Early Childhood Teacher

Position: Early Childhood Teacher - 2026-2027

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Position Title

Early Childhood Teacher

Qualifications

• Required:
  
  A Bachelor's Degree and valid Missouri teacher certification in Early Childhood or Early Childhood Special Education.
• Preferred: A Master’s Degree. Previous teaching experience.

FLSA

Exempt

Salary Schedule

Per-Approved Teacher Salary Schedule

Direct Report

Coordinator of Early Childhood Services and ESOL/Building Principal

Terms of Employment

9 Month

Eligible for emergency telework

Yes

Purpose

Meets the individual needs of preschoolers and works alongside families to ensure proper preparation for kindergarten.

Essential Job Functions

• Attend work in a regular, reliable and punctual manner.
• To “telework” when requested by the District.
• Plan and prepare developmentally appropriate lessons based on district curriculum, student interests, and current data.
• Assess student progress towards curriculum objectives for the purpose of providing feedback to students, parents and administration.
• Collaborate with instructional staff, other school personnel, parents and a variety of community resources for the purpose of improving the overall quality of student outcomes achieving established classroom objectives in support of the school improvement plan.
• Direct assistant teachers, student teachers, instructional assistants, volunteers and/or student workers for the purpose of providing an effective classroom program and addressing the needs of individual students.
• Facilitate preschool students’ learning for the purpose of improving the students’ academic success and transition to elementary school.
• Implement parent education program for the purpose of encouraging parent involvement and providing leadership to the program.
• Monitor students in a variety of educational environments for the purpose of providing a safe and positive learning environment.
• Collaborate with special education staff to support individualized instruction and behavioral intervention plans for students with IEP’s.
• Collect and monitor data related to student performance and progress.
• Follow Federal, State, and Local compliance plans.
• Other assigned duties.

Employee Behavior and Conduct

District employees shall conduct themselves in a professional manner and shall exhibit and extend such professional conduct appropriate for the circumstances to those with whom they come into contact, both internally and externally during the performance of their duties. Examples of professional conduct include, but are not limited to, being communicative, informative, fair, honest, and respectful.

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EOE

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Education and Training

Industries

Education Administration Programs

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