Teacher.PreK- Ivanetta H. Davis Early Learning Center (2026-2027)

Music City Center•Nashville, TN

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pre-K Teacher at Ivanetta H. Davis Early Learning Center instructs students individually and in groups using multiple teaching methods. The teacher facilitates children's cognitive and social-emotional learning, including pre-academic literacy and math skills, self-regulation, and positive interactions with peers and adults. The role observes, records, and administers informal and formal assessments to identify progress and gaps in children's healthy growth and development. The teacher creates safe, nurturing, and stimulating learning environments; plans and adapts classroom layouts, materials, and lessons to students' interests, strengths, and needs; and builds meaningful relationships and a caring community of learners. The teacher communicates learning objectives, uses assessment data to guide instruction, participates in collaborative curriculum development and professional learning, and works with families and school colleagues to support students' learning and address challenges. The position is school-based and has a 201-day duration.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in education, early elementary, or another related field of study.
Current Tennessee teaching certificate or eligibility for an alternative licensure program.
Certification in Early Childhood Education.

Nice To Haves

Prior teaching experience.

Responsibilities

Create safe, nurturing, and stimulating learning environments for students.
Design, prepare, and adapt the classroom's physical environment, including its organizational layout and materials, to meet students' interests, strengths, and needs.
Plan daily lessons that engage students in active, hands-on learning through whole-group, small-group, paired, and individual activities; adapt teaching methods to students' varying needs and interests.
Establish meaningful relationships with students and model positive social interactions.
Build a community of learners by establishing and reinforcing behavior rules and procedures, and engage students in caring for the classroom, themselves, and one another.
Establish and communicate clear objectives for lessons, units, projects, and activities with students, families, colleagues, and administrators.
Implement developmentally appropriate early childhood assessments to measure progress toward academic standards and identify learning gaps; use assessment data to refine curriculum and adjust instructional practices.
Participate in collaborative curriculum development and professional learning with colleagues, coaches, administrators, and researchers.
Collaborate with parents or guardians, teachers, counselors, and administrators to promote students' academic and social-emotional learning and address behavioral and academic challenges.
Instruct students individually and in groups using multiple teaching methods, and facilitate cognitive and social-emotional learning.
Observe, record, and administer informal and formal assessments to monitor children's growth and development.