PreK Summer Teacher

About This Role

Instruct preschool‑aged children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for primary school in a preschool, daycare center, or other child development facility.

Maintain the engagement of 11 children, manage their behaviors, and promote independence. Hours vary between 22‑28 hours weekly.

• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use in learning activities and imaginative play.
• Attend to children’s basic needs, including feeding, dressing, and diaper changing.
• Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
• Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
• Organize and lead activities that promote physical, mental, and social development (games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, field trips).
• Observe and evaluate children’s performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health‑related problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents, or specialists.
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss progress, needs, and ways to promote learning and development.
• Enforce all administrative policies and rules governing students.
• Prepare materials and classroom setups for activities.
• Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene; serve meals and snacks following nutritional guidelines.
• Assimilate arriving children by greeting them, helping with outerwear, and selecting activities that interest them.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet varying needs and interests.
• Establish clear objectives for lessons, units, and projects and communicate them to children.
• Demonstrate activities to children.
• Arrange indoor and outdoor spaces to facilitate creative play, motor‑skill activities, and safety.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by law and district policies.
• Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
• Plan and conduct a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time to encourage observation, questioning, and investigation.
• Organize and label materials and display students’ work appropriately.
• Attend professional meetings, conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve competence.
• Collaborate with staff to plan and schedule lessons that promote learning, following approved curricula.
• Supervise and evaluate teacher assistants and volunteers.
• Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in developing, evaluating, and revising preschool programs.
• Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.
• Meet with other professionals to discuss students’ needs and progress.
• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities and guide students in learning from them.
• Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities such as restrooms.
• Perform administrative duties such as hall and cafeteria monitoring and bus loading/unloading.
• Administer tests to determine developmental levels, needs, and potential.
• Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.

• Set up classroom materials or equipment.
• Provide basic needs of children.
• Teach life skills.
• Establish rules or policies governing student behavior.
• Read to students.
• Plan educational activities.
• Monitor student performance, behavior, social development, and health.
• Evaluate student work.
• Discuss problems or issues with supervisors.
• Discuss student progress with parents or guardians.
• Enforce rules or policies governing student behavior.
• Modify teaching methods or materials to accommodate student needs.
• Develop instructional objectives.
• Apply multiple teaching methods.
• Arrange childcare or educational settings to ensure physical safety of children.
• Maintain student records.
• Prepare reports detailing student activities or performance.
• Display student work.
• Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
• Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
• Evaluate performance of educational staff.
• Supervise student research or internship work.
• Serve on institutions or departmental committees.
• Plan experiential learning activities.
• Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
• Distribute, order instructional or library materials or equipment.
• Assist students with special educational needs.
• Supervise school or student activities.

• DCF 45 Hours
• CDA
• Director’s Credential
• VPK Endorsement

• No Weekends
• Hours 7‑6 pm daily
• Holidays Off
• Flexible Schedule
• Friendly Environment