Job Title: Pre-K Lead Teacher
Al-Qalam Triangle Academy, LLC · Durham, NC · Yesterday
EducationFull-time
Responsibilities
- Develop a careful and creative program suitable for preschool children
- Employ a variety of educational techniques (storytelling, educational play, media etc.) to teach children
- Observe each child to help them improve their social competencies and build self-esteem
- Encourage children to interact with each other and resolve occasional arguments
- Guide children to develop their artistic and practical capabilities through a carefully constructed curriculum (identify shapes, numbers or colors, do crafts etc.)
- Organize nap and snack hours and supervise children to ensure they are safe at all times
- Track children’s progress and report to parents
- Communicate with parents regularly to understand the children’s background and psyche
- Collaborate with other educators
- Maintain a clean and tidy classroom consistent with health and safety standards
- Participate in ongoing training sessions
- Read and stay abreast of current topics in education
- Utilize various curriculum resources
- Utilize curricula that reflect the diverse educational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of the students
- Tutor students on an individual basis
- Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities
- Prepare and distribute required reports
- Manage student behavior in the classroom by invoking approved disciplinary procedures
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree of related subject from accredited university
- Passing a background check
- Excellent understanding of the principles of child development and preschool educational methods
- Familiarity with safety and sanitation guidelines for classrooms
- Child CPR certification
- Flexibility and adaptability to meet community needs and respond to changing circumstances
- Genuine empathy and understanding of children’s needs and development
- Excellent communication in English & Arabic and interpersonal skills
- Capable of meeting the physical demands of working with children