Early Childhood Teacher

Early Childhood Education Teacher

Location:

Colcord Elementary School

Reports to:

Building Principal

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in Education
• Early Childhood Certification through the Oklahoma Department of Education

Job Description:

• Create a flexible program and a class environment favorable to learning and personal growth. Establish effective rapport with students and motivate students to develop the skills, attitudes, and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for education in accordance with each student's ability. Establish good relationships with parents and other staff.

Essential Duties:

• Provide learning experiences in pre-reading, language arts, social studies, mathematics, science, art, physical education, and music to students in a classroom using the course of study developed by the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the Board of Education, and any other appropriate learning activities.
• Develops lesson plans and instructional materials suitable for verbal or visual instruction of students with a wide range of mental, physical, and emotional maturities.
• Translates lesson plans into learning experiences to best utilize available instructional time.
• Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior necessary for effective participation in all activities without interfering with the naturally informal atmosphere.
• Evaluates pupils' academic and social growth, keeps appropriate records, and prepares progress reports.
• Communicates with parents through various means. Holds parent conferences to discuss individual pupils' progress and interpret the school program. Interacts with pupils, staff, and parents in a positive and professional manner.
• Identifies pupils' needs and collaborates with other professional staff members to assess and help pupils address health, attitude, and learning problems.
• Supervises and monitors students during out-of-classroom activities during the assigned working day, which may include but are not limited to (cafeteria duty, field trips, playground duty, hallway monitoring, etc)

Physical/Mental Requirements:

• Must have adequate manual dexterity to write legibly and perform required duties on the computer.
• Must have adequate visual acuity to read, interpret, and transcribe written material and other required duties. Requires some stooping, bending, stretching, and occasional lifting not to exceed 50 pounds