Early years teacher job description

This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Early years teacher in details. A complete job description concludes Early years teacher key duties/responsibilities, Early years teacher job qualifications (knowledge, education, skills, abilities, experience…KSA model) and other ones such as daily tasks, key activities, key/core competencies, job functions/purpose…

I. List of Early years teacher duties:

1. May share lead responsibilities with Assistant Teachers
2. Engages with current and prospective parents and family members and is responsive to their needs
3. Complies with KLC and all governmental regulations regarding the care of children
4. Understands responsibilities as a mandated reporter
5. Keeps the Director informed of any necessary information regarding the care and safety of children
6. Completes timely and accurate documentation according to KLC and other licensing or regulation requirements
7. Assists and accepts responsibility in other daily center duties that might be temporary in the event other personnel are not available
8. Attends and participates in staff meetings, center events, and parent/customer meetings as requested

II. List of Early years teacher qualifications

1. Bachelor degree in Education, Administration, or related field and two to four years of instructional experience; or Associates degree in Education, Administration, or related field and seven years of instructional experience.
2. Meets and maintains Child Care Teacher qualifications.
3. Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills in working with diverse populations and organizations.
4. Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills.
5. CPR/First Aid Certified

III. Tips to write job description

1. Too-long job description:

Looking at a too-long job description can frighten the candidates off and drive the away. A job description, no matter how important the job is, should not be included in more than 3 pages. If one focuses on too many things at a time, he shall definitely lose focus on the main items and get overwhelmed by the remaining; So, keep it concisely.

2. Too-short job description:

While too-long can be a problem, too-short is more a problem. It will ruin the meaning of the job description. A too-short one means it lacks necessary details and therefore, the candidate will not be able to understand while reading it.

3. Listing unnecessary functions or job duties:

Just classifying these into the “others” category will save you a lot of effort and space. On the other hand, the job description will become more dilute and easy to be neglected.

4. Key functions

Not listing key functions as required for the job can be a fatal mistake to a job description.

5. Grammar and spelling

Poor grammar and having spelling errors can ruin the job description, too. Never think that as you are the employer, you may have the right to make grammar or spelling errors while requires other not to. A job description with such errors is easily to be mistaken as a fake or ghost ads; as a result, the candidate will turn away from it.

6. Not specific enough:

Be specific and concise; if you don’t address the specific, then what the job description is for. It is for the candidate to understand just exactly what he needs to do or needs to have. Lacking details can confuse the candidates very well.

7. Not having the job description reviewed by others:

This is also a common mistake. One may be subject to bias, but more than one, especially with the help of those external advisor, the job description can be more perfect.

8. Using buzzwords or abbreviations:

In fact, it is not necessary at all to use such in a job description.

9. Using slang or legal words:

Just use common wording to communicate with others and don’t do anything extraordinarily.

10. Not updating the job description:

The same job may require different duties and responsibilities in different times, so, you cannot use the same job description for 2 different times.