Early Childhood Teacher; Short-Term Position

Early Childhood Teacher (Short-Term Position)

Worth woods Elementary

Reports To: Principal and Director of Student Services

• Position Type:
  Student Support Services / Early Childhood
• Date Posted: 6/20/2024
• Location:
  
  Worth woods Elementary School
• Date Available:
  
  12/01/25

• 1. Bachelor’s Degree, at minimum, in early childhood education (preferred) with coursework in the instruction of at-risk students.
• 2. Appropriate licensure as required by Illinois law with endorsement/license in Early Childhood Education (preferred).
• 3. Knowledge of and demonstrated ability to incorporate Illinois professional teaching standards into classroom instruction; and an interest and/or experience in the development of student-focused instructional environments.
• 4. Demonstrated knowledge of best practices in the instruction of young at-risk students.
• 5. The ability to work collaboratively with others to optimize student achievement.
• 6. A willingness to participate in staff development and professional learning opportunities.
• 7. A strong commitment to professional excellence.

Short-Term Position December 1, 2025 - April 10, 2026

December 1, 2025

• A. Reports to building principal.
• B. Responsibilities
• 1. Understands the central concepts, methods of inquiry, and structures of disciplines and creates learning experiences that make the content meaningful to all students.
• 2. Evaluates teaching resources and curriculum materials for their comprehensiveness, accuracy, and usefulness for representing particular ideas and concepts.
• 3. Facilitates learning experiences that make connections to other content areas and to life and career experiences.
• 4. Analyzes individual and group performance in order to design instruction that meets learners’ current needs in the cognitive, social, emotional, ethical, and physical domains at the appropriate level of development.
• 5. Introduces concepts and principles at different levels of complexity so that they are meaningful to students at varying levels of development and to students with diverse learning needs.
• 6. Facilitates a learning community in which individual differences are respected.
• 7. Uses a wide range of instructional strategies and technologies to meet and enhance diverse student needs.
• 8. Understands the Illinois Learning Standards, curriculum development, content, learning theory, and student development and knows how to incorporate this knowledge in planning instruction.
• 9. Establishes expectations for students’ learning.
• 10. Understands principles of and strategies for effective classroom management.
• 11. Maintains proper classroom decorum.
• 12. Maximizes the amount of class time spent in learning by creating expectations and processes for communication and behavior along with a physical setting conducive to achieving classroom goals.
• 13. Uses strategies to create a smoothly functioning learning community in which students assume responsibility for themselves and one another, participate in decision-making, work collaboratively and independently, use appropriate technology, and engage in purposeful learning activities.
• 14. Uses multiple teaching and learning strategies to engage students in active learning opportunities that promote the development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and performance capabilities and that help students assume responsibility for identifying and using learning resources.
• 15. Models accurate, effective communication when conveying ideas and information and when asking questions and responding to students.
• 16. Understands assessment as a means of evaluating how students learn, what they know and are able to do in meeting the Illinois Learning Standards, and what kinds of experiences will support their further growth and development.
• 17. Uses assessment results to diagnose students’ learning needs, align and modify instruction, and design teaching strategies.
• 18. Appropriately uses a variety of formal and informal assessments to evaluate the understanding, progress, and performance of the individual student and the class as a whole.
• 19. Maintains useful and accurate records of students’ work and performance and…