Lead Pre Kindergarten Teacher-Brookfield Location

The Goddard School - Brookfield/Danbury•Brookfield, CT

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Pre Kindergarten Teacher at The Goddard School in Brookfield establishes and maintains a safe, healthy, and nurturing learning environment. The teacher works with an Assistant Teacher and the entire faculty to support children’s learning and development. Candidates must meet applicable state and local licensing requirements and the listed educational qualifications. A positive, dependable, responsible, dedicated, and caring personality is required; two or more years of Early Childhood Education experience is preferred. The role includes planning and implementing developmentally appropriate classroom activities, supporting children’s physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development, building effective relationships with families, maintaining children’s records and classroom materials, following school health, safety, behavior, and quality-assurance policies, and participating in professional development and faculty activities.

Requirements

Meet the qualifications set by applicable state and local licensing authorities and the stated national hiring standards.
Have a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, or Child Development, or meet another applicable criterion referenced by the posting.
Have a positive, dependable, responsible, dedicated, and caring personality.
Be able to hear conversational speech, with or without a hearing aid.
Be able to see and read newsprint, with or without corrective lenses.
Be able to speak and be understood under normal circumstances.
Be able to lift and carry children and other items weighing up to 50 pounds.
Be able to use arms, hands, legs, and feet, with or without corrective devices, including evacuating the building during emergencies.
Be able to handle crisis situations involving children and respond immediately to emergencies.

Nice To Haves

Two or more years of experience in Early Childhood Education is preferred.
Related degrees may include Elementary Education, Home Economics, Child Development, Child Life, Psychology or Sociology with a minor in Education, Special Education, or Child Psychology.
Relevant coursework may include Child Development, Human Growth and Development, Educational Psychology, Child Psychology, Methods for ages birth to eight years, Children’s Literature, Developmental Assessment of Young Children, Nutrition, Health and Safety, Child Care Administration, and student teaching in kindergarten through second grade.

Responsibilities

Establish and maintain a safe, healthy, and nurturing learning environment, including appropriate classroom arrangement and management.
Develop age-appropriate, engaging lesson plans and maintain posted schedules and lesson plans.
Keep classroom equipment in good repair and perform cleaning responsibilities, including immediate cleanup of spills and major cleaning when children are not present.
Follow the school’s emergency procedures and health and safety policies; ensure children remain within state ratio requirements.
Promote healthy eating practices during lunch and snack times.
Adapt the program to meet individual children’s needs and create a multicultural learning environment with developmentally appropriate materials.
Interact with children to support play, exploration, learning, communication, creativity, and developmentally appropriate expectations.
Balance teacher-directed and child-directed activities and provide opportunities for active and quiet play; integrate school resources and enrichment programs into lesson plans.
Support children’s social and emotional development through positive guidance, self-esteem and social-skills activities, and respectful modeling.
Follow the school’s behavior policy and respect cultural and ethnic diversity.
Communicate professionally with families and faculty and encourage families to participate in children’s learning experiences.
Provide opportunities such as conferences for family involvement; prepare a Daily Activity Report for each child, maintain each child’s portfolio, and maintain the classroom Parent Board.
Assess needed supplies and materials, build teamwork, and manage the classroom according to school quality-assurance standards.
Observe children, document observations in their portfolios, and use assessment tools such as Progress Reports and Children’s Progress.
Promote the school’s philosophy and educational objectives and support a code of ethical conduct.
Pursue professional development and continuing education; attend faculty meetings, in-service days, conferences, and professional-growth opportunities.