Primary Teacher, Preschool Classroom

Primary Teacher, Preschool Classroom

The responsibilities of this position will include, but are not limited to the following:

Primary Caregiving

• Track the development of your primary students, managing their classroom transitions, and coordinate their integration hours.
• Complete routine assessments of your primary students' development including learning stories, facilitate parent input using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire and share information during regularly scheduled parent-teacher conferences.

Classroom Management and Practices

• Co-create and organize a stimulating and developmentally appropriate learning environment both inside and outside.
• Ensure visual supervision and child safety at all times.
• In partnership with your team, design emergent curriculum that meets the needs of the individual learning style of the children in your care.
• Form relationships with parents, children, and co-teachers that are respectful of individual differences and culture, family styles and cultural/socioeconomic diversity.
• Ensure a structured routine that allows for scheduled meal and rest breaks for the teaching team and maintains a flexible yet consistent daily schedule and routine for the children.

Communication Skills

• Foster a safe, inclusive environment for children, parents, and teachers.
• Communicate with children using developmentally appropriate language.
• Create an environment that embraces open communication and trust between staff to ensure a high-quality environment for children and families.
• Treat each child with dignity and respect.
• Guide children in becoming responsible integral members of the group and community.
• Establish regular communication with parents about special moments that happen throughout the day, or specific issues as they occur on a day-to-day basis.
• Partner with parents to create an easy transition into the classroom.
• Provide Early Childhood/community resources and share information through a variety of mediums: bulletin boards, newsletters, Educa, and emails.

Physical Requirements

• Observe and respond to children's needs, emergencies, and/or conflicts that might occur during the day.
• Kneel down to maintain eye contact at child's level.
• Sit on the floor to engage with your students.
• Respond to a child's first aid needs which may include cuts, bruises, and bodily fluids.
• Lift or move 1-35 pounds and occasionally 35+ pounds as needed.

Who You Are

• High school graduate.
• Passionate about child development and supporting our company mission to save our home planet.
• Excellent customer service skills in person, via email, and on the phone.
• Comfortable with team-based work structure; ability to demonstrate flexibility on the job.
• Demonstrates initiative, is conscientious and provides complete follow-through on areas of responsibility.
• Expert in your classroom age-group and best practices in early childhood.
• Dedicated to life-long learning and the betterment of the early childhood education.

Experience You Bring

• Two years' experience working with young children (At least 150 hours working/volunteering with children within the last 6 months).
• Proven history of building trusting, nurturing and responsive relationships with young children and families.
• Successful collaboration and partnering experience with a direct team.
• Track record of implementing and supporting classroom practice in accordance with established educational philosophies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Bilingual proficiency in Spanish preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to receive and act on feedback for improved classroom instruction and care.
• Working knowledge of personal computers with experience in the use of such programs as Word, Excel, Microsoft Teams, and Outlook.
• Successful completion of the fingerprinting process and/or successful transfer of fingerprints from another program. It is a job requirement to have a successful criminal background check as well as clearance by obtaining a Memo of Eligibility in NV to meet State childcare licensing requirements. If you have, or later obtain an exemption from Licensing, please know that you may still not qualify for employment as Patagonia has its own rigorous internal standards and review…