ECE Teacher

Position Summary

The Salvation Army is a branch of the Christian Church, and the ultimate goal of all programs is a spiritual, emotional and physical regeneration of all people. The ECE Teacher is responsible for providing a well-balanced, developmentally appropriate curriculum that enhances all aspects of a child’s development; including health, safety, education, spiritual, and psychological wellness at the Kroc Keiki Learning Center. This position may work a split shift with variable hours.

Essential Functions

• Plans and implements activities to meet the physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and social needs of the children in the program.
• Ensures equipment and the facility are clean, well maintained and safe at all times.
• Affords assistance in the daily inspection of the environment to identify potentially hazardous objects or situations.
• Reports information to ECE Director.
• Prepares the classroom at the beginning of the day and performs cleanup and set up for the next day’s activities.
• Provides weekly and monthly schedules of activities.
• Establishes routines and provides positive guidance.
• Provides activities that introduce math, literacy and other academic concepts and culturally appropriate programs and activities.
• Provides daily lesson/activity plans which integrate our co-developed Bible thematic units and include a variety of experiences and activities for children including songs, games and storytelling.
• Ensures children are supervised at all times, adhering to the Salvation Army procedures for Protecting the Mission.
• Provides a safe and secure environment for children to feel comfortable and builds children’s esteem.
• Creates a welcoming climate for both child and parent, especially at drop-off and pick-up times.
• Clearly and effectively communicates in a manner that children understand.
• Implements positive discipline when required.
• Observes children and makes note of progress.
• Develops and maintains current, accurate and confidential files.
• Communicates with parents, discusses children’s development with parents and keeps parents informed of program expectations, program activities and their child’s progress.
• Plays a role in planning together with and providing information, training, and guidance to Assistant Teacher, Aides, trainees, and volunteers.
• Provides appropriate feedback to staff on work performance and other job-related activities as needed.
• Completes formal written performance evaluations, discusses outcomes and sets annual goals with staff.
• Promotes team spirit and cooperation between staff, volunteers, and parents.
• Teaches proper eating habits and personal hygiene.
• Serves meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.
• Knows emergency procedures.
• Attends scheduled KKLC Family Events outside of regular work hours.
• Flex time will be provided.
• Follow and ensure adherence to The Salvation Army Policies and Procedures.
• Maintain the Code of Ethics policy, which has been established for the Kroc Center Hawaii.
• Attend staff meetings and other administrative meetings.
• Maintain regular and punctual work attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Mental Demands

• Caring for children can be stressful.
• The ECE Teacher must ensure that children are always supervised, and that children are involved in safe and appropriate activities.
• There may be a number of situations happening at once, and the ECE Teacher must be prepared to handle accidents and emergencies at any time.
• Able to prioritize and organize work assignments and take projects from beginning through completion.
• Able to perform job functions with attention to detail, speed and accuracy.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and maintain poise under pressure.
• Genuine interest and commitment to providing quality service.
• Respond to crisis situations in a calm and effective manner and remain calm when resolving problems using good judgment.
• Must possess the self-discipline necessary to perform repetitive tasks without lowering quality of work.
• Able to work with limited supervision, and work in a team setting with other professionals.
• Exercise good judgment and comfortable taking initiative with projects.

Physical Demands

• The ECE Teacher may be lifting and carrying children and equipment and may spend time sitting on the floor or child sized furniture.
• The ECE Teacher will be expected to clean and maintain equipment and facility and may move throughout the community with children.
• The ECE Teacher may come in contact with children who are ill and/or contagious and must take precautions to ensure the health and safety of all children, parents, staff and themselves.
• The ECE Teacher will be working in a busy and occasionally noisy environment.
• There may be a number of activities and situations happening at once, and the ECE Teacher will have to supervise all children at all times.
• The ECE Teacher may experience smells associated with toileting and children who are ill.
• There may be times that the environment is noisy and busy.
• The position also requires sitting; climbing and/or balancing; stooping, kneeling, bending, stretching, crouching and/or crawling; standing; walking; manual dexterity and eye-hand coordination; use of vision; driving a vehicle; pushing/pulling/lifting/carrying 50-75 pounds and occasionally more than 75 pounds.

Communication Demands

• The position requires talking to co-workers, clients, vendors; requires written communication to and from co-workers, clients, vendor; talking on the telephone; requires responding to written or verbal requests of co-workers, clients, and vendors; requires training/giving verbal and written instructions; requires receiving verbal and written instructions; requires writing/composing written language; requires reading; requires visiting/working at other worksites; requires communication via the latest technologies.
• The position requires the ability to interact with co-workers and the public in a positive, professional manner in conformity with The Salvation Army Mission Statement.
• The position also requires the ability to work with people of diverse backgrounds and circumstances.

Equipment Needs

• Activity mats & tables, classroom chairs, blocks, carts, outdoor play equipment/furniture, toys, arts & crafts accessories, books, classroom lockers/storage units, diaper changing tables, easels, etc.
• Equipment used includes general office equipment such as computers, photocopiers, scanners, printers, fax machines, and telephone.