Kindergarten Teacher

Job Title

Kindergarten Teacher

165 days

Teaching and Learning Services

School Principal

Teacher Salary Schedule

Fringe Benefits based on PEA Negotiated Agreement

FLSA Status:
Exempt

The primary responsibility of the Kindergarten Teacher is to plan, organize, and implement an appropriate instructional program in an elementary or secondary learning environment that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic potential. The teacher performs instructional and related duties in accordance with District policies and the teacher contract. The teacher also maintains a cooperative attitude with staff, parents, and students.

• Valid Colorado Teaching License within 60 days from date of hire.
• Elementary Education Endorsement or be highly qualified in an applicable content area through:
• Endorsement on a Colorado teaching license.
• Passing score on a State Board of Education approved content exam (currently the ETS Praxis Series).
• Eligibility for a Teacher-in-Residence or Alternative Licensing Program in the content area.
• Employee must complete a fingerprint-based criminal background check and be cleared by the Office of Human Resources.
• Must communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing, using proper grammar and vocabulary.
• Teachers hired in a K‑3 or Reading Interventionist position must register for the READ Act training required by Senate Bill 199‑99 and provide evidence of enrollment and completion of a CDE‑approved training course within the 2024‑2025 school year or a certificate of completion.

• Experience in a Title I or low‑income setting.
• Previous experience as a certified teacher.

• Knowledge and understanding of Common Core standards.
• Ability to unpack standards and align with curriculum.
• Ability to write specific learning goals, objectives, and outcomes.
• Ability to analyze and use multiple data sources to make sound instructional decisions.
• Ability and willingness to collaborate with colleagues and actively participate in professional learning communities.
• Ability to use technology and incorporate/teach 21st‑century skills.
• Ability to scaffold and differentiate instruction.
• Ability and willingness to integrate reading, writing, and math throughout the curriculum.
• Computer expertise or an expectation to learn Infinite Campus.
• Positive public relation skills, professionalism, strong work ethic, and ability to develop positive relationships with the school and community.
• Ability to demonstrate communication skills with students, parents, and teachers to enhance educational, personal, and social aspects of each student.
• Ability to interpret test information and data.
• Strong commitment to system change and evidence of being a "team player".
• Ability to report to work on a regular and punctual basis.
• Ability to be flexible.

• Provide a variety of classroom techniques and methods.
• Promote high levels of achievement in relation to individual student abilities.
• Use techniques and methodologies appropriate to student abilities.
• Utilize current and relevant subject matter.
• Use relevant technology to support and differentiate instruction.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and use research‑based principles of effective instruction.
• Organize instruction using learning objectives with clearly defined student outcomes.
• Employ teaching strategies congruent with planned student outcomes.
• Choose strategies that emphasize student involvement.
• Monitor student learning and pace instruction accordingly.
• Prepare effectively for class.
• Prepare daily lesson plans.
• Provide instruction based on course goals and objectives.
• Prepare classroom for classroom activities.
• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities.
• Establish written grading standards that are clear and incorporate a variety of graded activities.
• Explain grading standards to parents and provide them.
• Develop and maintain positive interpersonal relationships.
• Model honesty, fairness, courtesy, and consideration, maintaining a cooperative relationship with…