2024-2025 School Year
Position: Teacher Reports To: Principal
Director of Teaching and Learning…
QUALIFICATIONS
• Valid Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) with:
• K-9 endorsement
• OBJECTIVES
To create a flexible kindergarten program and kindergarten environment favorable to learning and personal growth; to establish effective rapport with students; to motivate students to develop skills, attitudes, and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for further participation in the total school program, in accordance with each student’s ability; and to establish good relationships with parents and with other staff members.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provides learning experiences in language arts, social studies, pre-reading, arithmetic science to students using the course of study adopted by the Board of Education and other appropriate learning activities.
• Instructs students in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law and administrative regulations and procedures of the school district.
• Develops and uses instructional materials suitable for verbal or visual instruction of students with wide range of mental, physical, and emotional maturities.
• Provides individual and group instruction designed to meet individual needs and help the students make a satisfactory transition to school.
• Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior needed to achieve effective participation in all activities without interfering with the naturally informal atmosphere of a kindergarten.
• Evaluates students’ academic and social growth, keeps appropriate records.
• Communicates with parents through a variety of means. Holds parent conferences to discuss the individual student’s progress and interprets the school program.
• Identifies pupil needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and helping students solve health, attitude, and learning problems.
• Creates an effective environment for learning through functional and attractive displays, bulletin boards, and interest centers.
• Maintains professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the district and self-selected professional growth activities.
• Selects and requisitions books and instructional aids; maintains required inventory records.
• Ensures a comfortable room environment through control of heating, lighting, and ventilation to the extent possible.
• Supervises students in and out-of-classroom activities during the assigned working day.
• Participates in curriculum and other developmental programs as required.
• Participates in faculty committees and the sponsorship of pupil activities.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk and sit. The employee must regularly life and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently life and/or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally life and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
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