Pre-School Teacher - St. Norbert School - Northbrook

About the role

The Teacher is a qualified professional educator who meets the requirements to teach in a Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Chicago. As a teacher in a Catholic school, the Teacher acts as a representative of the Catholic Church to the students, both as a role model and through the various tasks, actions, and other responsibilities assigned to the Teacher.

Responsibilities

• Model principles that are aligned with our Catholic faith; kindness, patience, empathy, community and most importantly, the teachings of Jesus Christ.
• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
• Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and procedures for maintaining order.
• Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
• Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems, and discuss them with administration, parents or guardians.
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine their priorities for their children, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development.
• Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Follow plans that establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to children.
• Demonstrate activities to the children.
• Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.
• Organize and label materials, and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages and perceptual skills.
• Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
• Supervise and evaluate teacher assistants and volunteers.
• Attend staff meetings.
• Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
• Supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
• Perform some administrative duties such as hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
• Administer tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.
• Implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.

Qualifications

• Practicing Catholic (preferred, required for religion teachers)
• Must meet compliance with safe environment requirements
• Must hold Bachelor’s degree
• Must have valid state licensure for the grade/subject area (preferred, not required)
• Must complete Catholic identity formation training

Skills

• Ability to model Catholic faith principles
• Ability to provide a variety of learning materials and resources
• Ability to teach basic skills
• Ability to establish and enforce rules for behavior
• Ability to read and engage children in various activities
• Ability to identify and address child issues
• Ability to communicate with parents and guardians
• Ability to enforce school policies
• Ability to prepare and organize materials
• Ability to adapt teaching methods
• Ability to follow lesson plans
• Ability to demonstrate activities
• Ability to arrange and supervise space
• Ability to organize and label materials
• Ability to confer with staff members
• Ability to supervise and evaluate teacher assistants
• Ability to attend staff meetings
• Ability to meet with professionals
• Ability to supervise class projects and field trips
• Ability to perform administrative duties
• Ability to administer tests
• Ability to implement remedial programs

Benefits

The Archdiocese of Chicago offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and benefit programs. Information about our benefit programs is available here. This position has a salary range of $38,527- $68,776 for a Lay employee and $35,686 – $62,316 for a Religious employee. An employee’s pay within the salary range will be based on many factors including but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and organizational needs.