Preschool Teacher
Duties & Responsibilities
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
- Daily attendance of scheduled shift between 8:30-5:30, one hour lunch break.
- Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development; such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and basic skills.
- Professional knowledge in promoting age appropriate learning; such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
- Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- Decision making has a measurable impact on service delivery and operational goals.
- Professional development and training as necessary to maintain and grow professional knowledge and skills.
Minimum Qualifications
- Ability to effectively communicate both written and orally.
- Ability to maintain leadership in a classroom environment with students under 5 years of age.
- Ability to provide care for children’s needs.
- Ability to develop, design, and create learning curriculum.
- Ability to identify the development needs of others and help others improve their knowledge or skills.
- Ability to identify education needs of others and develop a formal educational or training program or classes to meet those needs.
- Ability to analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Demonstrated experience working in community engagement, early childhood experiences, and/or volunteer coordination.
- Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff and student environment or commitment to do so as a staff member at VCU.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Associate's Degree.
- 1-3 years relevant professional experience or equivalent.
- Previous early childhood education or early childhood classroom experience.
- CPR/First Aid Certification.
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