Pre K Lead Teacher

Position Type: Pre K Lead Teacher

Location: Greenbrier School District

Qualifications:

1. At a minimum, Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood or Child Development
2. Passing of Child Maltreatment, FBI Criminal Records, and Arkansas State Police Criminal Background Checks

The Greenbrier School District is seeking applicants to be active members of our professional learning community and who are interested in living the mission and vision of our school district while committing to our core beliefs:

• Children come first
• The classroom is the most important place in the district
• Leadership and accountability are keys to our success.

Job Description

This position is responsible for providing instruction and support designed to  prepare students for current and future success. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Regularly uses effective soft skills with all members of the school community.
• Reports to work as scheduled on a regular and reliable basis.
• Teaches District approved curriculum daily.
• Implement school or district curricular goals.
• Participate in all prescribed professional development programs and activities, including but not limited to RISE training
• Obtain a minimum of 30 hours per year in Continuing Early Childhood Education through the Professional Development Registry
• Develops lesson plans and instructional materials
• Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
• Attend to children's basic needs.
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
• Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems, and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine their priorities for their children, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development.
• Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
• Provides individualized and small group instruction to differentiate for the needs of each student daily
• Create and maintain a classroom environment that is conducive and appropriate to learning in both appearance and activities
• Motivate students to learn
• Carries out lesson plans into developmentally appropriate learning experiences daily
• Guides the learning process toward the achievement of learning objectives and curriculum goals daily
• Establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects, etc, and communicates these objectives to students
• Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities daily
• Assists students in establishing and maintaining standards of behavior to achieve an effective learning atmosphere daily
• Progress monitor students' growth (academic/social/behavior) and report monitoring data
• Communicate with students and parents on student progress on a continuous basis
• Actively participates on content and/or grade level team(s) within the school
• Participate in collegial and professional  activities within the school and District
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations
• Develop and administer content-specific assessments for the purpose of assessing student competency levels
• Instruct students for the purpose of improving their success in academics through a defined course of study
• Maintain personal safety of students
• Respond to emergency situations for the purpose of resolving immediate safety concerns and /or directing to appropriate personnel for resolution.
• Ensure that substitutes will have all information necessary for effective instruction
• Follow state, district, and school policies and expectations
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Contact Information:

Name – Dr.  Kelli Martin

Title – Deputy Superintendent

Phone – 501.679.4808

Email – martink@greenbrierschools.org

Salary Range/Schedule: http://greenbrierschools.org/salaries