Pre-K Teacher-Piggott
Arkansas Department of Workforce Services - pocahontas, AR
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This job was posted by : For more information, please see: This position is a 9-month-a-year position./ Instruct children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual/ growth needed for later success in life./ Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to. Works with the center director and teacher assistant to ensure planning and/ implementation of learning experiences that advance the intellectual and/ physical development of children, including improving the readiness of/ children for school by developing their literacy, phonemic, and print/ awareness, their understanding and use of language, their understanding and/ use of increasingly complex and varied vocabulary, their appreciation of/ books, their understanding of early math and early science, their problem-/ solving abilities, and their approaches to learning. Works with the center director and teacher assistant to establish and maintain/ a safe and healthy learning environment. Work with the center director and teacher assistant to support the childrens/ social and emotional development of the children. Works with the center director and the teacher assistant to encourage the/ involvement of the families of the children in a Head Start program and/ support the development of relationships between children and their families. Works with the teacher assistant to ensure that the classroom and the/ childrens restrooms are kept clean and sanitary. Prepares weekly lesson plans to be approved by the Child Development/ Education Manager. Works with mentor-coach if need to improve teaching skills. Plans individual and group activities to stimulate growth in language, social,/ and motor skills such as learning to listen to instructions, playing with others,/ and using play equipment. Organizes and participates in games, reads to children, and guides them in/ painting, drawing, pre-literacy activities, songs, and finger-lays in both indoor/ and outdoor learning environments. Instructs children in practices of personal cleanliness and self-care./ Attends referrals, evaluations, and review conferences for children with/ identified needs for special services. Alternates periods of strenuous activity with periods of rest or light activity to/ avoid overstimulation and fatigue. ? Helps children develop habits of caring for their own clothing and picking up/ and putting away toys and books. Assess all children using Teaching Strategies Gold. Plans individual goals for/ children based on assessment. ABC and CCDF Teachers also will complete/ work sampling. Includes IEP goals, family or parent goals, and mental health goals on weekly/ lesson plans for individual children. Will conduct a minimum of two parent-teacher conferences, and two home-/ visits annually. Information shared with parents will be based on reports/ generated from Teaching Strategies Gold. Directs and assists children in eating, resting, and toileting. Reviews childrens folders on a regular basis to stay current on all/ documentation. Stays abreast of health information pertaining to children, works with the/ family advocate to maintain current documentation in the childs folder. Works with teacher assistant to carry out all health and safety-related/ activities with children, tooth brushing, daily health checks, hand washing,/ teaching safe and health practices through curriculum and safety drills. Meets with the family advocates to share information about each child and/ family and to coordinate services to meet their needs. Completes child portfolios with specific requirements./ Serves meals and snacks to children and participates in family-style dining. Uses Conscious Discipline to guide childrens behavior. Will comply with all regulations pertaining to the reporting of child abuse and/ neglect. Maintains all documentation and paperwork required for program/ implementation. Maintains knowledge base in CCDF regulations, Head Start performance/ standards, Environment Rating Scales, Childcare Licensing, Conscious/ Discipline, Early Childhood best practices, and all curricula used by BRAD Child/ Development Programs. Responsible for progression in professional development./ /
Created: 2024-10-07