Preschool Teacher; Ages 3-5

Description

Classroom: Butterfly

Designed for Preschoolers ages 3-5 years)

Supervised by:
Education Manager

Program Service Type:
Mid Aug-early June (9 month Employee), 40 Hours/Week

FLSA:
Non-Exempt

Supervises: N/A

Updated/Revised Date:
August 2025

Position

Purpose:

To plan, coordinate and implement a Preschool (ages 3 to 5 years) classroom that will provide children and families with comprehensive quality services that meet the needs of families. To provide a setting for children that is successful, safe and supervised educational, while they are at TCLC (classroom, outdoor play area, and field trips). Promote the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of all children.

Encourage parent involvement in all aspects, develop individual goals for children, provide on-going assessment of progress and facilitate transitions.

• Develop and utilize creative curriculum, which reflect mandated elements and components, parental and cultural influences, and promote the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development of children.
• Establish weekly lesson plans that promote individual and group educational plans and include other Head start components.
• Ensure that classroom activities are developmentally appropriate and carried out according to Head Start and The Children's Learning Center program philosophy, policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate realistic expectations for behavior based on the age, abilities, and needs of the children.
• Prepare classroom materials to support developmentally appropriate curriculum plans; create and change learning centers as needed.
• Follow a consistent schedule, which includes small and large group experiences, choice time, music and movement, large and small motor activities, skill development, meals, and effective transitions between activities. Ensure that all classroom activities are carried out daily.
• Encourage experimentation, exploration, problem solving, cooperation, socialization, and choice making; ask open-ended questions and listen respectfully to the answers.
• Observe, record, and evaluate student’s activities, growth, and behaviors to individualize curriculum goals, or add extra service to meet the needs of the students and families. Ensure the observations are quality and without judgment.
• Always supervise and monitor children.
• Participate in regularly scheduled team meetings to plan for and deliver collaborative services across all components.
• Provide a program that meets the individual needs of children and families according to their interests, abilities, individual traits and development.
• Coordinate with special needs staff in the classroom when indicated, developing a collaborative approach that benefits all children in the classroom.
• Transmit information and make referrals to staff members as appropriate.
• Maintain an approach to guidance within the framework of Head Start and TCLC policy to ensure that children are taught, disciplined, and supervised in a consistent manner.

• Adapt curriculum to address and meet individual goals for children as identified in their individualized education plans.
• Assess individual and group needs, attending to special needs, specific interests, strengths and concerns.
• Provide a program that meets the individual needs of children and families according to their interests, abilities, individual traits and development.
• Establish an environment which will stimulate a desire for learning, independence and self-esteem of the children that will meet the needs of children.
• With parents, assess each child's developmental needs and write goals…