SES Preschool Teacher

Position Opening

Brown County Schools Preschool Teacher (Ages 3-5)

Brown County Schools Paths to Quality Level 3 Preschool

Sprunica Elementary, 3611 Sprunica Rd., Nineveh, IN 46164

7.5 hours per day, 184 school days (possible 8-week summer session option)

Hourly rate: CDA credential $17.06;
Associate degree in ECE $19.16;
Bachelor’s degree in education or related field $21.26. Health benefit package available.

The preschool teacher designs and implements an appropriate instructional program to meet the individual needs of children ages 3-5 years including those with disabilities and second language learning needs.

• Creates a daily schedule which includes planned transitions and routines yet is flexible.
• Makes effective use of instruction materials.
• Plans age-appropriate classroom to increase language, social-emotional, and motor skills.
• Creates an environment where children learn through exploration, discovery, and practice.
• Plans and implements instructional, behavioral, and therapeutic activities.
• Ensures that individual student performance levels, needs, and abilities are addressed.
• Promotes family engagement in accordance with Paths to Quality Level 3 requirements.
• Provides a balance of child-initiated and teacher guided activities.
• Alternates periods of strenuous activity with periods of rest/light activity to avoid over stimulation.
• Helps children develop habits of caring for themselves, their belongings and classroom materials.
• Assesses children’s needs and developmental progress on an ongoing formal and informal basis.
• Directs the paraprofessionals when in the classroom.
• Complies with all licensing, accreditation and other documenting and reporting requirements.
• Maintains a professional relationship with all school personnel.
• Conducts oneself in a professional manner.

• Hold a current (not expired) Child Development Associate credential.
• Hold an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education.
• Hold a’s Degree in education with a concentration of courses in early education or in a related field with a concentration of courses in child development.

• Attendance commitment.
• Provides positive behavioral support to students.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Timely communication with families and supervisor.
• Uses universal precautions to maintain a healthy school environment for students and self.

• Capable of walking, bending, standing, stooping.
• Ability to move/position students or specialized equipment and change diapers if needed.

Interested candidates please contact Deborah Harman, Director of Student Support Services at d and Shane Killinger, Sprunica Elementary Principal at skil