Job Description
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1) Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
2) Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers.
3) Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
4) Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and procedures for maintaining order.
5) Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
6) Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
7) Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
8) Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems, and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
9) Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine their priorities for their children, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development.
10) Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
11) Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
12) Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.
13) Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.
14) Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
15) Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
16) Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to children.
17) Demonstrate activities to children.
18) Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
19) Organize and label materials, and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages and perceptual skills.
20) Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants.
21) Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of preschool programs.
22) Attend staff meetings
23) Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
24) Plan class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
25) Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.