Preschool teacher job description

This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Preschool teacher in details. A complete job description concludes Preschool teacher key duties/responsibilities, Preschool 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 Preschool teacher duties:

1. Providing a welcoming and friendly classroom environment for all children, parents and visitors, including a regularly updated educational and informative Parent Board
2. Creating fun innovative and engagingage-appropriate lesson plans that reflect Celebree’s curriculum and weekly themes
3. Managing effective classroom transitions
4. Assisting and supervising children during all activities, plus counseling children as needed using positive and appropriate discipline techniques
5. Ensuring that the appearance, cleanliness and safe environment of classroom are appropriately maintained
6. Accurately completing all classroom paperwork, such as daily reports, accident reports and attendance records
7. Following all classroom regulations for the safety and educational success of the children
8. Attending all team meetings, trainings and center events as requested
9. Limiting unscheduled absences
10. Providing support and direction to the assistant educator to ensure a productive and orderly classroom
11. Presenting a positive and professional image at all times and adhering to uniform requirements
12. Communicating with parents in a friendly and effective manner, including greeting them by name, addressing concerns in a timely manner, giving positive feedback and providing regular updates on their child’s development and classroom happenings
13. Maintaining open and effective communication with the director
14. Identifying opportunities and/or problems in the classroom and the center and resolving them in cooperation with the assistant educator and/or the center director
15. Maintaining certification requirements - three Continuing Education Credits per year
16. Conducting working interviews with prospective new educators and mentoring new hires as required
17. Maintaining confidentiality regarding families, co-workers and self

II. List of Preschool teacher qualifications

1. Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree in early childhood edification learning
2. OR Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree in an unrelated field (but with the mentioned requirements), preferred
3. 90 clock hours in Child Development and Curriculum Planning accompanied by 1 year experience in a licensed preschool classroom
4. OR 1 year of college (30 semester hours)
5. OR a combination of classroom experience & college hours
6. 9 clock hours of training in communicating with staff, parents and the public
7. Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of behavioral and developmental stages of children
8. Knowledge of MSDE-OCC licensing requirements
9. Excellent relationship-management skills
10. Strong organizational and problem solving skills
11. Solid attention to detail
12. Patient and flexible
13. Basic computer proficiency; familiarity with educational software preferred
14. Ability to frequently bend, stoop, squat, reach, lift and carry
15. Ability to lift 50 pounds
16. Certification in CPR and First Aid preferred (can be obtained as part of hiring process)

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.