Kindergarten Teacher

About the position

The Kindergarten Teacher position involves a comprehensive role in classroom teaching, focusing on curriculum planning, classroom environment management, instruction, assessment, and professional responsibilities. The teacher is expected to demonstrate a depth of content knowledge and understanding, develop age-appropriate lesson plans, and design lessons that accommodate multiple learning styles. The role also includes adapting curriculum according to student IEPs and 504 plans, promoting collaborative learning, and establishing effective classroom routines. The teacher will communicate clear directions, manage instructional time effectively, and facilitate engaging classroom discussions. Additionally, the teacher will align assessments with instructional goals and provide ongoing feedback to students while maintaining professional relationships with parents and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a depth of content knowledge and understanding.
• Develops lesson plans that are age and developmentally appropriate.
• Designs lessons that accommodate multiple learning styles.
• Activates and builds upon students' prior skills, interests and knowledge.
• Aligns lesson objectives with school and state standards.
• Adapts curriculum in accordance with student IEPs and 504 plans.
• Interacts respectfully with all students.
• Conveys enthusiasm for subject matter.
• Holds all students accountable to high expectations for achievement and growth.
• Promotes and manages collaborative learning.
• Establishes effective classroom routines and procedures.
• Organizes the physical environment to maximize student learning.
• Communicates clear directions and procedures.
• Identifies and communicates learning objectives for skills and content.
• Allocates and manages instructional time effectively.
• Facilitates smooth and efficient transitions and maximizes instructional time.
• Incorporates questioning strategies to improve student thinking and learning.
• Facilitates engaging and inclusive classroom discussion.
• Varies instruction to accommodate different learning styles.
• Executes departmental/subject area expectations into instruction.
• Designs, selects and incorporates materials and resources that stimulate student learning.
• Adapts instruction in accordance with student IEPs and 504 plans.
• Aligns assessments with instructional goals.
• Designs assessments around clear criteria or standards.
• Provides ongoing, timely and useful feedback to students.
• Utilizes a variety of assessment strategies.
• Uses assessment data to inform and improve curriculum and instruction.
• Adapts assessments in accordance with student IEPs and 504 plans.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date records.
• Communicates frequently and professionally with parents.
• Maintains respectful, collegial and collaborative relationships with colleagues.
• Supports the extracurricular life of the school.
• Seeks and participates in collaborative inquiry as professional development.
• Adheres to and upholds school rules and procedures.
• Reflects positively on the Orange Elementary community.
• Fulfills basic professional responsibilities.
• Contributes positively to the professional culture of the school.

Requirements

• Appropriate Massachusetts Licensure Required