Daycare Preschool Teacher

Responsibilities

• Plan games and activities that are developmentally appropriate
• Create a daily and weekly schedule
• Provide basic care and caregiving activities
• Evaluate children to ensure they are reaching developmental milestones
• Communicate with parents and update them on their children’s activities
• Act as part of a team in creating an environment where children can learn
• Implement group lesson plans
• Record observations, write lesson plans
• Conduct screenings and assessments and report outcomes for assigned children
• Initiate referrals for children with special needs
• Complete yearly self and peer evaluations
• Promote an atmosphere of teamwork where staff, parents, and children interact positively
• Provide functional training and guidance to staff, interns, substitutes, and volunteers
• Report family changes in schedules and educational development opportunities as required by the center
• Complete a total of 20 professional development hours per year, 16 of which need to be Gateways Registry-approved trainings
• Participate in ongoing development and evaluation of center’s goals and objectives
• Maintain safety, cleanliness, and organization of the classroom and everything and everyone in it

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a daycare teacher or childcare provider
• Strong understanding of child development
• Patient, kind, and nurturing personality
• Excellent organizational, communication, and time management skills
• Associates degree in education, or completion of credentialing program to acquire CDA, with at least 1 year of child development/early childhood/education experience
• Bachelor’s degree in education and/or IL early childhood teaching license preferred
• At least 19 years of age
• Clear background check and good health record