Infant Preschool Teacher

Ministry: Calvary Preschool
Reports to: Preschool Director
FLSA: Full-Time, $20.00 per hour

Our Preschool teachers bring warmth, patience, and creativity to their classrooms everyday. Preschool teachers are responsible for encouraging children’s development. They are committed to building meaningful relationships with children, families, and preschool staff. Preschool teachers are dedicated to making our center successful. The Preschool Infant Teacher is responsible for providing a safe and nurturing Christian environment for children ages 6 weeks to 15 months Our preschool teachers offer love and patience to children. Preschool teachers develop weekly lesson plans to help children reach age-appropriate milestones.

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities

• Cooperate with the Director and Executive Team in implementing all policies, procedures, and directives governing the operation of the Preschool
• Establish and maintain a developmentally appropriate environment that supports the growth and development of Preschool children.
• Plan and conduct developmentally appropriate daily activities for children.
• Turn in written lesson plans according to the schedule established.
• Observe, record, and report significant individual and group behaviour.
• Be responsible for written communication to parents: notes, newsletters, and end-of-year written reports on children: conduct Parent and Teacher conferences.
• Integrate Biblical principles and the Christian philosophy of child care and activities.
• Establish a safe and healthy nurturing environment for children.
• Supervise children by sight and sound at all times.
• Display teaching excellence for other staff; role model, share professional and technical information
• Establish and follow feeding schedules and procedures for infants as needed.
• Maintain a clean, attractive, well-ordered classroom.
• Plan a program as required by the Illinois Dept of Children and Family Services licensing standards.
• Assess the development of infants regularly and provide progress reports as required.
• Maintain regular and accurate attendance records
• Keep parents and administration adequately informed of progress or deficiencies.
• Follow the Matthew 18 principle in dealing with students, parents, staff, and administration.
• Attend and participate in scheduled devotional, in-service, faculty meetings, and parent meetings.
• Know the procedures for dealing with issues of an emergency nature.
• Inform the Director/Executive Team in a timely manner if unable to fulfill any duty assigned.

Key Competencies

• Be in whole-hearted agreement with the school’s Statement of Faith
• Be a “born-again” Christian who knows the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior (John 3:3 1 Peter 1:23)
• Be a Chrsitian role model in attitude, speech, and action towards others. This includes being committed to God’s Biblical standards for sexual conduct.
• Have the spiritual maturity, academic ability, and personal leadership qualities to “train up a child in the way he should go”
• Self-motivation
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail
• High work standards
• Problem-solving skills
• Decision making
• Learning orientation
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Initiative

Education and Experience

• Associates or Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education or Development
• Previous experience working with infants
• Knowledge of toddler development and care
• Ability to communicate effectively with parents and colleagues
• Patience and ability to handle high-stress situations
• Experience working in a licensed child care facility
• Strong understanding of child development and early childhood education curriculum
• Excellent communication and written skills

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.) While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand and walk through the facility; Must be able to talk, hear and have sufficient vision to allow for active supervision and interaction with students. The employee is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must lift, hold and/or move up 45 pounds.