Preschool Teacher

About the role

Kamehameha Schools is hiring a Preschool Teacher for our East Oahu Preschool Region. This is a Regular, Full-time Lead Teaching position with competitive teacher salary & benefits.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate Academic Competence in your subject area(s)
• Maintain a Growth Mindset toward student learning, teaching practice, and personal/collective professional development
• Facilitate Problem-Solving, with curious minds, and critical thinkers who show a high degree of creative application in the implementation of data-driven curriculum and practice
• Serve as Role-Models as innovative and creative learners who have an insatiable thirst for knowledge, personal growth, and being on the “cutting edge” of instructional practice and pedagogy
• Collaborate effectively with a variety of stakeholder groups within the organization and with external partners to increase student performance and contribute to advancing the teaching and learning craft
• Look beyond the walls of your classroom and strive for/demonstrate Global Competence and how your work will expand the impact of students’ work to their families, and local and global communities
• Design and facilitate differentiated and personalized learning goals and activities that follow a coherent sequence, are aligned to instructional goals, and engage students in high-level cognitive activity

Requirements

• An equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute for the requirements listed below
• Bachelor’s degree (degrees and course credits must be earned from a nationally or internationally accredited college or university)
• Master’s or doctoral degrees in one’s primary area of instructional responsibilities
• Demonstrated knowledge of, and/or recent experience with using age appropriate instructional strategies (e.g. differentiated instruction, project-based learning, personalized learning)
• Ability to utilize, create or develop current technology applications for adaption to classroom and/or instructional use
• Recent teaching experience, coursework, or other activity in primary area(s) of instruction
• 5 or more years of instruction in primary area(s) of instruction
• Previous experience teaching the age levels and subject area(s)
• Athletics and performing arts appreciation and/or the ability to coach or support athletic teams, performing arts groups, academic or other student clubs
• Musical and fine arts appreciation and/or the ability to sing, and/or play a musical instrument
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to social justice issues, global issues, sustainability, Hawaiian language, history, culture and Christian values

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of the subject area(s) to be taught and ability to develop interdisciplinary curriculum related to subject matter
• Knowledge of instructional methods that are age appropriate for assigned grade levels
• Ability to develop positive relationships with students and families within the context of a supportive learning environment
• Ability to work with and encourage students in the assigned grade levels toward accomplishing their personalized educational goals
• Ability to differentiate and personalize instruction to meet varying student needs
• Manage small and large groups of students in various instructional environments
• Communicate effectively with students, parents, counselors, and school administrators
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with students, colleagues and school administrators and to work collaboratively as a team
• Organize tasks and manage time to meet varied deadlines

Skills

• Student-centered learning
• `āina-based (place-based) learning environments
• Multicultural education
• Global education
• Service learning
• Data literacy and how data informs practice
• Integrated and interdisciplinary curriculum
• Project/inquiry-based learning
• Professional learning communities
• Design thinking
• Subject area expertise
• Integration of technology
• Meeting the individual needs of each student (personalized learning)
• Assessing each student authentically
• Valuing skills over content
• Deep knowledge of a variety of assessment techniques
• Valuing mastery over traditional grading methods
• Constructivist learning techniques
• Engagement of families in learning outcomes

Benefits

Details on benefits will be provided in the employment offer.

Pay

$61,111.00 - $160,818.00 Annual Compensation

Schedule

Work is typically conducted Monday through Friday during normal school/work hours, but evening and weekend hours may be required to meet goals and objectives. Faculty may at times travel to engage in staff or curriculum development.