, and meet the individual learning goals and developmental needs of children, in accordance with the Teaching Strategies Creative Curriculum guidelines.
• Use a variety of teaching strategies to meet educational and developmental goals and the physical, emotional, social, cultural, cognitive and language needs of children.
• Use appropriate discipline and guidance techniques such as redirection, acknowledgement of appropriate behavior, and setting acceptable limits.
• Provide a healthy, safe and secure learning environment by consistent limits, appropriate guidance techniques, and the development of an atmosphere of respect for children and adults.
• Provide training for parents and other staff through role modeling, discussions, and other means.
• Participate in staff meetings, training, planning and problem-solving sessions.
• Accurately complete all paperwork, parent/teacher conference forms and lesson plans.
• Substitute in different classrooms as needed on a short term or longer-term basis as assigned by management.
• Ensure knowledge of and compliance with Municipality of Anchorage Childcare Licensing regulations by completing annual training and following appropriate procedures consistently.

• Perform duties and responsibilities of a Teacher I at a high level of proficiency.
• Support leadership team by coordinating teacher coverage in all classrooms to ensure ratio is met during staff breaks.
• Use instructional data, checkpoints, observation, family provided goals, etc., to ensure that lesson plans and individualizations are contributing to measurable student progress.
• Consistently role-model best practices from trainings, CDA curriculum, CDC and other research based ECE publications.
• Independently perform tasks in the classroom, have plans, documents, and reports in on time.

• Perform duties and responsibilities of a teacher I and II at a high level of proficiency.
• Act as a teacher mentor for assigned protégés with support and guidance from the Management Team.
• Perform classroom observations and lead reflective conversations with assigned apprentices to support improving practice.
• Act as mentor to assigned Teacher Apprentices and Support the Operational Manager in training and coaching Teacher Apprentices.
• Mentor Teacher I’s to improve effective teaching practices, lesson planning, observation and documentation.
• Support Teacher Apprentices by providing classroom training on daily procedures and tasks.
• Mentor other teachers to use advanced features, such as…