Preschool Teacher - Glorious Wonders Childcare Center - Murfreesboro

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists and supervises children during all activities.
• Develops, plans and prepares instructional aids/materials for classroom activities.
• Ensures that appearance, cleanliness and safe environment of classroom is appropriately maintained.
• Assists children with meal times and clean-up. Completes all center/classroom paperwork, e.g., daily notes, student accident reports and attendance records.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, in-service, center events and parent meetings as requested.
• Prepares and implements classroom lesson plans/program, organization and schedule.
• Accepts temporary work assignments in the event regularly scheduled personnel are not available, e.g.,
• Ensures that all classroom/outdoor equipment is in good working condition and is used/maintained properly.
• Inspect and replace damaged toys, clothing or other lost materials.
• Physically arranges the classroom into well-defined interest areas. Directs activities of other staff in the classroom to ensure that classroom functions in an orderly manner.
• Communicates appropriate information to parents; maintains developmental progress checklists for children. Schedules and conducts two parent/teacher conferences per year.
• Communicate any problems or concerns in a timely manner.
• Report any suspected child abuse (physical or sexual) immediately to the Child Abuse/Neglect Hotline. Maintain confidentiality. Maintains parent board and their classroom bulletin boards.
• Meets with prospective families; communicates appropriately with potential new customers; assists Supervisor with center tours for prospective customers.
• Ensures that classroom medication schedule is followed. (Note: Teacher does not administer medication.).
• Meets all state requirements for the position.