IECE Itinerant Preschool Teacher - 2 Year Position (1 Position Available)

Rockcastle County School District • Vernon, KY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a two-year position as part of a two-year pilot program for all-day preschool. The role of the Certified Teaching Certificate with IECE Certification (Itinerant) is to help students learn subject matter and/or skills that will contribute to their development as mature, able, and responsible individuals. The teacher will strive to implement the district's philosophy of education and instructional goals, plan individualized programs, guide the learning process, and employ various instructional techniques. A key aspect of this role is to foster a positive and effective learning environment, evaluate student progress, and maintain accurate records. Additionally, the teacher will cooperate with staff, participate in professional growth, and maintain open communication with students, parents, staff, and the community. Specific IECE duties include providing comprehensive child development services, supporting school readiness and family engagement, implementing research-based curricula, conducting intentional planning based on child outcomes, and ensuring a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning environment. The teacher will treat each child as an individual in an inclusive community, build positive relationships, support play-based learning, and provide varied experiences to promote holistic development. They will incorporate developmentally appropriate strategies, encourage self-control, adhere to program guidelines, and utilize assessment data to individualize curricula and adapt the environment. The role also involves maintaining daily lesson plans, attendance records, and providing opportunities for parent communication through home visits and conferences. Participation in staff meetings, training, and ongoing professional development is expected, along with identifying and meeting children and families' needs, and assisting other program staff as needed.

Requirements

• Certification as set by the Kentucky Department of Education for the specific teaching position
• IECE Certification (Itinerant)

Responsibilities

• Strives to implement by instruction and action the district's philosophy of education and instructional goals and objectives.
• Plans a program of study that, as much as possible, meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the students, and shows written evidence of preparation.
• Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and, in harmony with the goals, established clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects, and communicates these objectives to students.
• Employs a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media, consistent with the physical limitations of the location provided and the needs and capabilities of the individuals or student groups involved.
• Seeks to develop and maintain a classroom environment conducive to effective learning within the limits of the resources provided by the district.
• Evaluates student progress on a regular basis and provides progress reports.
• Assists the administration in implementing all policies and/or rules governing student life and conduct.
• Develops, with student input, reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure and maintains order in the classroom in a fair and just manner.
• Takes necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Maintains accurate and complete records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation.
• Attends staff meetings and serves on staff committees as required.
• Cooperates with other members of the staff in planning instructional goals, objectives, and methods.
• Accepts a share of responsibility for co-curricular activities as assigned.
• Assists in the selection of books, equipment, and other instructional materials.
• Plans and supervises purposeful assignments for student teachers, Special Education student teachers, and teacher aide(s), when applicable, and in cooperation with department heads evaluates their job performance.
• Encourages the participation of volunteers and assists in planning and supervising their assignments.
• Provides for own professional growth through an ongoing program of reading, workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced course work at institutions of higher learning.
• Works to establish and maintain open lines of communication with students and their parents, staff, and community.
• Provide high quality comprehensive child development services to prepare children for school.
• Participate in and support all School Readiness and Family Engagement activities and training as requested.
• Implement the program's research-based selected curricula.
• Conduct intentional planning based on child outcomes data for intentional teaching.
• Provide all children with a safe, nurturing, engaging, enjoyable, and secure learning environment.
• Treat each child as an individual in an inclusive community that values, respects, and responds to diversity.
• Build positive relationships with all children.
• Engage each child in meaningful social conversations daily.
• Support play as a way for children to organize their experiences and understand concepts.
• Provide a learning environment that offers children experiences, which vary in complexity, as well as support individual interest and abilities.
• Provide varied experiences that promote the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development of each child.
• Incorporate developmentally appropriate strategies to help children learn concepts and skills related to science, social studies, language, literacy, numeracy, art, music, and movement.
• Encourage self-control by setting clear, consistent limits, and having realistic expectations.
• Adhere to the program's corporal punishment guidelines, and code of conduct and confidentiality policies.
• Utilize a variety of strategies to promote and support children's learning and developmental progress based on focused observations and ongoing assessment of each child as documented in Assessment Notebooks and IEP or IFSP documentation.
• Individualize the curricula and adapt the environment to promote and support children's learning through the development of child goals.
• Provide a daily schedule and intentionally plan for routines and transitions.
• Maintain daily lesson plans to implement the curricula.
• Maintain documentation of children's daily attendance.
• Provide parents opportunities to discuss their concerns and their child's progress through home visits and parent-teacher conferences.
• Participate in staff meetings, training, focus groups, and surveys.
• Participate in on-going professional development, and college courses, as required, related to early child development.
• Identify and meet children and families' needs.
• Assist other program staff with the implementation of all program services relevant to children and families.
• Other related job duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed