PRESCHOOL TEACHER JOB DESCRIPTION
Education
- High school degree required, bachelor’s degree preferable
Experience
- Two years of teaching and/or childcare experience preferrable
- Ability to teach preschool students on their level
Schedule
- Full-Time Position
- Monday through Friday, 7:30-3:00
- School Schedule - August-May
Salary
- Benefits Available
- Compensation based on experience and education
Personal Qualities
- Credible profession of repentance and faith in Jesus Christ
- Godly character (pastoral and other character references may be required)
- Membership and regular attendance including life group at First Baptist Rogers
- Self-educator and lifetime learner
- Well-spoken with excellent grammar and vocabulary
- Understanding of the school’s mission and agreement, supportive of the philosophy and pedagogy practices
- Teachable and committed to growing, learning and developing new understanding and skills
- Understanding of and ability to integrate biblical worldview in the classroom
- Maturity and emotional stability
- Heart for preschool aged children, ability to interact with and lead children with a strong desire to see them learn well, know God and love God
Job Responsibilities
- Displays to students genuine love for God, love of Scripture and love of learning
- Prays (privately) for each student in the class
- Plans teaching schedule on a daily, weekly, trimester and yearly basis
- Works through teaching material at an appropriate pace, with ongoing assessment of how each child is progressing through material
- Individualizes instruction according to each child’s needs
- Identifies and addresses academic or disciplinary problems, documents situations and/or alerts the principal or parents when appropriate
- Respects the confidentiality of students, families and colleagues by using the highest degree of discretion in all communication
- Completes administrative tasks to maintain smooth operation of classroom
- Views parents as students’ primary teacher
- Views parent-teacher communication as highly important and valuable
- Communicates with parents when issues arise with their child, whether in academics, discipline or other matters
- Makes parents aware of what is being taught at school through work sent home and weekly communication
- Works with other teachers to sharpen each other’s teaching
- Contributes to a cooperative and collegial atmosphere among teachers and staff
- Avoids gossip by idle conversation about students or others and brings problems up only with the appropriate persons
- Brings discipline or academic problems to attention of administration early, keeping them abreast of general progress and specific problems that arise
- Participates in training and other meetings and initiatives
- Respects and upholds school policies and standards delineated in faculty policies, student handbooks and in faculty training
- Follows Matthew 18:15-17 model for handling conflicts and disagreements
- Performs both teaching and non-teaching tasks with attention to quality, detail, timeliness and professionalism
First Academy
3364 W Pleasant Grove Rd
Rogers, AR 72758
(479)878-1052
www.firstacademynwa.org
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Last updated on Sep 26, 2023